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Real Weddings: Western US

Here are some of the most freaky fabulous weddings from the shores of the Best West Coast all the way to the Rocky Mountain states, including Seattle weddings, Portland weddings, California weddings, and more. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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Sharla & Kris’ Moab, Utah Motorhead Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Sharla, newspaper production designer (and OBT member “Firecracker“) Her Offbeat Partner: Kris, engineer Location & date of wedding: Moab, Utah — April 25, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We love Moab for its scenery and fantastic trails, so we chose to get married there. We had about 23 guests, no attendants, […]

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Danielle & Roland’s halloween wedding party

The Offbeat Bride: Danielle, Business Owner Missing Piece, LLC Her Offbeat Partner: Roland, Photographer/Carpenter Location & date of wedding: Our house in San Francisco, CA — Friday, Oct. 31, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: I met Roland at Burning Man and we were married exactly two months later, on Halloween. He is from London […]

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Alex & Mark’s Mexi-Kitchy-Chic-Forest-Wonderland Wedding

You’ve seen this wedding before when Ariel raved about the “best woman’s” amazing outfit. Now get the entire scoop on my friend Alex’s beautiful offbeat redwood forest wedding that I was lucky to attend. The Offbeat Bride: Alex- Community Manager Her Offbeat Partner: Mark- Restaurant Manager Location & date of wedding: Nestldown, Los Gatos CA […]

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Laura & Gosia’s Beautiful & Fun, All-Bride, All-Dress Wedding

“We couldn’t agree who had to change her last name, so we played a Name Change Soccer Game the afternoon before the wedding with our guests, and the winner’s team got to pick our new last name.”

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Astrid & Kyle’s Seattle Boat Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Astrid, Biology Student and Retail Princess (and OBT member “Astrid“) Her Offbeat Partner: Kyle, Network Analyst and Professional Napper Location & date of wedding: The Virginia V, Seattle, WA — July 24, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding wasn’t super offbeat, but it was authentically us. We left out all […]

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Jenell & Joe’s sassy & informal Phoenix arts district wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Jenell – Interior Designer (commercial), and OBT member “Jenell” Her Offbeat Partner: Joe – Marketing Content Writer/Editor Location & date of wedding: The Paisley Violin Cafe, Phoenix AZ What made our wedding offbeat: We decided to keep our wedding small, personal, and inexpensive and save some money for a really nice honeymoon […]