Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce rehearsal dinner at Madison Square Garden

cultureJul 3, 2026526,797

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce held their rehearsal dinner at Madison Square Garden, with CBS News correspondent Jo Ling Kent reporting the event was underway and two law enforcement officials confirming detailed security planning. Media accounts described heavy security for the evening, with one headline likening the precautions to those used for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Celebrities including Selena Gomez and Lena Dunham were reported arriving at the venue. Ahead of the wedding, Swift and Kelce announced a combined $26 million in donations to 20 charities: nine food banks, seven educational programs, three children’s hospitals, and an animal cruelty organization. City Harvest publicly thanked the couple for a $1 million gift that the organization said will help feed 2.4 million New Yorkers. Coverage notes the donations were made as part of their pre-wedding celebrations in New York City.

Taylor Swift Updates

@taylorswiftinfo.bsky.social

City Harvest NYC made a video thanking Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce for their $1 million donation, which will help feed 2.4 million New Yorkers!

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fanciestofcats.bsky.social49

Imagine what Elon Musk could do if he wasn’t actively destroying the planet

Bill Leibenguth40

$26 million in total to NYC charities.

Down Beat37

Proper thanks to Travis and Taylor but need to give thanks to front line making sure it gets there. :)

Daydreamer35

This is both awesome and completely despicable at the same time. Hats off and a high five for them to do such a large donation, good people!! It’s despicable in a country that has millions of millionaires that there’s even a food line to begin with, much less people dying for lack of medical care!

BForward19

Hey look! A Billionaire who cares.

huey123.bsky.social14

What Taylor Swift does is fantastic but it is sad it is needed in one of wealthiest countries in the world.

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Aggie13

Imagine hating Taylor Swift, though.

🌸Juls🌸⚖️9

Taylor is always donating. Bravo to them!

Kevidently9

Not just this, but $26M across multiple charities.

Air-rum4

Yes they made donations of a reported $26 million to the city for different charities and it’s still rude and stupid to get married at MSG.

Little Booty Vegan Boy3

And they’re still trash for this pompous ass wedding celebration they’re having at MSG

dollyllama2

Wait. Do you mean to tell me you can be rich AND generous? GTFOOH

DTwyman2

What better way to celebrate a wedding? Hats off to Swift & Kelce!

Andrew Weinstein

@andrewjweinstein.com

Imagine how different things might look if Donald Trump’s daily corruption got even a sliver of the coverage Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding is generating.

48745d ago

DonnaHackemackBryant7

Not sure how you get your news, but I haven’t seen more than a twitch about the happy couple.

jenkers6

All I've heard about this week is trumps corruption, and nary a word about Travis and Taylor. 🤷🏻‍♀️

David Stone3

But the parties responsible for Trump's election and keeping him in the White House don't care. There's the chink in the armor (of our democracy).

Meanneighborlady3

They sure have no trouble whining about Democratic Socialists. The goons are in on it.

Running Strong3

The MSM is cooked EVERYWHERE 🙄

6 deep3

imagine if news media could really do their jobs, or if pretend news media actually tried even a bit

Aquarian Grandma ✨♒✨

@starmom45.bsky.social

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce also pay taxes, unlike Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk. Swift also donates millions of $$ wherever she does concerts, plus they stimulate that local economy. According to Forbes, all her taxes combined paid in 2024 came to almost $300,000,000. ($300 MILLION)

25745d ago

A Stoic Gardener37

This does serve to make me like her better. Otherwise, I'm indifferent.

skyla50.bsky.social5

Not only that but she takes care of her people that help her success … Large bonuses for all their hard work with her tours … I like billionaires who use their money to help others and take care of their worker.. Sadly some are just too jealous of their success..😔

hisdivineshadow.bsky.social1

Private jets are the biggest polluters. Taylor and Travis can suck it.

Sheril Kirshenbaum

@sheril.bsky.social

I don’t usually follow celebrity news, but Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce are doing things right. This week (leading up to their wedding) they have donated $26 million to food banks & community centers across the US, hospitals for children, animal rescues & shelters & educational programs.

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dirkelee.bsky.social3

Don't we all wish that all the ultra rich would do that with their billions that sit around doing nothing...🙂

Foolish Samwise3

Do you know how much money these motherfuckers have? I mean it’s better than not donating money but Jesus fucking Christ.

factsonly007.bsky.social1

and keeping the wedding here in the states unlike bozo and junior. I mean if you love your country you want the profit to go to your country. Not maga

Marcie Lipsitt

@mlipsitt.bsky.social

I don’t care that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are planning a wedding extravaganza. I do care that they are Democrats and so generous. They have donated $26 million to charities that include New York cares ahead of their wedding! This matters! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

17145d ago

elove711.bsky.social4

So agree!! Share the wealth ~ just live with in means. I don’t have much but would rather help contribute than not

Screaming Pika4

But it’s still a shame that are using Madison Square Garden owned by James Dolan who is a slime mold.

Cookie Vargas1

hey they are stealing the thunder away from orange turd's very special birthday event - who couldn't love THAT!

Rav

@rvbdrm.com

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve obtained an excerpt from the wedding vows Travis Kelce will say to Taylor Swift.

I just gave a squirle a peice of bread and it straight smashed all of it!!!! I had no idea they ate bread like that!! Haha #crazy

14245d ago

bixlee.baky.social9

haha they're so relatable omg

MileHigh420☭3

Damn, these vows are just so beautiful. I hope they name their first kid Blazer.

worm1

kinda like kronk without the charm and not as pretty

talia jane

@taliajane.bsky.social

ok I guess I didn’t post the “taylor swift’s wedding at msg is so maga coded” that I wrote out yesterday so I didn’t actually tell you guys but it’s imo very MAGA coded!!!!

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talia jane73

The “Swift loves Nazis” bs is an astroturf btw I’m just pointing out that the guy who owns MSG is super MAGA, the Chiefs have a lot of rightwingers in the mix (Mahomes’s wife caused a big uproar in 2024 w/pro-Trump stuff), it’s just a weird choice unless you’re MAGA

Joseph Fink, we're going to win7

the single worst bluesky post I've ever seen was someone saying that she chose the spot so she could "reclaim the space from nazis"

Samantha Powell2

Basically ruining the long weekend for normal people in the city is very MAGA coded.

wokepopesAIcrashout1

It’s the tackiness for me. Which is also MAGA coded. An intimate wedding in a basketball arena… cool.

Papa OMG

@papaomg.bsky.social

Taylor Swift & MacKenzie Scott. These very rich women shaming the very small & mean male oligarchs with their philanthropy. Bravo ladies. The real Superwomen.🦸‍♀️

8345d ago

Scott Smith

@canaansdad1987.bsky.social

It's great to see Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are helping out the needy again. $26 million to food banks around the country #USDemocracy Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Hand-Picked Charities React to $26M Donations: How They Learned share.google/vKItSqoxMT6F...

6245d ago

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@maybecam.blacksky.app

If you’re in NYC today be aware of how absolutely taylor swift and Travis kelce are absolutely fucking the city for their rich millionaire wedding (please see the below traffic and pedestrian closures)

Logistics around Madison Square Garden for Friday, July 3rd, 2026
Street Closures
Starting at 1pm on Friday, July 3rd, the following streets will be closed to vehicular traffic:
• 7th Avenue between 30th and 34th Streets
• West 33rd Street between 6th and 7th Avenues
• West 32nd Street between 6th and 7th Avenues
• West 31st Street between 6th and 7th Avenues
• West 31st Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
Starting at 1pm on Friday, July 3rd, the following streets/areas will be closed to pedestrian traffic:
• West side of 7th Avenue between 31st and 34th Streets
• West 33rd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
Starting at 1pm on Friday, July 3rd, there will be managed access to the following streets/areas:
• East side of 8th Avenue between 30th and 34th Streets
• West 33rd Street between 6th and 7th Avenues
• West 32nd Street between 6th and 7th Avenues
• West 31st Street between 6th and 7th Avenues
On Thursday, July 2 starting at 11:15pm, no parking will be allowed on West 33rd Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. Cars will be towed if they are not removed.
Moynihan Train Hall/Penn Station
• For access to transportation at Moynihan Train Hall and Penn Station, including the subway, Amtrak, LIRR, and New Jersey Transit, please use the entrances to Moynihan Station on the west side of 8th Avenue at 31st and 33rd Streets.
•There will be managed access to Penn Station on the northeast corner of 8th Avenue and 31st Street.
Press Pen
• East side of 7th Avenue between West 31st and 32nd Streets

3244d ago

Breh Lazar9

Are they even from NY?

Ranking Z1

Fuck this dumb couple and anyone defending this.

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ร๏ɭєเɭ🌻✨️40

I like how Zendaya and Tom got married and nobody knew about it until they wanted us to know and no one was inconvenienced on a holiday weekend by their nuptials.

Anna Stesia30

It’s crazy that the explanation for MSG as a venue is security and privacy when they could have done this in Ohio or Pennsylvania, WHERE THEY ARE FROM, with zero publicity. Famous people get married all the damn time without all this.

Zucchini Bread 🥴🥰22

Doing this the weekend of the 4th is some bullshit

Anna Gifty20

lol all for a wedding like I'm sick

OKSOTHICK.19

Not to be dramatic but this is why rich billionaires should ***

Dawn18

I assume security is so tight around this so Disney+ can have the exclusive shots

A wild Cee appears...13

I feel like getting married at Madison Square Garden is some real trashy white people shit. Especially when she literally could have built a venue from scratch in the middle of Pennsylvania where they are from. The Amish would have loved the business!!!

burn it all down12

ooh but they donated money to charities, great but they should also be picking up the entire NYPD overtime tab for the weekend AND providing additional cooling stations for everyone who is getting fucked over by this

Genie Lauren7

Neither one of them are even from here and now it's fuck them BOTH

inthefade6

if i were a billionaire celebrity who was getting married, i simpley would not do it in a way that would inconvenience thousands of people on a holiday weekend. but you do you

Kevin

@reginageorgebush.bsky.social

granted I am a longtime Taylor Swift skeptic but getting married at MSG is like the most outwardly evil thing she's ever done lmao

6645d ago

Kevin45

let's be so for real right now if asked two weeks ago which celebrity would be likeliest to demand a disruptive holiday-weekend wedding at Madison Square Garden you would have said a member of the Trump family

WSJ AI-Powered Office Fish Vending Machine9

Her fans are going “oh it’s all a fake while she’s getting married somewhere else” and like that’s worse. The millions NYC has to spend securing that shit during the 250th is likely eye watering. And if they’re doing that as a “distraction” frankly arrest Swift for crimes against the republic

Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote5

Everyone assumes she's the one who insisted and not Travis.

Skip hop jump Blue Dolphin🍀💮🐳🐚🐸🐾

@bluealways.bsky.social

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Donated $26 Million to Charities Ahead of Wedding The 20 charities include nine food banks, an animal cruelty organization, seven educational programs, and three children’s hospitals.

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