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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.

An homage to Athens wedding & a Halloween-in-June dance party

An homage to Athens wedding & a Halloween-in-June dance party

This wedding was an homage to the couple’s hometown of Athens, GA, and featured Halloween costumes, lovely blended family traditions, and an amazing tribute to Prince and Purple Rain… literally! Plus, they had a seriously funny wedding hashtag that ties in to the champagne of beers. You’ll want to see it. Also, don’t miss why the bride totally thinks we should all forget to exchange rings at the ceremony!

A gold dress wedding with karaoke, and tacos all wrapped up in fairy lights

A gold dress wedding + karaoke + tacos + fairy lights

Jenny and Dean’s wedding was a dream of fairy lights and over 200 candles. Jenny’s gold dress lit up the room even more, and when paired with Dean’s blue suit, was vaguely reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast! The reception featured guest karaoke with tons of dancing. Don’t miss the coloring book guest book, taco bar at the reception, and loads of sweet cuppin’ cakes.

We "dyed" when we saw this dip-dyed wedding dress

We “dyed” when we saw this dip-dyed gown at a Minneapolis wedding

Michaela and Brian has a super colorful outdoor wedding in Minneapolis that give us chills. We’re talking a colorful mismatched wedding party, a sweet first look, gorgeous outdoor ceremony space, scenery for days, and dance floor donut inner tube shenanigans. But our favorite part? You already know: it’s the bride’s handmade dip-dyed gown!

A guerrilla-style Harry Potter Wizarding World wedding (with handmade outfits!)

A guerrilla-style Harry Potter Wizarding World wedding (with handmade outfits!)

Kevin proposed to Jessica with a stuffed owl carrying a ring box and a Hogwarts letter, so their guerrilla wedding at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando was a no-brainer. They BOTH made their own wedding attire and it was epic. Accio Wizarding World wedding!

#ErinAndTimGetMeowied: a cat lady nerdy wedding

#ErinAndTimGetMeowied: a nerdy cat lady wedding

Our wedding had a loose theme of books, cats, and glitter. I really wanted my four cats to be at the wedding, but it wasn’t possible, so I had to just let my cat lady status show in other ways.

I wore cat shoes and had a cat purse. We had our cats added to our cake topper, cat paw chocolate pops favors, and made sure to have cat ears at the photo booth. And, of course, used a cat lady wedding hashtag: #ErinAndTimGetMeowied.

Bandmates become lifemates at this music-centric wedding in Pennsylvania

Band mates become life mates at this musical wedding in Pennsylvania

Megan and Jeff were bandmates who became lifemates at their musical wedding. Megan wore her mother’s dress, and they spoke personal and sacred vows. The unique museum space reception had vinyl slingin’ DJs, which was perfectly appropriate since they fell in love in their own band, The Wild Hymns. They even wrote and played a song together instead of a first dance.