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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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Ansley & Derrick’s love-packed dance party wedding

Spray-painted animal and wine bottle centerpieces, paper flowers and baby’s breath, cupcakes, and everything gold — this wedding makes budget looks gilded. Plus, you’ll be getting sappy looking at this sweet pair make goo-goo eyes at each other in almost every shot… well, except those where they’re busting a move on the dance floor.

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Cait & Matt’s nerdy art deco and TARDIS blue wedding

Get ready to try and find all of the fandom references you can in this nerdy meets chic wedding in Portland. Keep an eye out for Harry Potter, Buffy, Doctor Who, and of course, a super gorgeous couple who will take your breath away. There’s a silver dress (with a way cool side bustle for dancing!), a retro mustached groom, and all the glamour your nerdy hearts can take.

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Jess & Mac’s LEGO-tastic museum wedding

A local waterworks museum is a pretty rad venue for a LEGO-themed wedding like this. This pair loves engineering, color, and having a grand time building with LEGO. They may have been concerned that their guests wouldn’t jive with the theme, but boy were those fears unfounded. You’ll want to see how they incorporated LEGO into their cake, their ceremony, and even their shoes. Just watch out for the bride’s grandma… she’s feisty!

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Our glam ’70s festival meets London street food wedding

From the “cheese” cake to the cork board Polaroid guest book, this chic London wedding just exudes style. Originally from New Zealand and America, these two are now living it up in London and taking advantage of all the craft beer, Prosecco, gorgeous venues, and good times the city has to offer. Let’s explore their 1970s-inspired, multi-colored dress wearing, seafoam green leisure suit sporting wedding.

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Kelly & Jacob’s retro carnival wedding

We’ve seen some amazing carnival weddings, but this one may be in contention for the most epic decor ever. We’re talking popcorn, Cracker Jacks, pinwheels, faux flash tattoos, circus-themed centerpieces, a hot dog stand, a huge and gorgeous candy buffet, and a retro circus cage photo booth! It will make you want to hop on a ferris wheel and get hitched, vintage carnival-style.

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Chris & Jeremy’s lakeside family reunion wedding

If this bride looks a little familiar, it’s because she’s our rad Assistant Editor of Offbeat Bride! Let’s see what this family reunion wedding has in store for us: a beautiful crystalline lakeside venue in Western Nebraska, a chalkboard program and menu, deer just wandering around, and two gorgeous people in lurve. Don’t miss the sure-fire way to beat the pre-ceremony nerves, too!