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Real Weddings: Southern US

There are some who say the South will rise again — and it’s true, if you’re talking about Southern nontraditional weddings! From Atlanta to Texas and North Carolina to Florida, we love our Southern offbeat couples. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

Get sweet on this Southern hospitality bourbon bash as seen on @offbeatbride #southern #wedding

Get sweet on this Southern hospitality bourbon bash

The purple hair, the handsome groom, the deep jewel-toned green dress, the rustic venue, the subtle nerd references (Lupin & Tonks FTW!), the delicious-looking Southern food — this Southern hospitality wedding in Kentucky is filling our hearts with joy. This pair could not be more gorgeous and we can’t stop looking. Don’t miss the pants-splitting chair dance, too!

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May the Fourth be with this Star Trek meets Star Wars wedding

May the fourth be with you today. Lightsaber fights, Pop Vinyl Leia and Captain Kirk cake toppers, mixed paper + real greenery bouquets, Star Trek insignias, fandom character-named tables, Vader candies, all on top of a whole lot of glamour. It’s your fifth grade party dream all wrapped up in an elegant Star Wars wedding package. Come see how this couple made it happen.

A bluegrass 1920s speakeasy jail wedding as seen on @offbeatbride #twenties #wedding

A bluegrass 1920s speakeasy jail wedding with massive Southern style

A speakeasy jail wedding with retro 1920s style, bluegrass music (including a bluegrass cover of “I Wanna Sex You Up,” and a mug shot photo booth. Are you all in or what? Don’t miss the gorgeous invitation set, the former jail venue, secret moonshine speakeasy room (with secret password!), the El Camino getaway car, and the “interpretive” first dance.

Punk meets horror wedding as seen on @offbeatbride #punk #wedding #purplehair

This punk meets horror wedding has the purple-haired dreaminess we can’t live without

Heather and Errol are high school sweethearts who love horror movies and punk, and a little bit of each was injected into the theme of their Canton, Georgia wedding. Heather, a hair stylist, rocked hot purple locks with her vintage dress and DIYed glittery shoes. From the Bride of Frankenstein cake topper to the record guest book and live painting they had done of the ceremony, the details of this punk meets horror movie wedding are killer.

Two garden enthusiasts rocked their same sex, garden backyard wedding as seen on @offbeatbride #gay #wedding

Find out what made this same sex, garden backyard wedding so HOT

Scott and Dennis are very much into gardening and spend a lot of their time in their front yard making it look awesome. Fittingly, they had a small, casual, summery, garden backyard wedding at a close friend’s home in a quiet neighborhood. It was a hot Florida day, but the real heat was coming from all the killer moves on the dance floor. Let’s check out this sweet and raucous backyard wedding.

Purple wedding with an adorable baby as seen on @offbeatbride #samesexwedding #purple

It’s all purple all the time at this tutus and cupcakes two-mamas wedding

Sonja and Elizabeth rocked some whimsically fabulous purple tutus, purple pants, purple Chucks, and even PURPLE HAIR along with their adorable daughter in a matching purple tutu. Add in the fantastic catering, the decorate-your-own cupcake bar, lovely DIY details, and a kick-ass dance floor, and you’ve got a wedding over which to swoon. Go get your purple wedding dreams fulfilled…