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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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Becki & Jeremy’s Wild West Frontier Wedding

Becki & Jeremy run a wilderness summer camp together. Their wedding reflected this aspect of their lives. They had a fun-filled weekend with lots of outdoor activities: a hike, a 5k run, a bonfire, fishing and their wedding ceremony!

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Melinda & Paul’s disability-friendly, southern, sports rivalry wedding

Paul wanted a traditional Catholic wedding, whereas Melinda wanted to let her true colors shine. So they met in the middle and had a Catholic ceremony, followed by a rockin’ reception at the hall next to Edgar Allen Poe’s grave. The best part of the day for Melinda was when she walked without her crutches for the first time in eighteen years!

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Tina & Nico’s relaxed family wedding in a castle

Tina & Nico got legally married in May, so they were free to get wedding’d their way. So, they had a family-filled wedding at a castle in Belgium. When I say family filled, I mean they literally involved their family as much as possible. Both Tina & Nico’s fathers officiated the wedding!

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Emily & Benj’s classy, punk elopement on a red rock

After two failed attempts at planning weddings Emily & Benj decided to do the next best thing: elope! So they took their soon and ran away to Vegas. But they didn’t get married my Elvis, they had their ceremony on a red rock in the Valley of Fire at sunset!

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Donielle & Wayne’s overindulgent industrial Parisan apothecary wedding

Donielle & Wayne didn’t just want a wedding they wanted to create an entire experience. They rented an abandoned warehouse next to a train station to have their ceremony. Afterwards they held a decadent candlelit dinner party reception.

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Sofia & Zet’s colorful, vintage-themed wedding and relaxed island party

A few weeks ago, I gave you a preview of Sofia & Zet’s uber colorful boat wedding in Sweden. If you were drooling, like myself, and couldn’t wait for more, then you’re in luck. Here is the scoop on Sofia & Zet’s vintage-themed boat wedding! -Coco