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Real Weddings: Northeast US

From New England to New York and Rhode Island to Long Island, couples in the Northeast have their own distinct brand of offbeat. A little urban, and little upstate, and a bit of an edge — we love you East Coast offbeat couples! Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

04152023MollyDan 678 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A comic book wedding with Spiderman, pizza, and a Rickroll processional

We met on the internet, and on our first date we bonded over our shared love of all things nerdy, Marvel, Disney, and theme parks. We always wanted to make the wedding uniquely ours. Nerdy but classy!

Michael Sami Brooklyn Microwed 7 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Big love in Brooklyn at a botanical garden micro wedding

If we were going to do the damn thing, it needed to be unique to us and our life and not put us into debt as the first act of our marriage! It was also important to us that despite our straight-passing relationship, our queer identity and the community we have made for ourselves was present in the day.

heather ally car wedding 33 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Crossing the finish line: this winning couple got married at an auto museum

I was the Wedding Planner for these 2 cool kids. They reached out to me for help with their “car themed wedding” they wanted at an automotive museum in Pennsylvania – their own vehicles attended the wedding as well, parked right next to the DJ and the band!

jennifer laura olio 47 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Love, rainbow wedding cake and a Wilson Phillips sing-a-long at Olio

Jen and Laura celebrated their nuptials at Olio, a newly renovated 1912 historic venue just north of Boston. The defining moment of the night had to be when the band started playing Wilson Phillips. EVERYONE joined in – if there is one correct way to enter a lifetime of wedded bliss, it’s gotta be via a sing-a-long!

tolkien mel eric NY 45 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

This magical Middle Earth fairytale wedding will take you to another world

Our fairytale wedding included medieval and fantasy elements, with much inspiration from The Lord of the Rings. We personalized our non-religious ceremony, and included many nods to Tolkien. We even had a “House Sword” specially forged for the ceremony!

krista dave farm puzzle 40 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

This couple had so many great wedding puzzle game ideas

We wanted a whimsical, herb-garden inspired wedding weekend with an outdoor ceremony, a reception in a barn, a custom cocktail… and we knew we had to incorporate puzzle games into the proceedings, a big passion of ours!