The couple is heavily rumored to be tying the knot at New York City’s iconic venue Madison Square Garden on Friday, with over 1,000 guests in attendance.

First Kelce family member spotted arriving in NYC for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding

The couple is heavily rumored to be tying the knot at New York City's iconic venue Madison Square Garden on Friday, with over 1,000 guests in attendance.

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on July 2, 2026 4:42 p.m. ET

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Jason Kelce, Donna Kelce, and Travis Kelce on the 'Saturday Night Live' set in 2023. Credit:

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- Donna Kelce was spotted in New York City ahead of her son Travis Kelce's wedding to Taylor Swift, per PEOPLE.

- The football pro and pop superstar are expected to tie the knot at Madison Square Garden on Friday.

- An alleged leaked itinerary for the weekend of events details a rehearsal dinner to take place on Thursday evening at the iconic venue.

Donna Kelce has landed in New York City: cue the rosé flowing with your chosen family.

As the wedding of the century between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce (allegedly) fast approaches, members of both superstars' chosen and given families are touching down in the Big Apple.

Donna Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs co-captain's mom and recent star of *The Traitors*, was officially spotted in New York City on Thursday, per PEOPLE, hours out from the weekend of festivities' official kickoff.

Taylor Swift, Donna Kelce, and Travis Kelce in Kansas City in 2025.

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Donna, 73, is the first member of the extended Kelce clan to be seen in the run-up to Taylor and Travis' big day, which is still heavily under wraps, despite an increasingly sizable avalanche of leaks purporting to detail the rumored events.

According to an alleged itinerary obtained by Page Six on Wednesday that comprehensively sketches out the rumored wedding, a rehearsal dinner is scheduled for Thursday night at MSG. That would explain why Donna and several members of Swift's inner circle have been seen in NYC ahead of the wedding purported to take place on Friday.

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Sabrina Carpenter, who served as an opener on Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour, and collaborated with the pop icon on her most recent album, *The Life of a Showgirl*, was photographed in Manhattan's West Village on Tuesday.

Musicians Ed Sheeran and Aaron Dessner, who have collaborated with Swift on innumerable songs, were also spotted eating together in the town of Malta, just over 150 miles north of New York City.

Donna Kelce in New York City in 2024.

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Donna worked for three decades in banking and commercial real estate while raising Travis and his brother Jason. She has since segued into entertainment, appearing in two Hallmark Channel original movies in 2024, and competing on season 4 of the U.S. version of *The Traitors *in 2026.

She has also been supportive of her son's relationship with the "Bejeweled" singer, praising the episode of Travis' podcast *New Heights *in which Swift unveiled the title and album artwork for *Life of a Showgirl* as "authentic."

"It was just something I think everybody was thrilled to see, and it was a very loving podcast,” Donna added.

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