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WEDDING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD™ LAS VEGAS PREDICTS POPULAR WEDDING DATES IN 2026

LAS VEGAS (January 2026) – The Wedding Capital of the World™ Las Vegas announces the most popular wedding dates for 2026. Conducting more destination weddings than any other place on the planet and known for its myriad ways to wed—from quaint, convenient elopements at iconic wedding chapels, to elaborate weddings at extravagant resorts, to romantic nuptials set in stunning natural landscapes—the Office of the County Clerk has decades of data to help it predict this year’s special dates. Highly desired dates for 2026 Las Vegas weddings include unique numerical patterns—often called “magic dates”— as well as notable holidays and other trendy events. 

A complete list of 2026’s wedding dates most likely to draw thousands of couples to the destination include:

February

• 2/2/26 (Magic date), Monday, Feb. 2
• 2/6/26 (Magic date), Friday, Feb. 6
• Friday the Thirteenth, Friday, Feb. 13
• Valentine’s Day and start of Presidents Day weekend, Saturday, Feb. 14
• 2/26/26 (Magic date), Thursday, Feb. 26

March

• 3/3/26 (Magic date), Tuesday, March 3
• Friday the Thirteenth, Friday, March 13
• Pi Day (3/14 or 3.14), Saturday, March 14
• Saint Patrick’s Day, Tuesday, March 17

April

• April Fool’s Day, Wednesday, April 1 
• Cannabis Culture Day, Monday, April 20
• Saturday, April 25

May

• May the Fourth, Monday, May 4
• Cinco de Mayo, Tuesday, May, 5

June

• 6/2/26 (Magic date and palindrome), Tuesday, June 2
• 6/6/26 (Magic date), Saturday, June 6
• 6/26/26 (Magic date and palindrome), Friday, June 26

July

• Independence Day, Saturday, July 4
• 7/11 (Magic date), Saturday, July 11

August

• 8/8/26 (Magic date and all numbers divisible by 2), Saturday, Aug. 8

October

• Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31

November

• 11/11 and Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11
• Friday the Thirteenth, Friday, Nov. 13

December

• New Year’s Eve, Thursday, Dec. 31

“There’s something magical about choosing a wedding date that tells its own story, and 2026 has plenty of them,” said Lynn Marie Goya, Clark County Clerk. “From numerical patterns to romantic holidays, couples know Las Vegas is the best place to celebrate those once-in-a-lifetime moments.”

Historically, the most popular wedding date in Las Vegas occurred on 7/7/2007. It became known as the “Lucky 7s” day when 4,493 couples were married. The second most popular wedding date in Las Vegas history occurred on 11/11/2011 when 3,122 couples were married. In 2022, 2/22/22 also became the sixth most popular wedding date in the city’s history with 2,341 weddings. 

With an average of 4% of visitors traveling to Las Vegas for weddings, wedding tourism in Clark County generates approximately $3.3 billion in economic output annually. Las Vegas’ wedding industry also generates 18,000 direct jobs.

For more information about the Wedding Capital of the World™ or the Office of the Clark County Clerk, Nevada, visit weddings.vegas.

ABOUT THE OFFICE OF THE CLARK COUNTY CLERK, NEVADA
The Office of the Clark County Clerk, Nevada, overseen by the Honorable Lynn Marie Goya, issues more than 75,000 marriage licenses per year, making it the wedding location with the highest marriage rate in the world. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual Marriage Rate by State report, Nevada has 24.6 marriages per 1,000 population. The U.S. marriage rate is 6.1 per thousand; Hawaii’s rate is 12.5 per thousand with Utah at 11.2 per thousand. Internationally, marriage rates for countries typically range from 5 to 10 per thousand population. Las Vegas was originally recognized with its iconic title as the “Wedding Capital of the World” on Sept. 23, 1953, when the London Daily Herald used it in an article highlighting the city’s popularity for destination weddings. Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya and the Office of the Clark County Clerk have won numerous local, national and international awards in recognition of her commitment to good government, including awards for innovation, saving tax dollars, environmental stewardship, constituent outreach, efficiency and the transformation of the “Vegas wedding” brand from “The Hangover” to one of fun, stress-free excitement. The office is also responsible for numerous other government services, including passport acceptance, lobbyist registration, fictitious firm name certificates and maintaining the permanent records for the Clark County Commissioners. For more information on the Office of the Clark County Clerk, visit clarkcountynv.gov/clerk/about.

ABOUT THE WEDDING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD™
With more than five million weddings and counting and more weddings per 1,000 people than any other place on the globe, Las Vegas remains the undisputed Wedding Capital of the World™.  For over a century, a “Vegas wedding” has captured public imagination as the ultimate stress-free, fun, glamorous and romantic wedding, whether it is a spur-of-the-moment occasion or an elaborately planned extravaganza. Offering weddings for every budget—including elopements at iconic Las Vegas chapels, elaborate nuptial celebrations at the Strip’s most elegant resorts and everything in between—the destination delivers dream weddings of every description for every budget. For more information about the Wedding Capital of the World™ or the Office of the Clark County Clerk, Nevada, visit weddings.vegas.

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