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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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Cry over these childhood sweethearts getting married in their 70s 😭

Many people think elopements are spur of the moment, but this simple and elegant Scottish elopement was years in the making… literally! Marlene and Stephen were childhood sweethearts. After losing touch, they reconnected years later, fell in love (again), and decided to get married. This is the stuff of Hollywood movies… Believe us, we’re gushing too!

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Maximalist magic: Joel & Justin’s art-filled, food-obsessed Madison wedding

Joel and Justin didn’t just plan a wedding… they staged a maximalist takeover of Madison, WI. There were pink plaid suits, 1,000 paper cranes, and DIY food. Oh, and their dogs walked them down the aisle! This wedding was loud, lush, and unapologetically queer.

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Bold bilingual goth winery wedding with Mariachi flair

She wore black lace and a crown. He wore burgundy and a librarian’s smirk. They got married in a vineyard with a Mariachi band, a bilingual wine ritual, and a geode-slashed goth cake. This wasn’t your average winery wedding: it was a moody, magical, multicultural masterpiece with velvet and even churros!

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Black lace, bass drops, and big queer love in the trees

What happens when two EDM-loving queers get married in a literal treehouse? You get gothic romance, misty forest vows, and a reception that devolved (evolved?) into a tequila-soaked rave. Courtney and Riley’s wedding was high fashion meets high BPM—black lace, chosen family, bass drops, and tacos for days. It was tender. It was wild. It was queer magic incarnate.