Folk Wedding Songs: Trending & Timeless Love Hits
Updated November 2, 2023 | Written by Matthew Campbell
Some of my favorite songs to play at weddings are folk songs. They contain so much emotion in their performances which makes your wedding memorable.
Discover a list of folk songs perfect for your wedding day.

When choosing folk songs for your wedding, you must consider the following 3 factors:
- What is the tempo of the song to determine the style of dance?
- What is the meaning of the song and is it appropriate for your wedding?
- What moment of the wedding ceremony or reception will the song play?
Let’s start with the new and trending folk songs right now.
New Folk Wedding Songs
- Someone Like Me (Wedding Version) – July Moon (2023)
- Nothing Can Keep Me from You – The Sweeplings (2023)
- Nothing Else Matters – Phoebe Hunt (2023)
- Nobody Else – Dave Thomas Junior (2023)
- The Mountain Song (First Dance Version) – Tophouse (2023)
- Still Into You Acoustic – Landon Austin & Acoustic Diamonds Music (2023)
- Love of Mine – The License Lab feat. Alec Shaw & Zan Fiskum (2023)
- Never Alone – Garrett Kato & Elina (2023)
- This Is How We Learn To Fall In Love – Cinder and The Sea (2023)
- You’re the One – Rhiannon Giddens (2023)
- Everything to Me – Ivan & Alyosha (2023)
- Everything Is More Beautiful with You – Open Road Folk Music (2023)
- Stumble Together – Matt Bednarsky (2023)
- My Feet Don’t Touch the Ground – Bonner Rhae (2023)
- Holding You – David McCredie (2023)
- What Would I Do Without You – Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors (2023)
- You and I – SYML and Charlotte Lawrence (2023)
- The Man I Am – Mark Erelli (2023)
- All My Love – Cathartic Fall (2023)
- Perfect to Me – Josh Tatofi (2023)
- Our Time – Roo Panes (2023)
- Sunshine – The National Parks (2023)
- All of me (Acoustic) – Norah Davis (2023)
- For Me It’s You – Jobi Riccio (2023)
Trending Folk Wedding Songs
- “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver, 1971
- “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman, 1988
- “Ho Hey” by The Lumineers, 2012
- “When You Say Nothing at All” by Keith Whitley, 1988
- “Wedding Song (There Is Love)” by Noel Paul Stookey, 1971
- “Father And Daughter” by Paul Simon, 2002
- “Simply The Best” by Billianne, 2022
- “Sweet Pea” by Amos Lee, 2006
- “Bloom” by The Paper Kites, 2013
- “Bubbly” by Colbie Caillat, 2007
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As an experienced wedding DJ, I’ve assembled a list of folk wedding songs. Songs are selected by the meaning of the song and popular hits by today’s couples. Besides new and trending, additional lists are grouped by decades.
2020s Folk Hits
- Better Part of Me – SYML and Sara Watkins (first dance song)
- Forever and for Always – Jarrod Morris
- The First Time – The Brave Collide feat. Brian McGrane & Chloe Agnew
- Turning Onto You – First Aid Kit (cocktail hour song)
- Belong with You – The Light the Heat
- When You Love Someone (Live) – Gretchen Peters
- I Hope You Dance – The Hound + the Fox (parents’ dance song)
- No One Has What We Have – Levi Parham
- Simply The Best – Billianne (processional song)
- You Mean the World to Me – James Walsh
- Understand My Love – Brandon Mills
- If I Say That I Love You – Foster
- One For Me – Mary Hopkin
- One and Only – Garrett Kato
- I’d Be Your Man – Parker Twomey
- Hold You – Amos Lee
- If I Didn’t Love You – Ben Abraham (first dance song)
- Sing Me a Song – William Prince, Serena Ryder
- Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Ron Pope, The National Parks (last dance song)
- Valentine’s Day (Acoustic) – David Tribble (first dance song)
- By The Sea – Mountain Laurel
- Love Is – Zach Winters
- Until You – AHI (first dance song)
- She Is My Everything – Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy
- Faithfully – Clem Snide & Eef Barzelay (first dance song)
- Soul Mate – flora cash
- Love You – Jasmine Chadwick
- Anything – JJ Heller
- Home – Josh Beeman (first dance song)
- Someone Like Me – Julia Westlin
- Colors – Langhorne Slim
- Sunshine – Leucadia (recessional song)
- Till Death Do Us Part – Lily Hormel
- You’re the One (Acoustic) – Luca Fogale
- I’ll Be with You – Matt + Abi
- I Just Love You – Roo Panes
- What a Wonderful World – Sawyer Fredericks (prelude song)
- Headlights – The National Parks (cocktail hour song)
- Steal My Heart Away – The Paper Kites, Ainslie Wills
- Marry Me – The Wicks
- All The Gold – Alivan Blu
- Forever & Back – Anders Sohn (recessional song)
- I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You – Bob Dylan
- Mairi’s Wedding – Caroline McCaskey (prelude song)
- That’s The Way Love Goes – Hayes Carll & Allison Moorer
- Helplessly I Fell – Jim Lord
- Not Enough – JJ Heller
- Simple Thing – Jonathan Wilson
- Over the Moon – Julian Taylor
- I Got You – Michael Franti & Spearhead (entrance song)
- Rest of Our Lives – The Light the Heat
- I Want To Make You Mine – The Suddenlys
- No Matter Where You Are (Wedding Version) – Us The Duo (unity song)
Tip
The closest genre to folk music is country music. See a list of country songs for every part of your wedding day.
2010s Folk Favorites
- As Time Goes By – Anna Nalick
- You Have Stolen My Heart – Brian Fallon
- I Chose You – Caleb Edens (processional song)
- Make These Colors Real – Hush Kids
- L O V E L O V E – Jeremy Lister (cocktail hour song)
- No Place Like You – Joy Williams
- Not Just Any Old Love Song – Luke Cerny
- Forever From Now – Sheffield (recessional song)
- When We Grow Old – Stace & Cassie
- Latch – The Hound + the Fox
- Bride – Aria & Oaken (processional song)
- Earthquake – The Black Lillies (first dance song)
- Before You – Fortunate Ones
- Welcome Home – Fox and Bones
- Yeah You – Freedom Fry
- Give All – Jon Danforth
- If I’m the Sun and You’re the Moon – Aaron Espe
- You and I, Here and Now – Evan Nachimson
- Chances – Fox and Bones
- I Will Spend My Whole Life Loving You – Imaginary Future & Kina Grannis (first dance song)
- As Long as I Have You I’m Home – Imaginary Future
- Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Imaginary Future (first dance song)
- Places We’ll Go – Nate Michael
- Dance With Me – Phillip Phillips (first dance song)
- Lover’s Lullaby – Sweet Tea Project
- Touching Heaven – JOHNNYSWIM
- Sea Of Love – Langhorne Slim & Jill Andrews
- Take The World – JOHNNYSWIM
- If You’re the Coffee – The Arcadian Wild
- For You To Be Here – Tom Rosenthal
- Heart’s On Fire – Passenger
- Bloom – The Paper Kites (processional song)
- Forever – Ben Harper
- Only Love – Ben Howard
- Hey Ho – The Lumineers (recessional song)
- Higher Love – James Vincent McMorrow (processional song)
Tip
Another genre to review is our list of indie love hits for engaged couples on their big day.
2000s Folk Tunes
- I And Love And You – The Avett Brothers
- January Wedding – The Avett Brothers
- All I Want Is You – Barry Louis Polisar (recessional song)
- Let It Be Me – Ray LaMontagne
- Boats & Birds – Gregory & the Hawk
Tip
See all genres of music played at weddings.
1990s Folk Tracks
- In Spite Of Ourselves – John Prine and Iris DeMent
- When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss and Union Station (first dance song)
- Wild World – Yusef/Cat Stevens (recessional song)
Classic Folk
- Touch of Grey – Grateful Dead (cocktail hour song)
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – James Taylor (cake-cutting song)
- Watching the River Run – Loggins & Messina
- Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
- Wedding Song (There Is Love) – Noel Paul Stookey (prelude song)
FAQs
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Cupid & Psyche – Andrey Psyche
Hi Luke. Thanks for the song suggestion. It was released in 2020 but I have not heard it played at weddings before?
Folly and The Hunter – Travelling ??
Thank you. We will add it to the list!
Tom Rosenthal – For you to be here
Hi Jade. Thanks for the suggestion. Love the song and will add it to the list.