I'm just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on an appropriate time to end a wedding reception. I'm orginally from WI and wedding receptions usually start around 5pm and end at midnight. I live in NC now and have found that most venues only want to rent their space for four hours. So starting a reception at 6pm would require it to be over at 10pm. Is this typical?
Thanks!!
Re: Reception end time
We were told if we are there at 7:30 in the morning we will be required to help clean up. They have a right to control the music volume so we aren't annoying to anyone within hearing distance.
But alas if we get a band then I think they only play for 4 hours AFTER dinner music is finished. No parting all night long
Keep looking if you want a longer reception time or talk with your venue about paying extra or start the wedding earlier in the day.
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our venue was a private beach house but our permit only allowed us to play music until 11:00pm, we were done around 10pm anyways
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*October 2nd, 2010*