Category Archive

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.net/submissions.

A spectacular three-day wedding in India

A spectacular three-day backwater wedding in India

Sylvie and Aaron’s wedding in Kumarkom was one big cultural cocktail. They wanted three unique experiences for each day of their wedding, distinct from each other yet tied together under one grand theme.

You’ve got to see this gorgeous East-meets-West backwater wedding in Kerala, India…

Two girls in gis: a dojo kung fu wedding

Two girls in gis: a dojo wedding (with a martial arts ceremony!)

Everybody was literally kung fu fighting at this amazing “two girls in gis” dojo wedding. We’re SO happy that there’s a video of this martial arts ceremony to show us how it all went down. It’s epic. Watch these two ladies (who own the studio!) use martial arts movements to represent their chosen themes and of course, their love…

A Dia de los Muertos-themed wedding in the Arizona mountains

A Dia de los Muertos-themed Sedona wedding in the Arizona mountains

Molly and Chris are from Ohio and decided to have a destination wedding in Sedona, AZ. Their main goal was just to be married among family and friends without a lot of “hoopla,” as they put it. A handful of the twenty or so guests invited helped set up the tent with traditional Mexican-themed decor such as sugar skulls, colorful flowers, and masks. In fact, all of the guests received masks as favors!

Let’s explore this gorgeous Sedona wedding…

"I love this glam Star Wars wedding." "I know." (Don't miss this one, Star Wars fans!)

“I love this glam Star Wars wedding.” “I know.” (Don’t miss this one, Star Wars fans!)

Marilyn and Zach are Star Wars geeks and wanted to inject a little midichlorian magic into their wedding day. Their subtle and glam Star Wars wedding had gorgeous colors (hello blush pink gown!), movies and fandom-themed centerpieces, a gorgeous Star Wars-topped cake, and of course, a lightsaber exit. Just wait until you see the Han frozen in carbonite chocolate bars!