Taylor Swift’s closest friends, including Selena Gomez, Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff, were among the high-profile names arriving for an elaborate rehearsal dinner ahead of the singer’s wedding to Travis Kelce this week.
Swift and Kelce, both 36, are expected to exchange vows at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 3, with the star-studded celebration reportedly set to welcome more than 1,000 guests.
Before the main event, the couple is hosting a more private rehearsal dinner Thursday at the Infosys Theater inside MSG, with around 100 of their closest family members and friends invited.
Gomez gave fans a peek at her dramatic black feathered ballgown while putting on lipstick in the car as she made her way to the gathering.
Antonoff, 42, Swift’s longtime musical collaborator, arrived looking polished in a tailored suit, while Kelce’s Happy Gilmore 2 co-star Adam Sandler, 58, was spotted entering the venue through a side entrance.
Dunham, 40, was also seen traveling by car to Madison Square Garden, setting the stage for a potentially uncomfortable run-in with her ex, Antonoff.
Taylor Swift’s close friend Selena Gomez was among the glamorous guests arriving for the singer’s lavish rehearsal dinner ahead of her wedding to Travis Kelce this week
Swift and Kelce, both 36, are set to marry at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 3, with more than 1,000 guests expected to attend. The couple are pictured in March
Gigi Hadid, 31, who is rumored to be one of Swift’s bridesmaids headed to the ceremony with boyfriend Bradley Cooper, 51, with the suited actor seen smiling as he headed off in photos obtained by PageSix.
Football stars including George Kittle, Andrew Whitworth and Ross Travis also joined the glittering line-up, alongside sport power couple, Erin Andrews and Jarrett Stoll.
On Tuesday, the Daily Mail definitively confirmed that Swift’s wedding would be taking place in New York City after a key member of her entourage was spotted at the venue.
The rehearsal dinner is said by a source to require ‘cocktail attire,’ and only family members have been invited for the pre-wedding event.
While it’s assumed that members of Swift’s squad – of which Hadid is a member – are likely to constitute her bridal party, few details have so far leaked about which of her friends will play a major part in her and Kelce’s wedding.
Ahead of the Mirrorball singer’s visit to her runway star friend, other close pals have been spotted congregating on the East Coast.
Her friend and mentee, 26-year-old Sabrina Carpenter, was spotted enjoying a meal at Emmett’s on Grove in the West Village on Tuesday evening.
A video posted to X showed the beaming songstress chatting with friends ahead of the wedding.
Carpenter was Swift’s opening act for 13 concerts on the 2023 Latin American leg of her blockbuster Eras Tour, before rejoining her the following year for a dozen shows split evenly between Australia and Singapore.
Two of Swift’s male pals were also spotted around New York State in recent days.
Her longtime friend and fellow singer–songwriter, Ed Sheeran, 35, was spotted enjoying the company of The National guitarist–turned–superstar record producer Aaron Dessner, 50, while in Upstate New York.
Dessner produced and co-wrote much of Swift’s Folklore and Evermore albums (both 2020), as well as bonus tracks on the deluxe 3am edition of 2022’s Midnights, before returning to work with her on much of The Tortured Poet’s Department (2024).
Gomez looked sensational as she headed to the black tie affair – but husband Benny Blanco was nowhere to be seen
Swift’s collaborator Jack Antonoff arrived at the soiree
He was suited and booted for the wedding kickoff
Sports power couple Erin Andrews and husband Jarrett Stoll looked incredible as they arrived
Adam Sandler – who Kelce starred alongside in Happy Gilmore 2, was also seen at MSG (pictured with wife Jackie in May 2026)
Lena Dunham was seen making her way into the rehearsal dinner – and facing an awkward reunion with ex Antonoff – pictured 2015
Bradley Cooper and girlfriend Gigi Hadid were seen on their way to the wedding – pictured 2025
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Kelce’s close friend and former teammate Ross Travis arrived with his glamorous date
The rehearsal dinner guests showed off their style as they headed into MSG
NFL star George Kittle and his wife Claire also headed to MSG
Former NFL star Andrew Whitworth and wife Claire also headed to MSG for the event
Gomez have been friends for over a decade – pictured 2024
Swift and Kelce have allegedly dropped $160,000 for law enforcement presence at MSG on Thursday, July 2 and Friday, TMZ reported; taken on June 29
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Sheeran and Dessner, who have previously worked together, were pictured dining at Buona Sera on the Lake in Malta, New York.
The restaurant is only about 60 miles from Dessner’s recording space, Long Pond Studio, where Swift and Sheeran have both worked with him.
In addition to Hadid, other stars believed to be on the guest list include her sister Bella, her boyfriend Bradley Cooper, Swift’s longtime BFF Selena Gomez, Emma Stone, Lena Dunham and Zoe Kravitz.
Kelce’s football coach, Andy Reid, has already confirmed he will be attending the couple’s nuptials.
Also expected to attend are Kelce’s brother, Jason Kelce, and his teammate Patrick Mahomes, who previously revealed that he was responsible for inviting Kelce to the fateful Eras Tour concert at which he tried – unsuccessfully – to give Swift a friendship bracelet that listed his phone number.
Swift and Kelce’s wedding guests have also been left in the dark about the exact ceremony location ahead of the couple’s anticipated nuptials.
A source claimed to Us Weekly last week that lucky guests who scored an invitation to the big day have not yet been informed of the specific location.
‘Taylor and Travis told guests to be in NYC. No other location was provided,’ the insider told the outlet.
Those who received an invite were told to be in NYC on Thursday and Friday with no other information being provided.
Swift and Kelce are ‘putting their guests on hold for a couple days,’ the source said, before claiming that they have spent ‘millions’ on the wedding.
The A-list couple is allegedly planning on hosting a smaller gathering at Madison Square Garden on July 2, followed by a larger affair with roughly 1,000 attendees the next night, per the New York Times .
Earlier this week on Monday, equipment was seen being delivered and unloaded into MSG in photos taken for the Daily Mail
And on Tuesday, more pictures shot for the Daily Mail captured forklifts and additional equipment at the venue
An insider informed the Daily Mail in early June that Swift and Kelce had embraced the idea of a ‘spectacle’ wedding and selected Madison Square Garden as the venue.
Sources also previously claimed to the Daily Mail that guests who received an invitation are being required to sign an NDA before receiving information about the wedding.
Those who RSVP are then sent a link to the agreement, which requires guests not to disclose information about the wedding.
In August, Kelce proposed to Swift, and she shared photos from the intimate engagement on Instagram with the caption: ‘Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.’
The Football star had turned his backyard in Kansas City into a secret garden wonderland, which offered a romantic atmosphere.
