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cemetery

Cemetery weddings aren’t just for Halloween or goth weddings — we’ve featured tons of gorgeous cemetery wedding venues in cities like New Orleans and Las Vegas, and have a ton of cemetery wedding photos from real weddings for you get ideas and inspiration from.

A goth castle wedding in Ireland with a stroll through the cemetery

A goth castle wedding in Ireland with a stroll through the cemetery

Deirdre and Dylan planned the goth wedding of their dreams at Blackwater Castle in Castletownroche, Cork, Ireland. They started with a gorgeous church ceremony, then some creepy-chic portraits in the cemetery, and finally into the seriously majestic castle for dinner and celebration.

This darkly gorgeous wedding has the black wedding dress of your dreams

This dark avant garde wedding has the black wedding dress of your dreams

This secular wedding was a mix of all things dark and gorgeous: a gothic cemetery, a bar venue with amazing food and surprisingly affordable cocktails, and fabulous dark outfits including a Wedding Dress Fantasy gown of our goth-loving dreams. Pair it with the bride’s perfectly red hair and the groom’s killer ink, and this avant garde wedding slays us.

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Find the killer at this murder mystery wedding with 3 Gothic themes

To say this was an elaborate Halloween gothic-themed wedding would be an understatement. You’ll dig ALL of these details. They started off the weekend with an interactive film noir murder mystery party, had a twilight horse and carriage ride after the cemetery ceremony, and had THREE gothic themes for their seriously killer reception. Think Victorian Gothic, Spanish Gothic, and American Gothic. You don’t want to miss this one…

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Would you get married at a plantation? Or a castle? Or a prison? Or a cemetery?

We featured a Filipino/Persian wedding that was held on a lovely garden estate — that used to be a plantation. A commenter chimed in: “…not really sure if a Southern Plantation with slavery history is the ideal place for a wedding. I couldn’t focus on the beauty of it knowing that it held such memories of immense suffering.” This comment brings up so many interesting questions…

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Brett & Matt’s gothic clergy cemetery wedding

This wedding is the most amazing combination of gothic cemetery setting and reverent ceremony of two clergy members dressed in their loveliest vestments in a truly gorgeous church. You’ll also love the mash-up of traditional hymns and Rise Against at the ceremony! Come check out the gothic splendor of this wedding.

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A Dr. Seuss wedding in a Philadelphia cemetery

Certain words come to mind when you think “Dr. Seuss.” Whimsical, definitely. Colorful, for sure. Adventurous. Lighthearted. Fun as all get-out. Each one of these descriptions fits Katelyn and Steve’s Philadelphia wedding to perfection.