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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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Tanya & Gavin’s wet and windy ship wedding!

We had been together for a while and decided to do the wedding thing our way. We wanted a small ceremony and we weren’t tied to any religious buildings, so after a quick search we decided on a ship.

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Grace & Thomas’ Intimate Medieval Earthy Elopement

“After plans for a low-key affair with family and friends didn’t quite materialize as we had envisioned it, we decided to buck tradition and elope.”

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Melissa & James’ Woodland Bohemian European Wedding!

We traveled Europe from England to Italy and stopped for a few days to get married. We didn’t pick the exact location until we arrived! Since we were given the freedom to do as we pleased by the site, we did just that…

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Kat & James’ punk rock handfasting

Members of the OBT already know Kat — she’s one of my beloved moderators! Here’s the full story on her awesome Solistice wedding The offbeat bride: Kat, bookseller and OBT moderator Her offbeat partner: James, writer Location & date of wedding: My dad & step-mum’s house, Lantzville, BC. June 21, 2008, Summer Solstice What made […]

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Maria & Luke’s Hispano-Hipster dance party wedding!

Our wedding was concert-themed, meaning we got married on stage, to music, in a show venue, distributed tickets, handbills, etc. So many things made this wedding *us*. From our garb (giant red dress & powder blue vintage tux) to the venue (an old warehouse converted into a show venue), to the homemade cupcakes and home-arranged flowers, we managed to get everything we wanted, for dirt cheap, and still made it all look relatively good.

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Belinda & Stu’s Hot Pink & Black Wedding!

The offbeat bride: Belinda, Makeup Artist & Singer Her offbeat partner: Stu, Manager & Singer Location & date of wedding: Fitzroy Gardens Melbourne, Australia – April 19th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Hot pink was a central color palette… my bridesmaids wore black with hot pink heels and my flowers were hot pink and […]