The wedding will take place at Fairlie Chicago, 339 N Bell Ave, Chicago, IL 60612. The ceremony will start at 4:30 PM, and doors will be opened for guests to arrive starting at 4:00 PM.

Our wedding will be a multi-generational affair and will involve people with underlying health conditions and different risk factors. As such, we are requiring that all guests be fully vaccinated against COVID19. We believe this is the best way to reduce the risk of transmission during our wedding and reduce the risk of hospitalization should someone get sick.

We plan to have a security guard at the door to check your vaccination card. Be sure to come prepared with a picture or paper copy of your vaccination card. Additionally, we are asking that our guests take a PCR test in the days prior to the wedding. We won’t be checking results for this test, so it will be on the honor system, but we would appreciate it as an additional safeguard. Last, Max and I will be taking precautions to avoid crowds (such as crowded restaurants and bars) in the weeks prior to the wedding to reduce our chance of exposure, and if you are able to do that as well, we would really appreciate it.

Max, Dan, and their friends first got to know each other in the queer party scene of Chicago. These parties, called "Chances Dances," brought together queer Chicagoans in underground clubs that celebrated dancing, art, genderqueer expression, anti-racism, and community. We hope to recreate that spirit at our wedding.

To achieve that, our wedding is inspired by the early days of disco, before it became commercialized and when it was centered around queer joy. For more information on what is inspiring us, we recommend you listen to the "Disco Demolition Night" episode of the podcast You're Wrong About (originally released on August 3, 2020).

This does not mean that we'll only play disco music (though there may be a few Donna Summer songs, if Dan gets his way) or that there will be disco balls everywhere. Instead, we want cultivate the celebratory, inclusive, and joyous atmosphere of a discotheque.

Funny you should ask - yes! Dan's mom has requested that we do the line dancing scene from Saturday Night Fever (youtu.be/QohucE_vZEw) at our wedding. We think this will be a great group activity, but the actual dance they do in the movie is pretty complicated. So instead, we are going to do a simplified version put together by a random Australian: www.youtube.com/watch. We encourage you to watch and practice beforehand!

Our wedding will be semi-formal attire, but please feel free to make it festive. If you're looking for inspiration, let your favorite disco diva be your muse!

Official RSVP deadline is April 15, 2022.

In addition, we would be grateful if you would fill out our Google form: forms.gle/76nwmvV8WWzJiNyLA We have set this up to ask some questions about things like dietary and accessibility needs and and get more information about guest preferences and questions. If any of that applies to you, please fill it out!

We ask that there be no children under age 10 at the wedding. Older children 11+ are welcome. We are arranging to have an on-site babysitter for young children; please email Max at MaxBeshers@gmail.com if this is something you are interested in.

Our wedding ceremony and reception will both be indoors.

Yes! Our wedding ceremony and reception will take place in the same venue, which is located on the first floor of an event space that has no steps. There is a part of the venue that is on a second level upstairs but only optional activities will be located in this part of the venue.

You are welcome to take as many pictures as you please during the wedding reception. However, we ask that you be mindful and respectful during the wedding ceremony. Though pictures will be allowed, we ask that you please keep them to a minimum so as not to be disruptive.