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Real Weddings: Canada

Although we’re based in the United States, we feature a TON of Canadian weddings, especially Toronto and BC. Could it be because we’re no-so-secretly jealous of the less traditional wedding trends of our cousins to the north? Yes it could. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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Karen & Ian’s swords and boards geek-tacular wedding

You say you want some geek chic in your life? We’re bringing it hardcore with this wedding. Gamers, sword fighters, King Richard VIII, the full Princess Bride ceremony, a D20 that determines who kisses who… it’s fantastic. Put your nerd pants on and check out this kick-ass wedding brought to you in the name of all things geek!

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Joanna & Julian’s book-themed bilingual pub wedding

These two celebrated their love of lit with book centerpieces, comics and books table numbers, portraits from comic artists, and a giant book card box. They even made origami flowers from comic pages. But to spice things up, they had an awesome swing number for their first dance.

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Kirsten & Dustin’s 1950s nostalgic rockabilly wedding

Our Lead Mod for the Tribe, Kirsten, knows a thing or two about weddings and she’s sharing with us her amazing, nostalgic rockabilly style. An art gallery setting, drool-worthy food, and lots of geeky touches will make you fall in love.

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Kari & Rich’s handmade steampunk winter wedding

This cosplay pair met as pirates and wed as steampunks. The groom nearly didn’t make the ceremony, but his mad heel clicking in top hat and tails made up for it.

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Andrea & Angelo’s rock ‘n’ roll, leopard-print, Italian feast wedding

A live band playing rock classics, leopard print to die for, and a smidge of DIY makes this wedding no ordinary love. Traditional Italian? Nope. Awesome Italian? Hell yes.

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How a fiance visa created in this gothy Halloween wedding

A silent film star, an elegant vampire, and a raven winged officiant = perfect Halloween wedding. You know it’s good when the officiant has to say “You may now STOP kissing the bride.”