Best Music to Walk Down the Aisle To

As a professional wedding musician, I’ve experienced the wedding timelines unfold time and time again and somehow, the brides entrance to the ceremony never fails to be my favorite moment of the entire wedding. Please allow me to paint this picture for you, because if you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you yourself are preparing for your own aisle walk of a lifetime.

The anticipation for this moment

is like no other.

A moment so juicy, the entire audience rises to a standing ovation to welcome the bride into the soon to be marital space.

This is the moment that truly begins the wedding experience

A love story years in the making, months of planning headaches and hours of hair, makeup & prep have finally reached their culmination

The Bride, the rockstar, the goddess, enters for the first breathtaking appearance of the event in her stunning wedding dress for this moment of a lifetime

The Groom, the rock and inspiration, awaits his fiance

moments away from standing side by side in marriage

the tears are present amidst the magic

and so it all begins…

The Aisle Walk Song is an extremely personal decision

I recommend you choose your favorite song or your couple song for your Aisle Walk

here are some tips and tricks to landing on the perfect song for you…

take your time brainstorming
- You deserve a song so perfect for your aisle walk that it withstands the tests of time, a song that warms your heart each time it echoes in your mind. This song will be forever engrained in your memories and associated with a once in a lifetime milestone. With all this being said, there’s no rush to choose the perfect song right away

Start with a few songs + Narrow down over time

I recommend making a playlist at first, generously adding all of your ideas to pair down over time
Listen to the playlist as you go about your days and see which songs catch your attention, stir emotions and sit right in your body when they come on. Perhaps some songs in the playlist will start to annoy you if you hear them too many times.
Your intuition will guide you to the perfect song, just don’t rush it :-)

Consider your options for instrumentation
- Your final decision for your aisle song will be impacted by your choices for wedding music. The style and instrumentation of the musician you choose for this moment will influence the type of song you want to walk down the aisle to.
- For example, as a wedding violinist, I can turn anyones favorite song into an elegant wedding soundtrack. Not only is the violin inherently emotion evoking, but the way that instrumental music omits lyrics from the rendition makes even a breakup song feel like an elegant love classic.