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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 Maui elopement with a volcano backdrop as seen on @offbeatbride

An elopement in Maui with a volcano backdrop

Max and Mel moved Maui to forge a new beginning for themselves and then met through a paddling club. Between karaoke after-parties and Maui adventures, loved blossomed. They decided to have a small elopement in Maui with the East Maui volcano, Haleakalā, as their backdrop. If you think this meant amazing photos, you’ll totally right. Think wide open vistas, dramatic cliffs, and moody clouds.

Travel through space with this sci-fi museum wedding (guest starring Yoda!)

Travel through space with this sci-fi museum wedding (guest starring Yoda!)

This chic-as-hell wedding was also super geeky with its sci-fi overtones and awesome space-themed details. The location alone kills us with its awesomeness. Don’t miss the flipbook station, Doctor Who-inspired save-the-dates, Star Wars shoes, Star Wars opening crawl to the ceremony, and sweet two-mother story at the reception. Are you ready for this sci-fi museum wedding?

April Fool's Day wedding in South Africa as seen on @offbeatbride

I pity the fool who doesn’t see this South African April Fool’s Day wedding

Tay and Matt rocked their April Fool’s Day wedding with a colorful festival-style picnic wedding in South Africa. Get ready for live music, bouncy castles, blankets and pillows picnic-style, lawn games, and so so so much style. Don’t miss the bride’s gorgeous curled mohawk and her bridesmaids getting ready outfits: onesies!

Let’s take a look at the shenanigans, games, and potential blanket forts at this South African wedding…

Halloween wedding as seen on @offbeatbride

Gold dipped pumpkins and masquerade masks at this chic LA Halloween wedding

All Hallows Eve was in full force for Larke and Russell’s haunted nuptials. There were vintage candy machines, gold dipped pumpkins, and masquerade masks instead of bouquets. The couple was serenaded by a vampire band and married by a friend dressed as the pope. The guests rocked costumes, too, dressing up as lobsters, the Addams Family, sailors, SWAT, devils, nuns, cats, and more. Don’t miss the unicorn and horse masks on top of the cake AND on the actual couple!