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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.net/submissions.

A chic elopement in Vancouver with a floral wedding dress and a toy robot

A chic elopement in Vancouver with a floral wedding dress and a toy robot

Erin and Daniel chose to have just two witnesses and an officiant at their chic elopement in Vancouver. Their venue, the Roundhouse Community Centre, is intended for large weddings, so it ended up feeling very grand with only a few.

Erin and Daniel are both engineers, so they featured an antique multimeter and their toy robot.

Gold sequins and golden light at this Oregon beach wedding

Gold sequins and golden light at this Oregon coast wedding

Megan and Alex’s Oregon coast wedding had Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, OR (the Goonies rock in Cannon Beach) as the spectacular backdrop. There’s a stunning gold sequined dress, a dapper burgundy suit, flower crowns, a beautiful beachside ceremony, and some of the most gorgeously lit shots we’ve ever seen.

A sweet and relaxed farm wedding with an Old West vibe

A sweet and chill farm wedding with an Old West vibe

Josh and Mary had stunning farm wedding in Halfmoon Bay, CA that made us want to curl up under the stars and dream of love. Their goals? Rustic, outdoors, and super comfortable and fun. Did they succeed? You betcha. Let’s hear from Mary herself on how they made their chill farm wedding happen…

A heavy metal boat cruise wedding

A metalhead boat cruise wedding with headbanging and battle-axes

My wife and I originally met through our university's Metal Club, so it was only natural that we have a metal-themed wedding to celebrate the style of music that brought us together. The venue was the bottom floor of a yacht that does lunch/dinner cruises, which we chose to both reflect our desire to have both a classy affair and a mark our viking voyage in life as wife and wife.