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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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Sophie & David’s fantastic romantic Alaskan wedding

You’ve seen this fashionable photo from this wedding before, now get the whole scoop! The Offbeat Bride: Sophie, University Peer Advisor (aka. OBT “SophieStradley.” Her Offbeat Partner: David, Economics Intern Location & date of wedding: Centennial Hall Convention Center in Juneau, Alaska — August 23, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We took advantage of […]

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Adair & Christiaan’s Japanese-Inspired, Summer in January Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Adair, Grad Student My Offbeat Partner: Christiaan, Grad Student Location & date of wedding: Bartlesville Community Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma — 01/03/2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We both had very different conceptions of what our wedding should be. The groom was very keen on much of the symbolic tradition of weddings, […]

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Kendra & Blake’s Rock & Roll Revival, Post-Elopement Party

The Offbeat Bride: Kendra Bentle, Branding and Design Writer and OBTer SheHim Her Offbeat Partner: Blake Rainey, Musician Location & date of wedding: The EARL, music venue and bar, Atlanta, GA — 1/11/09 What made our wedding offbeat: Blake and I met on-stage at an Atlanta music venue called The EARL during an event aptly […]

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“When Pagans Go Traditional” wedding

Our biggest challenge was balancing our desire to have a very pagan handfasting with the need to maintain a certain family friendly normalcy…