Planning a Spring or Summer 2027 Wedding? Here’s What Southern California Couples Should Be Booking Now
- Katie Marxer
- 11 minutes ago
- 6 min read
Fall wedding season is officially here at The Veil Wedding Loft.
Our October, November and December weekends are packed with weddings and celebrations, but while we're preparing for all of those beautiful fall events, we're also looking ahead to something else:
Spring and Summer 2027 weddings.
If you're recently engaged, have been saving wedding ideas for months, or have finally decided that 2027 is going to be your year, you might be wondering:
When should we actually start planning?
The answer is: now is a really good time.
Not because you need to have your entire wedding planned today. You don't.
But there are a few big decisions that affect almost everything else—and your venue is at the top of that list.
Start With Your Venue, Not Your Centerpieces
It's easy to fall down the wedding-planning rabbit hole.
You start looking at bouquets and suddenly you're choosing napkin colors, saving wedding dresses, comparing invitation fonts and wondering whether you need a champagne wall.
Meanwhile, you don't actually have a wedding date yet.
Before you get too far into the details, start with the decisions that everything else depends on:
Your approximate guest count. Your overall budget. Your preferred season. And your venue.
Once you have your venue and date, everything starts becoming real.
You know how many guests your space can accommodate. You know what is already included. You know what vendors you'll need. You can begin building your timeline and wedding website. You can send save-the-dates. You can start talking to photographers, DJs, caterers and other vendors about an actual date instead of saying, "Sometime next summer."
That's when wedding planning starts feeling a lot less hypothetical.
Before You Compare Venue Prices, Compare What You're Actually Getting
This is one of the biggest pieces of advice I can give any couple planning a wedding.
Don't compare wedding venues based on the price at the bottom of the first page.
Compare what it will actually cost—and how much work will still be left for you—to have your wedding there.
A venue that initially looks less expensive can become much more expensive once you start adding everything you need.
Ask questions like:
Are tables and chairs included?
Who sets everything up?
Who tears everything down?
Are linens included?
Is there a separate ceremony space?
Is rehearsal time included?
Will someone help manage the wedding-day timeline?
Who communicates with vendors about venue requirements?
Can you bring in your own vendors?
Are there planning resources available before the wedding?
What happens when you have questions six months before the wedding?
What happens when something doesn't go according to plan?
That last one matters more than couples realize.
A beautiful venue is important.
But having people who respond, troubleshoot and help you figure things out can become even more important once you're actually planning the wedding.
That's Why We Built The Veil Differently
When Jason and I took over The Veil Wedding Loft, we didn't want to simply rent couples a pretty room.
We wanted to solve some of the things that make wedding planning unnecessarily stressful.
Our historic downtown Redlands loft gives you separate spaces for your ceremony and reception, but what happens outside of those few hours on your wedding day matters to us too.
Depending on the package you choose, we've built services and resources into the experience that can help with things like setup and teardown, linens, coordination, rehearsal, vendor logistics and wedding-day planning.
We've even created tools to help you manage the part of the wedding that can become surprisingly complicated:
your guests.
Our couples have access to a private wedding website and RSVP portal where they can organize guest information, collect RSVPs and meal selections, communicate important wedding details and keep everything in one place.
Because you shouldn't need six spreadsheets, three apps, a group text and your mom's handwritten notebook just to figure out who's coming to dinner.
Spring & Summer 2027 Weddings Are Getting More Personal
One thing we're especially excited about for 2027 is seeing couples move away from feeling like their wedding has to look exactly like everyone else's.
Your wedding doesn't have to follow a formula.
We're seeing inspiration move toward weddings that feel more intentional and personal—beautiful lighting, candlelight, interesting textures, garden-inspired designs and color palettes with more depth.
For spring, that could mean soft greens, blush, lavender, warm cream or buttery yellow mixed with deeper accent colors.
For summer, it could mean airy blues and greens, warm neutrals, coral, olive or brighter unexpected pops of color.
But here's the important part:
You don't have to choose a "2027 wedding trend" just because someone on TikTok told you it's trending.
Choose the things that actually feel like you.
If you love an elegant black-and-white wedding, do it.
If you want an indoor garden ceremony filled with greenery and candlelight, let's create that feeling.
If you love burgundy in June, nobody is going to confiscate your marriage license.
Your wedding should still look like your wedding five or ten years from now.
You Don't Need an Outdoor Venue to Have a Garden-Inspired Wedding
This one is especially important for Southern California couples.
A spring or summer wedding sounds dreamy outside.
Until it's 98 degrees.
Or windy.
Or your guests are sitting directly in the afternoon sun wondering how quickly they can get to the air conditioning.
You can absolutely create that romantic spring or summer feeling indoors.
Greenery, floral installations, candles, warm lighting, textured linens and intentional ceremony décor can completely transform an indoor space while still giving you the comfort and predictability of an indoor wedding.
At The Veil, we've seen the same rooms transformed into completely different weddings simply by changing the linens, florals, lighting and décor.
That's one of my favorite things about our space.
You aren't locked into one wedding "look."
Think About Your Guests, Too
You should absolutely plan a wedding that you love.
But one of the easiest ways to create a wedding people remember is to think about how the day will actually feel for your guests.
Can they comfortably attend the ceremony and reception?
Will they know where they're supposed to go?
Is there a plan for older guests or guests with mobility needs?
Where will out-of-town guests stay?
How much time will they spend waiting between different parts of the wedding?
Will they have to drive from the ceremony to the reception?
These aren't necessarily the glamorous questions you'll see on Pinterest.
They're also the questions that can make a wedding feel effortless.
At The Veil, your ceremony and reception can happen under one roof in two separate spaces. Your guests can watch you get married in The Columbia Room and then celebrate with you in The Ballroom without getting back into their cars and driving across town.
For traveling guests, we also offer access to hotel-booking resources that can help make accommodations easier to navigate.
Those little logistics add up.
Spring & Summer 2027 Couples: You Don't Have to Have Everything Figured Out Yet
This might be my favorite thing to tell couples who tour The Veil:
You don't need to know exactly what you're doing yet.
You don't need your color palette finalized.
You don't need to know whether you want round tables or farmhouse tables.
You don't need to have your entire vendor team selected.
You don't need to know exactly what time dinner will be served.
That's what the planning process is for.
What you should start figuring out is what matters most to you.
Do you want your ceremony and reception in one location?
Do you want flexibility with vendors?
Do you want help with setup and teardown?
Do you want someone you can actually reach when you have questions?
Do you want planning resources instead of having to figure everything out from scratch?
And most importantly:
When you walk into the venue, can you picture yourself getting married there?
If Spring or Summer 2027 Is Your Wedding Season, Start Touring Now
Our fall calendar is packed, and we're currently looking ahead to our Spring and Summer 2027 couples.
If you're planning a wedding in Redlands, the Inland Empire, Orange County, Los Angeles County or elsewhere in Southern California, now is a great time to start touring venues and comparing your options.
And don't just ask, "How much does it cost?"
Ask:
"What will you help us with?"
Because the right wedding venue shouldn't just give you a place to get married.
It should make getting there easier.
At The Veil Wedding Loft, that's exactly what we've worked to create.
Ready to See The Veil?
Come walk through The Columbia Room.
Step into The Ballroom.
Ask us about packages, vendors, timelines, linens, rehearsals, RSVPs, décor, accessibility, guest logistics—or whatever else has been sitting in your Notes app at 11:47 at night.
Bring your questions. You don't have to have the answers yet.
We'd love to show you around and help you see what your Spring or Summer 2027 wedding could look like at The Veil Wedding Loft in downtown Redlands, California.
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