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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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This Montreal citrus theme wedding had private vows and a family-style meal

Emily Anne and Alex turned their Casa d’Italia wedding in Montreal into a joy-drenched feast. Picture vintage orange damask, citrus everywhere, and dinner served family-style like a sprawling Italian banquet. Their tango first dance lit up the room before dessert arrived via a walking cannoli bar… and when the fire alarm cut things short, everyone hit a karaoke bar instead.

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This Halloween wedding had mad scientist decor and a Sola wood flower wedding bouquet

When COVID canceled their big library wedding, Erin and Matt turned their plans into something stranger and more intimate: a Halloween micro wedding at a historic Airbnb in Madison, WI. Picture bubbling beakers, bookish decor, wood flowers crafted into a bouquet, and a cheeky skeleton keeping guard at the bar. Mad scientist vibes meet marital vows.

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Pagan Halloween wedding with DIY Viking flair

Under a full Hunter’s Moon, Caitlin and Thomas tied the knot in a pagan handfasting within a mushroom fae circle, dressed as Norse Vikings while their guests arrived in costume. DIY magic filled the night (pumpkins carved, candles glittering, and pie instead of cake) culminating in a last dance so intimate it felt like time itself paused.

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Zombie vampire wedding at Lizzy Gator chapel

James and Corina’s zombie vampire wedding at Lizzy Gator chapel in Texas was a full-blown horror love story. With vampire fangs, zombie prosthetics, Thriller dance moves, and a Rocky Horror first dance, this Halloween wedding pulled no punches. From giant pumpkins in the aisle to a blood-red cake crawling with fake bugs, it was gloriously undead.