Fun DMC is booking wedding receptions well into next year and we just noticed that in 2017, April Fools Day falls on a Saturday, so there’s a good chance we’ll be someone’s wedding band that day.  It will be fun to see what kind of shenanigans happen behind the scenes of a wedding reception on April Fools Day, but we did a little digging around the web to see what other brides and grooms experienced on that day in the past.  We compiled some of the best stories for you.

Couples take note – if you decide to pull any practical jokes at your wedding or reception be sure to clear it with your future spouse and that they are on board.  The last thing you want is to start off your marriage in an argument!

What are some ideas for practical jokes on wedding guests?

Have the wrong bride and/or groom arrive in first, and see how many people notice and think they’re in the wrong venue.

Get a co-worker, or someone who your families do not know to “speak up” when given the option too. And have him profess his love for you. Make it sound like they want your fiancee but at the end they reveal their gay feelings for you. This has numerous potential endings that you could tailor to the effect you want.

Your vows:

We’re no strangers to love.
You know the rules and so do I.
A full commitment’s what I’m thinking of.
You wouldn’t get this from any other guy.
I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling.
Gotta make you understand.
Never gonna give you up.
Never gonna let you down.
Never gonna run around and desert you.
Never gonna make you cry.
Never gonna say goodbye.
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

Do your best to not sing.  Just speak the vows and wait for everyone to catch on.

During the ceremony: “Do you, so and so, take so and so to be your lawfully wedded wife, to love and to cherish, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health…oh, I can’t do this. I never wanted to be a minister. I always wanted to be…A LUMBERJACK!!! Leaping from tree to tree, as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia.”  Have the groomsmen sing the backup parts.

When your bride comes down the isle, Imperial March (Darth Vader’s theme song) will be playing.

Get a bunch of camera guy / audio dudes with boom mics to suddenly appear after you say “I do”. Have a “producer” announce that the entire engagement and wedding was for a hidden camera reality show about wacky families or some bullshit. Then you yell “April fools!” The producer should then pressure the entire audience to sign release forms and generally make comments to people like “oh you’re crucial to the storyline, we got some great footage of you”

Spread rumors that you’re going to do something ridiculous and over-the-top; the more variety of rumors the better. Giggle knowingly when people ask you about it.  Then do nothing. But keep people on the edge of their seat throughout the day with overhyped announcements and suspicious behavior on the part of the wedding party…

You wear the dress, bride wears the suit.

when the pastor says “speak now or forever be silence” have someone yell “STOP!, HAMMER TIME!” and everyone breaks into dance.