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Real Weddings: Global

Although we’re based in the United States, we feature weddings from around the world — especially the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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Steff & James’ Viking Heavy Metal Halloween Wedding of Epicness

Happy almost-Halloween! Today marks our final post in our month-long celebration of Halloween weddings. The Offbeat Bride: Steff, Copywriter and Braille Transcriber Her Offbeat Partner: James, Geo-technician, Armourer and heavy metal drummer Location & date of wedding: Spookers, Kingseat Hospital Grounds, Kingseat, New Zealand — 1 November 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: James and […]

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Olga & Sergei’s dark, gothic, wine-country escape

Despite saying they’re not goths, these two went for black rings, a black dress, no cake, no dances, and a non-traditional gothic style wedding.

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Anli & Laura’s Lesbian Gamer Geek Wedding

Anli and Laura’s wedding is one of the most popular weddings we’ve ever featured. It’s not hard to see why…

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Mandi & Neil’s castle, cupcakes & tequila wedding

“We had a few setbacks during our year of planning, so we stripped right back to only the things we really, really wanted.”

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Taryn & Craig’s Silly, Fun-Filled, New Zealand Winter Wedding

Her family is traditional South African Indian Seventh Day Adventist and Craig’s is pure Kiwi Party Animal so a ceremony at a gothic church and reception at a wine bar in Windy Wellington, New Zealand fit the bill.

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Melissa & Joshua’s Brisbane cocktail party wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Melissa, Administration Officer (and OBT member!) Her Offbeat Partner: Joshua, Carpenter Location & date of wedding: Brisbane Registry Office, Australia, — Saturday, March 21 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: First of all, we married interstate and planned everything online and made about 80% of our purchases and decisions online. We got […]