Sara Bareilles is definite about what she desires for her wedding ceremony to Joe Tippett.

Talking to PEOPLE on the American Coronary heart Affiliation’s Crimson Costume Assortment Live performance in New York Metropolis on Thursday, Jan. 30, the “Love Music” singer, 45, dished on the essential particulars that completely can’t be skipped when she and the American Primeval actor, 42, say their “I dos.”

“You’ll be able to ask my wedding ceremony planner,” Bareilles jokes, referring to how severe she’s taking her huge day.

For the “Gravity” singer, consolation is vital.

“The non-negotiables are I need comfy locations to take a seat,” she tells PEOPLE. “I need plenty of blankets in case it is chilly as a result of I hate being chilly.”

However Bareilles additionally has to make certain that her company are properly fed and entertained, including, “The meals needs to be slamming and the music needs to be wonderful.”

 “I simply need it to really feel simply actually cozy and heat and alluring.”

Bareilles and Tippett met in 2015 whereas engaged on the play Waitress on the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass. 

They went public two years later, making their pink carpet debut on the opening night time for All of the High-quality Boys, during which Tippett starred.

“At this level, I am 45,” Bareilles tells PEOPLE at Thursday night time’s occasion. “The dream of my wedding ceremony does not seem like it might need if I used to be in my early 20s.”

Although her imaginative and prescient for her wedding ceremony could also be totally different lately, the Grammy winner says celebrating love is finally her purpose.

 “What I actually need to do is rejoice bringing our group of family members collectively to witness this journey we’re taking,” she tells PEOPLE. “And I actually need my family and friends to really feel like they’d an amazing weekend.”

When explaining the that means of the American Coronary heart Affiliation’s Crimson Costume Assortment Live performance to her, Bareilles tells PEOPLE it’s an “unbelievable gesture” that helps the group affected by heart problems, notably ladies.

“We’re sharing tales and inspiring one another to take our well being significantly and I simply love every little thing that this occasion stands for,” she says. “It is so essential.”

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Bareilles beforehand spoke to PEOPLE about her wedding ceremony to Tippett on the purple carpet premiere of her sitcom Girls5eva in March 2024. On the time, she shared that whereas they had been hoping to tie the knot that yr, his busy schedule would doubtless push issues again a bit.

“Oh man, we had been aiming for this yr,” Bareilles stated. “However along with his taking pictures schedule, I feel it is perhaps too onerous to tug it collectively this yr, so it would get pushed to subsequent yr.”

She additionally added that “Scrumptious meals and other people being heat” had been amongst her must-haves.