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Real Offbeat Weddings

We love featuring a truly diverse range of real weddings, from highly stylized theme weddings to elopements to simple and small weddings. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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Paula & Graham’s Elegant Modern New Zealand wedding

The offbeat bride: Paula, Psych Student & PT Office Manager Her offbeat partner: Graham, Company CEO Location & date of wedding: St. Michael’s Church (ceremony) and The Art Gallery (reception) in Christchurch, New Zealand on January 24th, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Anyone who saw the photos and doesn’t know me made comments along […]

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Lea & Mike’s big laid-back Jewish/Lutheran budget wedding

The offbeat bride: Lea, Artist Her offbeat partner: Mike, Structural Engineer Location & date of wedding: Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago, IL on May 23rd, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: A friend of ours, a wonderful fantasy writer, officiated with an incredible speech (which can be found here). Mike’s family is […]

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Our Formal Feminist NON-LEGAL commitment ceremony

The offbeat bride: Lith, Pregnancy and Postpartum Doula Her offbeat partner: Ealesy, Community Corrections Officer Location & date of wedding: Tecoma Pavilion in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia on February 24th, 2007 What made our wedding offbeat: I planned our wedding in a total of 9 days! Our wedding was not a legally recognised […]

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Jackie & Steve’s “Joyride in an Old Chevelle” getaway wedding

Our first vacation as a couple was Key West, FL. We made a promise at the end of our stay that we would return and get married on the beach. But we didn’t want to spend a lot of cash on sharing a few words and signing some papers. We wanted a quick getaway.

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Christine & Matthew’s Good Vibes Anything Goes Wedding

The offbeat bride: Christine, Web Designer Her offbeat partner: Matthew, Musician Location & date of wedding: Golf course tent in Omaha, NE on September 13th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We set out to have a good time and didn’t take the day too seriously. We figured if our guests saw that we were […]

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Stefanie & Aaron’s Renaissance Fantasy Church Wedding

The offbeat bride: Stefanie, Accountant/Opera Singer Her offbeat partner: Aaron, Web Designer Location & date of wedding: First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco in San Fransisco, CA on December 13th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: The wedding was very detailed, complete with Renaissance music, vows rolled in parchment scrolls, a feather quill pen […]