Beloved festival weddings: inspiration for your music festival-flavored wedding

Written by Ariel

Ariel Stallings

Author of three editions of the Offbeat Bride book and its sequel (From Shitshow To Afterglow, the ultimate offbeat breakup book), Ariel Meadow Stallings is the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire web properties. She lives in Seattle with her teenaged son, where she also does small business consulting.

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#Decor #camping

◆ At a Glance ◆

Next month for the third year in a row, I’m heading to Oregon’s Beloved Festival. To celebrate the spirit of Beloved, it feels like the right time to bask in the beauty of music festival-inspired weddings.

Invitation from Katherine & James' barefoot eco-friendly forest wedding, photo by Lucy Spartalis — Invitation from Katherine & James’ barefoot eco-friendly forest wedding, photo by Lucy Spartalis

Next month for the third year in a row, I’m heading to Oregon’s Beloved Festival. To celebrate the spirit of Beloved, it feels like the right time to bask in the beauty and bliss of music festival-inspired weddings. The truth is that not that many weddings actually happen AT music festivals (even among the Offbeat Bride community, it’s pretty rare). What I see more often is couples getting engaged at music festivals who then build their weddings around the vibe of music festivals, or even create their own mini-festival wedding weekends. This in mind, I thought I’d plum our eight years of weddings to find some of my favorite inspiration for your music-festival flavored wedding. Let’s put on our mud boots, pop in our squishy ear plugs, and dive in, shall we?

Because really, is there anything better than camping with your guests for a weekend?

Because FIRE

Because nature-inspired decor is some next level shit

Grayback-Gulch-Campground-wedding-II — Photo from Scott and Emily’s Idaho wedding by Dylan and Sara Photography

And don’t forget the music!

Because outdoor lighting at night

WarrenShirley night sky 082 — Photo by Melbourne Wedding Photographer Lakshal Perera via ABC News

Photo from Scott and Emily's Idaho wedding by Dylan and Sara Photography — Photo from Scott and Emily’s Idaho wedding by Dylan and Sara Photography

Thanks to the Beloved Festival for making this post possible — will I be seeing any of you there in Oregon next month?

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