World's Largest All-Girl Wedding Event

Cynthia Nixon is set to officiate Bride Pride St. Pete, a mass wedding and vow-renewal ceremony planned for February 21, 2027, in St. Petersburg’s Grand Central District, according to event organizers and local reports. Organizers are billing it as the “World’s Largest All-Girl Wedding & Renewal Ceremony,” and say the event will take place during Winter Pride St. Pete, which runs February 14-21. Nixon, the actor and LGBTQ+ advocate known for “Sex and the City,” said in a statement that the ceremony would be a “joyful public celebration of love.” ### When is the ceremony actually happening? February 21, 2027, is the scheduled date for the ceremony, not the week of August 3, 2026. The event surfaced in Tampa Bay coverage in July 2026, but the wedding itself is planned for next February as part of Winter Pride St. Pete. Winter Pride St. Pete is listed as running from February 14 through February 21, 2027. (aol.com) Bride Pride is positioned as one of the closing events of that weeklong festival. ### What is Bride Pride St. Pete trying to do? Organizers say Bride Pride is attempting to set a Guinness World Record for the largest all-girl wedding and renewal ceremony. (aol.com) Gabrielle Calise of the Tampa Bay Times, in a version republished by AOL, reported that the event would make it into the Guinness Book of World Records if 100 couples marry or renew their vows. (wtsp.com) WTSP also reported that 100 registered couples would be the threshold to break the record. The event website says women from around the world are expected to converge on St. Petersburg for the ceremony. ### Who is behind the event in St. Petersburg? Ilene Mitnick and Allison Baldwin are the couple credited with bringing Bride Pride to Winter Pride St. (aol.com) Pete. Calise reported that the St. Petersburg couple decided to bring the tradition south after earlier ceremonies in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay reported that the first two Bride Pride events were held in Provincetown in 2016 and 2017, with more than 50 couples participating each year. (wtsp.com) The Bride Pride website says the idea began when Mitnick and Baldwin, then running Roux Provincetown, decided to renew their vows during Women’s Week and invite other couples to join them. (aol.com) Mitnick said in a statement that “choosing to celebrate love and community becomes even more meaningful” in a polarized moment. Nixon said she was “honored to help bring these couples together in such a meaningful and historic way.” ### Who can take part? Creative Loafing reported that Baldwin described the event as open to cisgender women, lesbians, masc lesbians, bisexual women, transgender women and non-binary people who feel the celebration reflects their identity and experience. (cltampa.com) Baldwin told the publication that organizers do not make assumptions based on labels or pronouns. (aol.com) The Tampa Bay Times report said the event is open to trans women. Couples can either legally marry or renew their vows, with Nixon serving as officiant. ### What will couples have to pay and do? The Tampa Bay Times report said registration costs $150 per couple. Couples seeking a legal marriage, rather than a vow renewal, also need to pay $86 for a marriage license before the ceremony. (cltampa.com) The Bride Pride St. Pete registration and FAQ pages say out-of-state couples can apply for and take their marriage license the same day, then must bring it to the Bride Pride Welcome Center by 4 p.m. on February 20, 2027. (aol.com) The registration page also says on-site registration and welcome-kit pickup will be part of the event process. ### Where can people follow the next steps? (aol.com) Bride Pride St. Pete’s website says registration is open now for the February 21, 2027 ceremony. Winter Pride St. Pete runs through that same week, and organizers are directing couples to the event website for sign-ups, lodging information and license instructions. (wtsp.com) (bridepridestpete.com)