Couples derailed by COVID-19 get mass ‘re-wedding’ in New York

Hundreds of couples whose weddings were derailed or scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic got a do-over at no less than a New York City landmark.

The Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts hosted "Celebrate Love: A (Re)wedding” for 500 couples on Sunday evening in the pavilion outside the centre.

Couples line-up to get married during a mass wedding for COVID-delayed couples at Lincoln Centre in New York City. AFP

Lincoln Centre’s website calls it ”a special day for newlyweds, those whose weddings were cancelled or diminished, and people who want to recommit their love to their partners and the city we love.”

It featured a multicultural ceremony — not legally binding — as well as music, dancing and remarks from New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Associated Press