Real Weddings

At Married In Milwaukee we LOVE featuring real couples and real weddings. Here is a great compilation of real wedding features that include some of our super popular Cost Breakdown articles as well.

A Super Fun Milwaukee Athletic Club Wedding for $38K

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For this couple, they just fell in love with everything about the Milwaukee Athletic Club! The downtown location was perfect and the MAC's rooftop worked awesome for cocktail hour. They were excited to find out it fit in their budget! For $38,000 their wedding turned out fantastic! These high school sweethearts incorporated some fun photos from where they met - The Good … [Read more...] about A Super Fun Milwaukee Athletic Club Wedding for $38K

An Amazingly Beautiful Farm Wedding for $26K

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For this couple, the single most important aspect of their wedding was having it at their family farm. This drove many of their vendor choices and budget decisions, such as hiring a wedding planner and not renting/buying a lot of decor so that the farm could "shine". For $26,000 we think they did a great job and had a beautiful wedding with amazing vendors. We also love that … [Read more...] about An Amazingly Beautiful Farm Wedding for $26K

A $42K Wedding at the Marcus Center in Downtown Milwaukee

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We love weddings at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. And the thing that makes them even better is when they use tons of MIM Family Members like this one did! This couple pulled off an awesome wedding for just under $42,000 and came out of it debt free! Make sure to read the "Note from the Bride and Groom" below to learn more about their budgeting/saving process. … [Read more...] about A $42K Wedding at the Marcus Center in Downtown Milwaukee

This Couple Had An Amazing Wedding at Pizza Man for $15K

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A wedding at the famous Milwaukee restaurant Pizza Man? Yes it's a thing and this couple did it amazingly well for $15K. Their wedding is a great example of cutting costs by cutting their guest list. We also love the images by MIM Family Member, Roost Photography. Read more about the couples' vendors and how/why they chose them in the "note from the bride and groom" below. … [Read more...] about This Couple Had An Amazing Wedding at Pizza Man for $15K

A Super Fun $23K Wedding at the Beautiful Villa Terrace

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This wedding has us excited - not only because it's at the absolutely gorgeous Villa Terrace, but we love how the couple prioritized their costs. They focused on enhancing their guests' experience and things that would allow them to relive and remember their big day, like hiring an amazing video team, in this case Sweet Pea Cinema. For $23K they did a great job and their … [Read more...] about A Super Fun $23K Wedding at the Beautiful Villa Terrace

A $15K Wedding – From Riverwest to the Urban Ecology Center

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This couple considers themselves nontraditional so it goes without saying they wanted a nontraditional wedding. The Urban Ecology Center on Milwaukee's east side fit the bill perfectly. And the bikes helped too :) For $15K they had some amazing vendors and 160 guests. Read on for the full cost breakdown of this completely awesome Urban Ecology Center wedding. And don't miss … [Read more...] about A $15K Wedding – From Riverwest to the Urban Ecology Center

Cost Breakdown: A $30K Marcus Center Wedding

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This couple was looking to have a fabulous reception and the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts worked out perfectly. They did a Friday night wedding to help save on costs, and we'd say they did a pretty amazing job! For $30K they had some amazing vendors and 180 guests. Read on for the full cost breakdown but we'd recommend starting with their wedding video by Orphonic … [Read more...] about Cost Breakdown: A $30K Marcus Center Wedding

This Boston Couple Got Married at The Box MKE for $22K

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This Boston couple started their relationship in Milwaukee and came back for their wedding - we love that!! This fact drove a lot of their vendor decisions and made them want to create an authentic downtown Milwaukee feel for their big day. For just under $22,000 they had an awesome wedding at the The Box Milwaukee with all of their venues and hotel in walking distance. We … [Read more...] about This Boston Couple Got Married at The Box MKE for $22K

This Milwaukee Alderman’s Wedding is all About #MKELove

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When Nik Kovac, the alderman of one of Milwaukee's coolest neighborhoods (Riverwest) and Grace Fuhr, Director of Special Events at Historic Milwaukee, Inc., tie the knot you are sure to get a unique wedding! Full of awesome Milwaukee elements, historic buildings and meaningful accents, their wedding was about their love for each other and for the city they call home. Read on … [Read more...] about This Milwaukee Alderman’s Wedding is all About #MKELove

Cost Breakdown: A $22K Wedding At Anodyne Coffee Roasters

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A wedding in a coffee shop? Hell yeah, especially when it's a wedding at Anodyne in Walker's Point! For just under $22,000 these two coffee-lovers had some great vendors and 150 guests. We love how they did a separate, very intimate ceremony (12 guests!) in Tosa's Hoyt Park. Another cool thing - they had food stations customized to their unique backgrounds as well as tons of … [Read more...] about Cost Breakdown: A $22K Wedding At Anodyne Coffee Roasters