Will Taylor Swift hold a post-wedding bash in Rhode Island?

The Fourth of July usually brings about the same question in Westerly: Will Taylor Swift be celebrating at her Watch Hill mansion?

This year, the questions are a little different, as Swift held her wedding to Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 3. Now, residents wonder if Watch Hill will be the perfect after-party destination.

From 2013 to 2016, then again in 2023, Swift famously celebrated Independence Day at her Watch Hill house. Rhode Islanders are debating whether these parties will resume for the holiday this year.  

Nora Alexander, who owns the boutique Noon in Watch Hill, is unsure whether Swift will make an appearance in Rhode Island after her wedding.

“I feel like if I got married last night, I probably wouldn’t want to have a big party, but I’m not Taylor Swift and maybe she’s ready for another grand party,” Alexander says. “She’s known to have some big bashes up there on the fourth, so we’ll see.”

While they question whether the wedding party would already be leaving New York, both Catherine Lawrence and Kelly Bashan wonder if Swift would have a small post-wedding gathering in Rhode Island.

“Maybe she’ll send some of her family members here instead,” Bashan says.

Miranda Pearce, who works at a store in Watch Hill, does not think that Swift will make it back for the holiday and will stay in New York City after her wedding.

With all of the wedding publicity, Lawrence doubts whether the Watch Hill house offers enough security for the newlyweds.

Pearce says people scope out Swift’s Watch Hill house every year around the Fourth of July, hoping to catch a glimpse of the star through a window or on a balcony.

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With her tight security, especially after the wedding, Lawrence doubts the public would even know if the couple was throwing their first Fourth of July bash as husband and wife in Rhode Island.

But that doesn’t deter some Rhode Islanders from trying to find out.