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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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Shawna & Tim’s aviation extravaganza wedding

We take to the skies in this high-flyin’, flight-simulatin’, bride-trippin’, aviation-themed shindig. The bride sewed 1,000 organza flowers, her sister wrote and sang an original song, and you’re not going to want to miss it.

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Sara & Nick’s majestic movies wedding

Say hello to my little friends, Sara and Nick. They have Fight Club invites, Pulp Fiction twist contests, movie quote photo booths — this wedding makes me an offer I can’t refuse.

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Stacy & Tony’s pirate theatrical classic rock wedding

This bride will eat fire for her wedding guests! Don’t think she won’t. And this couple saved a historic theater in the process of planning their hitchening. Determined? To say the least.

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Julia & Kory’s casual rock ‘n’ roll sideshow wedding

An indestructible bride and her zombie rocker dude create “the world’s strangest married couple.” Creepy magicians, Sno-Cones, and a ton of duct tape will keep this couple stuck togetha foreva.

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Rebekah & Ben’s old Hollywood historic prison wedding

This couple got married in prison… a gorgeous 250,000 square foot prison venue! They combined a Hollywood set with an old Hollywood theme for some major glam. An eleventh hour photographer swap made for a quick save in the end.

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Zoe & Gary’s fantasy Quaker snow-covered wedding

A Quaker ceremony meets a 600-year-old reception hall for the kickiest LARPers-in-love celebration this side of York. Guests braved a winter snow storm and were rewarded with Hungry Hungry Hippos and a cake made of cheese wheels.