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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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Lisa & Rowly’s kid-friendly campsite wedding

Since both our families were from out of state, we searched for a place where we could be together for a weekend. We wanted more of an experience than just a few hours of the traditional ceremony, food and dancing. We lucked out finding the Woods at Wihakowi, which is about 5 miles from our own house. It was small enough that we could take it over for the weekend but had enough space (36 acres!) that everyone could spread out.

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Jen & Doug’s Wabi-sabi Barn Dance Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Jen, Artist/Library Aide My Offbeat Partner: Doug, Artist/Museum Officer Location & date of wedding: Lingrow Farm, Leechburg, PA — 3/22/2008 What made our wedding offbeat: I think one of the things that made us so “offbeat” was how laid-back we all managed to stay about everything! We’d been friends for twelve years […]

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Stori & Tausha’s “Gay ‘ol Wedding & Celebration”

Stori & Tausha put their gay ‘ol wedding celebration together in two months time, using all things recycled and reused. This wedding has everything, budget-friendly tips, last minute drama, and some of the cutest couple photos I’ve ever seen!

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Sam & Chris’ Romantically Epic Tudor-esque Italian Wedding

Remember that Venician wedding featured last week? Here’s the full scoop! The Offbeat Bride: Sam, alternative model My Offbeat Partner: Chris, postdoctoral researcher Location & Date of wedding: Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, Italy — 25th February 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted something that just felt right to us. Chris and I had visited […]

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Melissa & Matt’s Medieval Fantasy wedding

The offbeat bride: Melissa, Medical Lab Tech Student My offbeat partner: Matt, Locksmith/Night Club Owner Location & date of wedding: Stan Hywet Hall in Akron, Ohio. What made our wedding offbeat: My husband was dressed as a king, and I wore a Medieval inspired dress from a pattern that is discontinued (making it a rare […]

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Lynn & Adam’s Arlington Museum Wedding

The offbeat bride: Lynn, Customer Service Rep My offbeat partner: Adam, Customer Service Rep Location & date of wedding: Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas What made our wedding offbeat: We totally bucked tradition. We chose a non religious setting by having our wedding in an art museum. We also had our entire wedding party […]