The wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce is widely expected to take place on Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.The singer-songwriter and NFL player, both 36, are set to tie the knot at the famous arena with two days of celebrations.After months of speculation about where the couple – who got engaged in August last year – would get married, a law enforcement official briefed on the security plans told the Associated Press the couple would host a smaller rehearsal dinner on Thursday evening before getting married at the arena the next evening.The New York Post’s Page Six reported on Thursday that Swift and Kelce had married in private in advance of the celebration at Madison ‌Square ​Garden. Similarly, the Daily Mail reported that a private wedding ceremony would take place at the arena on Thursday evening, with a lavish party to follow on Friday. A ​representative for Swift did not immediately respond to ‌a request ⁠for comment.The event will also be taking place over the Fourth of July weekend, which marks 250 years of US independence. Over the years Swift has regularly celebrated the July 4th holiday by hosting large parties.[ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding: What we know so farOpens in new window ]In advance of the wedding, Swift’s publicist confirmed the couple had donated 26 million dollars (€22.7 million) to 20 charities across the United States, largely in areas that the pair have links to.Swift and Kelce have reportedly invited 1,000 guests to the Friday evening event.Singer Selena Gomez, the Haim sisters – Este, Danielle and Alana, and supermodel Gigi Hadid are expected to be bridesmaids.Her long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff is also expected to attend alongside singers Ed Sheeran and Suki Waterhouse, as well as several of Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs team-mates.The Knicks’ starting five, Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby and Karl-Anthony Towns, have also reportedly been invited, following their historic NBA championship victory a few weeks ago.New York City police officers stand guard outside Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York on Thursday. Photograph: Ryan Murphy/AFP via Getty Images Although the couple have not publicly confirmed any details about their wedding, crews have been seen unloading equipment from trucks outside Madison Square Garden, including a large carpet.New York police commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference on Wednesday that the department was tracking an event at the New York arena.“The NYPD will, of course, have a detail in place, but I’m not going to go into more specifics at this time,” she said.New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, also confirmed that a permit was filed for a large event.“We are fully prepared. There isn’t anything to share beyond that,” he said.Swift and Kelce announced their engagement in a joint Instagram post, which read: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”Their romance began in 2023 after Kelce publicly announced on his podcast that he was interested in Swift, which she later said was a “wild, romantic gesture”.Later that year she was spotted watching one of his games, during which she was seen sitting next to his mother.A tent is erected outside Madison Square Garden on Thursday. Photograph: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images At an Eras Tour concert in November that year, Swift first changed the lyrics to her song Karma from “karma is the guy on the screen coming straight home to me” to “karma is the guy on the Chiefs coming straight home to me”, in reference to Kelce.A few months later she celebrated with Kelce after his team won the Super Bowl, while he later attended one of her Eras Tour shows in London in June 2025.On August 26th, in a joint Instagram post, Swift and Kelce announced their engagement, sharing photos of the proposal and of the pair embracing in a garden.Her album The Life Of A Showgirl was released two months later, and featured several songs referencing Kelce, including Opalite – which mentions his birthstone, opal. – PA