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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.

Feast your eyes on this gorgeous desert boho wedding

An Ojai mountain ranch international wedding that slays with style

The bride is half Peruvian/Dutch and the groom is Indonesian/Dutch, and they’ve lived on three continents. Despite having only around 50 or so guests at the wedding, it was a multicultural motley crew of people traveling from all over the world to meet up in the sun-kissed Black Walnut Farm in the mountains of Ojai, California. They wanted to combine the food of Europe and South America with the wines of California. You’ll want to seeeee!

A blue-haired bride and bearded bassist let us bask in their goth wedding

A blue-haired bride and bearded bassist let us bask in their darkly elegant wedding

Laura and Chris rocked their elegant meets goth wedding at Highbury Hall in Birmingham, UK. Laura’s fabulous grey-blue hair had us all in from the start. Their venue had a slightly haunted feel to it, so it was perfect for their goth-inspired nuptials. They included fall colors, shoes with squirrels on the soles, and a playlist filled with The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, and Stevie Nicks.

Let’s see the whole darkly elegant wedding…

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This pop culture wedding wins all with a Pac-Man suit, Mario Kart, and a Delorean(!)

When the bride rocks her ink and the groom (and his Funko double!) wears a Pac-Man suit, you know you’re in for a wild and woolly pop culture wedding. You’ll dig the comedy background music, faux tattoo station, YouTube comedy video area complete with popcorn, projected Mario Kart, board games, and Easter eggs for Jurassic Park, Back to the Future (a Delorean!), The Muppets, and all kinds of TV and movies.

A fantastical Lord of the Rings meets Midsummer Night's Dream wedding

A fantastical Lord of the Rings meets Midsummer Night’s Dream wedding

Music, decor, and fantasy elements from Lord of the Rings, a Midsummer Night’s Dream, and other fantasy epics color this gorgeous and lush outdoor wedding in Georgia. Just wait until you see the little hobbits running around, the amazing ceremony backdrop, and the Rivendell ceremony entrance banners. Swoon city! You’ll find your love at this fantastical Lord of the Rings wedding.

An intimate and romantic Italian elopement in Venice

Elopement goals: An intimate and romantic Italian elopement in Venice

Diana and Manuel took a gondola tour of the Grand Canal in Venice at their lovely Italian elopement. They made stops at the piazza for photos and, of course, their intimate sunset ceremony alongside the canal, serenaded by a soprano. Passersby couldn’t stop starign (as you’ll see!) as the pair strolled around in their formal wear and matching blue orchids for the bouquet and boutonniere. It’s an elopement dream. Plus, Italy is never a bad idea! Let’s take a peek at this elopement in Venice…

Trapeze, tulle, and two ladies at a stunning Seattle wedding

Trapeze, tulle, and two ladies at a stunning Seattle wedding

Gabrielle and Laura’s Seattle wedding day started off with a bang with some high-flying first look photos at at Emerald City Trapeze. Their custom-made dresses, book paper flower bouquets, and luminous chuppah were a total highlight, but the reception at Urban Light Studios also had an ice cream bar, traditional hora, and tons of string lights.