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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.

goth history wedding

A goth history nerd wedding with Cthulhu, Beetlejuice, and a headpiece to die for

Prepare yourself for something so rad, you’ll piss yourself. Think a Cthulhu cake, a gorgeous purple and black gown, an unbelievable ship-inspired headpiece, nerd burlesque with Anne Boleyn and Lydia from Beetlejuice, and a shell bouquet of purple, black, and gold. You’ll be watching this mouth agape, we assure you.

Odinist ceremony as seen on @offbeatbride #odin #wedding #legendofzelda

You must see this Legend of Zelda wedding with Odinic ceremony

Jen and John had an Odinic ceremony at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire with loads of fantasy-inspired and awesomely geeky details inspired by The Legend of Zelda. The Renaissance faire offered up lunch and shows performed by the actors after the ceremony, including a dancing pig and a falconer. Keep your eyes peeled for the Legend of Zelda cake and ring, black fishnets on the bride, and epic Renaissance garb on the guests.

lesbian quaker wedding

You’ll swoon over this joyful lesbian Quaker wedding

“We never set out to have a perfect wedding; we only set out to have a wedding that brought together everyone we love in one room.” This lesbian Quaker wedding will give you the sniffles from the sweet Parent Trap handshake, the amazing community-centered projects, the Quaker silent ceremony, and gorgeous ladies in deep love.

Poe and rock wedding as seen on @offbeatbride

Once upon a midnight dreary, we fell for this Poe wedding

Tamara and Sam’s theme is seriously one of our favorites: “rock ‘n’ Poe” — all things Edgar Allen Poe meets rock ‘n’ roll. They DIYed a lot of the goth details, and dinner was a breakfast bar. Between the fabulous black gown (which was actually billed as a “mother of the bride dress” — wut), the killer groom outfit and epic beard, and the black and white lace cake, we love this wedding with a love that’s more than a love. Okay, no more Poe quotes, I promise.