mayor's balcony wedding, 32 guests, Melissa & Tyler at SF City Hall — Mayor's Balcony

Real Weddings · San Francisco, CA

A Mayor's Balcony Wedding for 32 at San Francisco City Hall

Melissa & TylerJune 2026SF City Hall — Mayor's Balcony · San Francisco

Melissa and Tyler's Mayor's Balcony wedding brought 32 guests to San Francisco City Hall on a June afternoon in 2026, under the great clock and above the marble staircase. They kept it clean and classic, white, gold, and ivory, with calla lilies running through the day and a single violin playing them in.

The morning started on Nob Hill and ended at a long garden table downtown. In between were the vows on the balcony, a walk through the grandest building in the city for portraits, and a dinner where the two of them sat in the middle of the table, guests on either side.

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Morning

Getting Ready on Nob Hill

Hair and makeup ran at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins on Nob Hill, straight black hair set and a soft, clean face to match the ivory palette Melissa had chosen. Tyler got ready at a separate hotel, so the first time they'd see each other would be at the balcony.

The calla lilies arrived hand-tied and ivory-ribboned, a bridal bouquet built to be set out on the reception welcome table later, a matching boutonniere, and a smaller bunch for the maid of honor.

mayor's balcony wedding, 32 guests, Getting Ready on Nob Hill

Afternoon

Vows on the Mayor's Balcony

They married on the Mayor's Balcony, the second-floor gallery that sits beneath City Hall's great clock and looks down over the rotunda and the grand marble staircase, its golden railing running along the front. Thirty-two guests filled the Chiavari chairs, and a woman of color officiated, the lighthearted, short-and-sweet ceremony Melissa had asked for.

Ilana Thomas played them in on violin. The couple had asked for something modern, a little Bridgerton in feel, Taylor Swift reworked for strings, and it carried up through the marble as Melissa came down the aisle.