Summer Festival Weddings: Celebrant glitter and magic!

Who doesn’t love a festival wedding! Flower crowns, Doc Martens, smash burger food trucks, vows under the open sky, and the kind of speeches that make you cry into your biodegradable pint cup.

Festival weddings are having a moment. And it’s no surprise — couples want a day that feels like them, not just a tick-box ceremony with small, wobbly chairs, warm rose and a DJ who just hasn’t understood the vibe.

And at the heart of every brilliant outdoor, mud-splashed, joy-drenched, glittery wedding?

A celebrant like me!

Why Festival Weddings Need a Celebrant

Let’s say you’ve booked the field, the tipi, the fairy lights, and the mobile Prosecco van. (Almost as good as an ice cream van…almost)

Now you need someone to lead the ceremony. Someone who’ll:

• Tell your story,

• Set the tone,

• And brings the vibes!

Enter: the celebrant.

Because unlike a registrar, who’s limited by time, script and location, a celebrant can:

• Work anywhere (fields, forests, festivals, even a converted barn with questionable Wi-Fi)

• Say anything (as long as it’s not legally binding — that bit still happens at the register office)

• And create a ceremony that’s so you, your guests will be laughing, crying and waving their flower crowns in the air.

What Makes a Celebrant-Led Festival Wedding So Good?

It’s personal.

Celebrants meet with couples ahead of time, get to know their story (yes, even the bit where you met trying to find your contact lense in the mud during the Arctic Monkey’s set at Glasto), and write the whole ceremony from scratch.

You want:

• Song lyrics as readings? Done.

• A handfasting under the oak tree? Gorgeous.

• A moment to honour your dog as your ring bearer? Heck yes!

Celebrants make it happen. They know how to work with weird weather, windblown guests, and ceremony start times that can become a little flexible. We are in a field after all!

Come Say Hello

I’d love to chat. No hard sell — just honest info. No pressure. No jargon. No bunting (OK, maybe a bit of bunting — it is a festival wedding, after all). I cannot wait to learn about you and your story!

And if you are looking for flower crowns, my friend Katy makes the most beautiful, bespoke creations. She helped me make all the ones in my photos! You can find her on Insta @CrownsbyKaty or her etsy: CrownsbyKaty - Etsy UK

And if you’re looking for face paint and glitter creations, my friend Katie is a magician with her brush! You can find her on Insta @K8e_paints

Be well!