7 New York City Hall Weddings | Cup of Jo (2024)

This post made my day! It’s very “When Harry Met Sally” :)

Yesssss city hall weddings!! I got married in May at the city hall in San Francisco and it was the BEST. There is such great energy there and it can be exactly what you want it to be, no stressing about things that don’t actually matter to you. I had the dress of my dreams and a great photographer and a simple bouquet my dad made for me and didn’t have to make seating charts or buy invitations. Afterwards we all went out for a drink at the ferry building, stopped by a playground so my nieces could run around a bit before we all stuffed ourselves with Chinese food for dinner!

The joy in the faces of the last couple!! Made me tear up.

I had a hard day and this brought a smile to my face. Thank you!

I love this SO much. Can this be a reoccurring thing?! I could read posts like this over and over again. :)

This is so wonderful! I’m single, but would love to get married like this one day :-) I wish all of these couples the very best!

Love this post!

Just read through the profiles and thought how funny it is that total strangers sharing a big, personal celebratory moment can be so uplifting to me, on my phone, in bed 1,000 miles away. I’m actually smiling ear to ear! Thanks for the post, and my heartfelt congratulations to all the lovely couples!

What a diverse group! I am in love with Todd and Rachel, may their happiness with each other last forever! Likewise all!

Lovely idea, and beautiful couples. We’re from the uk and got married at city hall in 2002 – we “borrowed” our witness from the couple behind – she had the lovely name of Katiusca Ferreira and I regret that I have never tracked her down to say thanks. We’re v happily married, with two kids, and would observe three things (1) the excitement of NY’ers at meeting/ seeing tourists married in their city was very moving, some 6 months after 9/11 (2) US border control do not like people with wedding dresses arriving at JFK, though better when you point out the groom has a UK passport (3) sending postcards home that say “PS we got married this morning” is a sure fire way to annoy your family and friends

Love love love love this

Once I saw a new york city hall wedding post here on cup of jo and said to myself, I need to find a guy who will want to marry me here. A few years after, I found the man who became my husband in this very place. We’re from Vienna, Austria and looking into our wedding day photo book is one of my favorite things to do.

This is awesome but can you do some outfit posts for Christina and Shady? I love their style!

This was great!! Would love to see this again.

Can’t help but smile at this!!

My heart is so full of joy! This was such a beautiful post! I do also hope you will do it again. Especially knowing how dreary the weather was yesterday I love imagining these couples having beautiful, happy, loved-filled days together.

every single couple’s outfits are amazing!

As an engaged person who a) doesn’t really stan wedding content, b) does not have any type of money or family money for a wedding, and c) looooves love, I adore this post.

I love this. It’s something I’ve always loved the idea of doing, the fact that there is zero pressure of guest lists, menus and seating arrangements. I also love the fact that it can just be the two of you (it would be three including our daughter),
All I’d want is a nice beautiful dress and a photographer to take the pictures for us, and proceed to have a wonderful honeymoon somewhere tropical.

please!!!!!!

Awh I love this post! I think this should definitely be a repeat :)

Yay! My husband and I got married in NYC City Hall and had the best time! We were living in Saudi Arabia at the time and came to the city for one day before we left again for our honeymoon. I love seeing pictures of other people’s weddings there because it makes me feel like I’m a part of a big, diverse community of love!

yes to a regular post of these! They look so perfect! I suppose it’s love radiating from each couple… those photos and interviews are uplifting. That last dress, LOOOOOve it!!

So sweet. We had a New York City Hall wedding before our traditional ceremony because #greencard. It was so fun people watching and seeing what the other couples were wearing and doing. It might be the happiest place in Manhattan :)

So fun!! ♥️♥️

Omg! We are coming to NY with our 3 kids next to get married at city hall. This post makes me so excited!!!
Thank you!!!

So good. I actually read this twice so I could look at all the pics one more time! Congratulations to all of these couples! I wish them all the best!

This was so lovely to read! I giggled at them all. Thank you!

Heartwarming and charming and just what I needed this chilly Tuesday!

I love that the last couple love that the other is pleasant. Being married for nearly 20 years, I think such a characteristic – exuding a sense of happiness, being considerate, likable – is helpful. With the addition of children, jobs, and other assorted responsibilities, it can be difficult to remember at times, but being nice to one another makes a relationship sustainable.

I love this post! I also love how different they all are!! Super refreshing.

Loved reading these! Please make it a regular feature on the blog!

I went to high school with Megan from the first photo! What a cool surprise to see her on here! She (and her husband) look so lovely and happy. ?

Joining the chorus of people who would love to see this as a regular feature!

We got married there! It’s amazing. I recommend it to anyone I know who gets engaged. Congrats to the happy couples!

Wow, I really adored this. What a great idea for a post!

Visit San Francisco City Hall!! I got married there on a Tuesday by Judge Mary. :) THE BEST.

Yay! We got married at NYC city hall and our anniversary is coming up on Feb. 29th (our first “real” anniversary since we married on Leap Day). I love this! The atmosphere there really was amazing and contagious. We didn’t realize we needed a witness and another couple’s parents stepped in for us! It was such a wonderful communal moment. LOVE!

I could read a million of these!! It’s like humans of New York but with the happiest twist!

Perfect counterpoint to the previous article, for those of us who maybe can’t handle the sad. Thanks for being such an amazing and and thoughtful team ❤

Omg! The daughter of Sade and Segun is the cutest thing ever! Love her outfit, too. As well as her parents’

I love ALL of these! Congratulations and best wishes to you all! Fun to see all the beautiful dresses and happy faces!

Yes to the suggestion of this being a monthly feature!

My husband and I got married at City Hall! I was very nervous and misheard the justice of the peace when she greeted us, and it sounded like she said, “Lauren and Joe, you guys are the best.” “That’s really nice of her to say,” I thought, “but I sure hope none of the other couples overhear her and feel bad!”

Loved this story. Was wanting to know even more about the couples…but you gave us just enough. Bravo! ?

Omg love this!! You can feel the happiness through the screen and that’s just what I needed while I sit here at my desk :) Please do this again sometime!

Love this! My husband and I went to City Hall in NYC to get our marriage license before our wedding and it was one of the most fun experiences ever. Everyone is in an amazing mood, people are all dressed up and either with their families or just with each other. I could have stayed there all day, it was so amazing! It’s probably a pretty fun job to work there too.

Really loved this post. What is better than love!

I love this… but, logistical question. Are the people posing in front of a big picture of city hall? Is this located in city hall itself?

my heart needed this joy. why do i love weddings like this so much? xx

ooooooh please make this a regular feature! congratulations to all the happy couples here!

This should be a monthly feature! So fun!

Favorite post in a while! No shade to the others, just got so much joy out of this!!!

This is such a fun post. Great idea :)

This is the best. I love that it is regular people (ok, regular NY people) on one of their best, happiest days. I just love everything about it.

I love all the outfits! I got married at the courthouse (although in California, not NYC) and it was just the best day, I would do it the exact same way 100x over again.

So lovely! Please consider making this a regular feature. The world needs to read more love stories!