What a Celebrants website can tell you about them

What a Marriage Celebrants website really tells you about them!

When beginning the search for the right Marriage Celebrant, most ‘soon to be wed’ couples will find themselves on a Celebrants website, but aside from finding out what the Celebrant costs and what that includes, how else can you determine if the Celebrant is the right fit to perform the wedding for you and the love of your life?

Brisbane City Celebrants on Polka Dot Bride

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

We were thrilled that Polka Dot Bride published our article providing some great little pointers to help couples with what to look for in a Marriage Celebrant. It’s amazing what you can learn just from a quick visit to their website.

Click here to view the article by Brisbane City Celebrants. Enjoy!

Big shout out to Nick Evans Photo for kindly providing these stunning timeless images to accompany the article, and also to the gorgeous bride and groom Emma and Nick for starring in the article.

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Ciara Hodge

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Cara Hodge. Image: Nick Evans Photo

 

Emma and Nick's Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Ciara Hodge. Image Nick Evans Photo.

Emma and Nick’s Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Cara Hodge. Image Nick Evans Photo.

Nick & Emma-180 Nick & Emma-182 Nick & Emma-235 Cara sharing in the excitement of the day with the proud mother of the groom at Emma and Nick’s Eves on the River Wedding. Image: Nick Evans Photo

If you enjoyed hearing these tips and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Cara would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

An interview with Brisbane City Celebrants

With Celebrants Cara and Jamie of Brisbane City Celebrants

Here’s a transcript of Brisbane City Celebrants recent interview with a bridal magazine. Special mentions to Eves on the River bride and groom Amanda and Tim for being kind enough to send us the beautiful images that accompany this post and to the very talented Anthony Hoang for capturing these images.

How did you get into the wedding game?  Quite simply we LOVE love and believe it should be celebrated!

Following our own wedding we both trained and became Celebrants with the mission to be the best we could be and to really ‘get’ what each individual couple envisages their day to feel like and to deliver exactly that.

What is your celebrant style? Modern, calming and thoroughly enjoyable.

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate. Image by Anthony Hoang

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate.
Image by Anthony Hoang

Do you support same-sex marriage? HECK YES!

Favourite Brisbane venue

There are so many it really is too hard to choose. We feel very privileged to be Celebrants in Brisbane, with such a diverse selection of amazing venues and an all year round wedding season, Brisbane brides and grooms are all very lucky indeed!

Tell us a little about your journey since being appointed to today

At the time we were appointed as Celebrants in 2008 Brisbane City Celebrants were amongst the youngest Celebrants in Brisbane!

We launched with a bang at a huge QLD wedding expo and now 7 years later, having followed our core principle of ‘your day – your way’ Brisbane City Celebrants have grown to become amongst Brisbane’s most sought after and most referred Celebrants by brides and grooms.

We have simultaneously become highly respected by the Brisbane wedding industry and also by fellow Celebrants which is such a huge compliment to us.

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate. Image by Anthony Hoang

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate.
Image by Anthony Hoang

Equipped with a wealth of experience and having been mentored by the most highly perfectionist and honest critic around  (each other), we know how to create the atmosphere our couples envisage for their day, while ensuring they are relaxed enough to share that beautiful connection throughout the ceremony, so everyone present can experience a thoroughly enjoyable and seriously amazing wedding.

What is it that you enjoy about being a celebrant?

We love the whole journey with each couple, from meeting and getting to know them, creating their ceremony and sharing and witnessing special moments like;

–          Seeing the look on the grooms face (as his heart beats through his chest) when he sees his bride for the very first time;

–          The hug the father of the bride gives his ‘little girl’ as he ‘gives her away’ clinging on for those few extra moments, there is so much emotion right there!

–          Being a vital part of creating an amazing celebratory atmosphere for one of the most special moments of a couples life;

–          Seeing parents and grandparents in the front row beaming with love and wiping away the odd happy tear as we share the couples own unique love story;

–          We love when brides and grooms hear each others surprise vows to each other for the very first time on the day, so many crazy beautiful heartfelt emotions;

–          And of course when we introduce the new Mr & Mrs followed by the first kiss… when the crowd goes wild! Ciara says “I still get goose bumps every time!”

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate. Image by Anthony Hoang

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate.
Image by Anthony Hoang

Tell us about your favourite/stand out wedding you have officiated?

A recent stand out wedding would have to be the first ever same sex wedding (commitment ceremony) that Jamie recently performed.

There were so many emotions from heartfelt tears of happiness to fits of laughter, all accompanied by a room full of guests beaming with love, the vibe was simply amazing!

It was an incredible ceremony and the feedback from the 2 grooms was beyond fantastic, so we couldn’t be happier.

Any advice for bride’s to be when it comes to choosing a celebrant?

When choosing a Celebrant firstly think about the kind of ceremony that you want and look for a Celebrant that specialises in exactly that.

For example, Brisbane City Celebrants specialise in simple and meaningful, fun and light hearted or short but super duper sweet weddings that are thoroughly enjoyed by everyone present.

If couples are looking to fill their ceremony with rituals or religion we are honest and tell them that we simply wouldn’t be the best fit for them, however there are plenty of Celebrants that are.

A great sign that you have found the right Celebrant is that feeling that they really ‘get’ you, are on the same page, they listen to what is important to you and have the right ideas and suggestions for the kind of ceremony you have in mind.

Listen to your gut feeling, after all you need to feel comfortable that they are the right person to be stood up there with you on the day.

QUICK WEDDING TIP

Make sure you ask your potential Celebrant if you will be able to proof your ceremony before the day, this is simply one of the best ways to prevent some of the things that are commonly heard of going wrong during the ceremony and knowing what to expect will really help to put you at ease.

Eves on the River Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Jamie Eastgate rings exchange image by Anthony HoangEves on the River Wedding with Brisbane City Celebrants Jamie Eastgate. Image by Anthony Hoang

If you enjoyed this insight about Brisbane City Celebrants and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, they would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

The guests were in for a big surprise at this Glengariff Historic Estate Wedding

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

Anyone who has had the pleasure of going to Glengariff Historic Estate will tell you this is a venue with wow factor. Needless to say, this bride and groom loved the incredible backdrop and sweeping views so much they booked their wedding here.

Being approximately a 45 minute drive from Brisbane City and with most of their guests traveling from a far, many from overseas, they organised a full size bus to transport their guests to and from the venue for convenience.

While planning the transport they came up with a great idea, ‘as we are providing transport, why not surprise the guests with the venue so they get the full wow factor when they arrive here too’, so that’s what they did.

I loved watching the guests ‘wow’ as they were greeted with this view of the breath taking ‘surprise’ wedding venue, at the lovely Glengariff Historic Estate in Samford.

Glengariff Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Ciara Hodge

Glengariff Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Ciara Hodge

The couple enjoyed a happy and heartfelt ceremony with the grooms sister who traveled all the way from the UK to be here, given the honour of ‘Best Woman’ much to her delight.

Wishing the newly weds every happiness for your future together and thank you for choosing me as your Glengariff Historic Estate wedding Celebrant.

Cara Hodge – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about this exciting wedding and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Cara would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

A Gatsby styled wedding in Roma Street Parklands

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

It was such a perfect Brisbane day for this happy bride and groom who wed in a sweet and heartfelt ceremony that shared their funny, quirky and romantic love story together.
Their ceremony took place at the gorgeous Palm Tree Court, Roma Street Parklands and so many guests came to see me afterwards to tell me how much they enjoyed the ceremony which really means more to me than I can even begin to explain!

The bride looked radiant wearing a beautiful Gatsby style dress with classic 1920s curls in her hair and a bird cage veil. The bridesmaids looked gorgeous in long mint dresses carrying yellow bouquets.
Roma Street Parklands Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Ciara Hodge

Roma Street Parklands Wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Cara Hodge

It was a pleasure having a Wedding Coordinator from The Main Event on hand, she admitted to shedding a tear or 2 during their sweet ceremony. Love her!
The happy couple continued the celebrations in the wonderful hands of the Fix Restaurant Weddings team, who I guess must be just a little impressed with me as a Celebrant from the last wedding I did there as they were kind enough to recommend me to this lovely couple.

Wishing the happy newlyweds every success and happiness for their future together and thank you for choosing me to be your Roma Street Parklands Wedding Celebrant.
Cara Hodge – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about this contemporary wedding ceremony and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Cara would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

Spicers Hidden Vale Wedding Ceremony

Spicers Hidden Vale Wedding Ceremony

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

“Step aside nerves, this is awesome fun” said this Spicers Hidden Vale bride

It is not just normal, but practically unavoidable to experience some degree of pre-wedding nerves on the day of your wedding, which isn’t surprising when the many hours or research, planning, preparation and visualising of everything ‘your wedding’ is finally coming to fruition before your eyes.

Thankfully, many of my couples tell me they feel relaxed and at ease on their wedding day as soon as they are in my presence, having heard this many times now from my brides and grooms I am beginning to realise that the ‘calming presence’ my clients speak of is my ‘Celebrant super power’, well ok, maybe not a super power but certainly a point of difference that enables my couples to really and truly thoroughly enjoy every moment of their ceremony.

It’s worth mentioning that I am a former Yoga Teacher and a Les Mills Body Balance Instructor so perhaps that’s where this calming energy stems from.

One of the most challenging tasks for a Celebrant is to be able to put the bride and groom at ease as much as possible, and to me this is really important as it’s when couples can relax and and put the nerves aside, they can really enjoy their ceremony and everything about it that has been thoughtfully created to make is so special.

Spicers Hidden Vale Wedding Celebrant Ciara Hodge

Spicers Hidden Vale Wedding Celebrant Ciara Hodge

Lyndal and Brendan married at this spectacular setting at Spicers Hidden Vale in a ceremony full of smiles, laughter and happiness. After the ceremony had concluded and I was saying my farewells, I mentioned to Lyndal how relaxed she seemed throughout the ceremony, to which she responded that once she had walked up the aisle to her waiting groom and the ceremony commenced with me sharing their love story together, she realised ‘hey, this is actually awesome fun!’

Her comments really made my day as my primary focus as a Celebrant (other than ensuring the legal wording and requirements are meticulously accurate) is that EVERYONE present enjoys the ceremony, I love seeing the guests smiling and engaged in the ceremony, the bridal party at ease and a beautiful connection between the bride and groom. Mission Accomplished!

It just goes to show that a ceremony can, be enjoyable and fun whilst being meaningful and special.

After the wedding both sets of Grandparents thanked me for delivering such a lovely and happy service which really means so much to me being a part of facilitating what will become such special memories to all the family.

Congratulations to the happy couple and thank you for choosing me as your Celebrant for your Spicers Hidden Vale wedding.

Cara Hodge – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about this thoroughly enjoyable wedding ceremony and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Cara would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

A surprise Brisbane wedding at Fix Restaurant

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

Bride and Groom: Justine and Andrew

Wedding Date: 12th May 2013

Wedding Ceremony and Reception Location: Fix Restaurant and Bar (Port Office Hotel)

Tell us about your Ceremony and Reception:

When we thought about how we wanted to get married, we kept coming back to just wanting a big party with all our family and friends; so to do that, we had an engagement party/ surprise wedding.

We wanted it to feel like a party from start to end, only stopping for a short meaningful ceremony in the middle. Our engagement party was a black and white cocktail theme with a splash of colour. I (the bride) started the night in a black dress and 90 minutes in, I snuck away to change in to my knee length white wedding dress, wearing a pair of electric blue pumps with both dresses. While I was out of the room my then fiance mingled with the crowd, there were enough people there it was assumed I was just off talking to someone else, plus allowing the guests 2 hours until the actual ceremony gave ample time for the late comers to arrive in time for the big surprise.

At 6pm the Wedding Coordinator (who also happens to be my sister) gathered everyone together for the ‘speeches’ to start and asked where I was, but really this was just code for the very few in the know that the ceremony was about to begin. The band started playing Pachelbel’s Canon, I appeared from a door at the back of the room and the guests were surprised and delighted to see the engagement party had just become a wedding. There were lots of gasps, cheers, clapping and a flourish of tears. The reaction was better than we had ever imagined and quite unlike the usual response you normally get to a bride walking down the aisle.

Our actual ceremony would have been around 10 minutes from start to finish, but in that time we included our unique meeting story, some meaningful vows (with a couple of humorous ones thrown in), exchanged the rings, and of course included all the required legal wording. To us, it was just perfect!

Engagement party turned surprise wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Ciara Hodge

Engagement party turned surprise wedding with Brisbane Celebrant Cara Hodge

What we loved:

The venue was set up superbly, the existing decor is dark leather and wood, and the elegance was enhanced by little lantern lighting placed throughout the venue. To top it off the centre piece of the room was an amazing 3m tall, cherry blossom LED tree – it was definitely a talking point, and a perfect backdrop to the ceremony.

Fix Restaurant surprise wedding ceremony with Brisbane Celebrant Ciara Hodge

Fix Restaurant surprise wedding ceremony with Brisbane Celebrant Ciara Hodge

We also loved the laid back feel a surprise wedding had, everyone was having fun from the moment they walked through the door – only helped by the amazing band. We both really loved having kids there too, they entertained themselves for a lot of the night, at one stage the band gave them instruments and had them involved in one or two songs – it was fantastic.  But overall my most favourite part was seeing everyones reaction to the ‘big surprise’. I will never forget that!

The magical moment Justine and Andrews Fix Restaurant surprise wedding was unveiled.

The magical moment Justine and Andrews Fix Restaurant surprise Brisbane wedding was unveiled.

Describe your experience with Cara from Brisbane City Celebrants:

As mentioned earlier my sister is a Wedding Coordinator, so she has seen a LOT of Celebrants in action, so I knew the moment she recommended Cara to be my Celebrant, that she was going to be fantastic.

I was always imperative from the start that we thought Cara could successfully help us ‘pull off’ the surprise component – and she was really an integral part. She gave us guidance from start to end, but also allowed flexibility for us to put our own touches in to the ceremony.

Cara also allowed us to prepare everything in our own time, so we never felt any unnecessary pressure. It really was an easy, stress free experience – and for that we are very grateful!

Tell us about any wedding suppliers that you were impressed with and why:

The following suppliers were exceptional:

– Emma Stephenson at The Port Office Hotel was outstanding even though we are sisters she treated me as she would any client, she was thorough and professional. There was nothing that was not thought of, planned, or executed perfectly. The staff serving us on the night also need to be congratulated.

–  Benjam (band) if you ever wanted the most outstanding wedding band in Brisbane these guys are it. They add to, and create the perfect atmosphere. You can choose between having 1, 2 or 3 band members for differing prices, but we went the whole 3, and it was outstanding. You can indicate the kind of music you want, but apart from choosing the ‘walking down the aisle’ song and the ‘bridal waltz’, we left the rest up to them, they really knew what they were doing. The bridal waltz song we wanted wasn’t very mainstream, but they happily learnt it and executed it fantastically.

– LED Tree Hire by Creative Loop, hiring the LED tree helped us add that point of difference to our wedding. The amazing cherry blossom tree stood 3m tall and really became the centre piece of the room. I am still hearing really positive comments about how amazing it was. They came in to set it up and took it away at the end of the night, so all we had to do was enjoy it’s beauty.

– and of course Brisbane City Celebrants Cara Hodge, she was just amazing.

The newlyweds enjoying a moment following their seriously awesome and super sweet Fix Restaurant surprise wedding.

The newlyweds enjoying a moment following their seriously awesome and super sweet Fix Restaurant surprise wedding.

Your advice to bride and grooms to be:

Our advice is…… a wedding doesn’t have to be a long, drawn out, overly expensive, or stressful affair. If you choose professional suppliers, they will take care of all the stuff that bogs some couples down. We were the hosts of the engagement party/ surprise wedding, but we just showed up and enjoyed it like the rest of our guests. Although we always knew we were going to have a surprise wedding, we only gave ourselves 8 weeks to prepare, but to be honest over 90% of it was organised in less than 4 days.

We would highly recommend a surprise wedding too, there were no preconceived ideas of what should happen, we had no pushy opinions, we saved quite a lot of money and we didn’t need to organise things that often get forgotten e.g. table arrangements, what colour the napkins are, bonbonnieres etc.

We just wish we could do it all again!

Wedding at The Port Office with Brisbane Celebrant Ciara Hodge

Surprise Wedding at Fix Restaurant with Brisbane Celebrant Cara Hodge.

Images courtesy of Max Loxton Photography.

If you enjoyed hearing about this surprise Brisbane wedding ceremony and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Cara would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

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Wedding at Henzell Chapel – The cutest wedding chapel

Wedding at Henzell Chapel – The cutest little wedding chapel you ever did see!

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

I loved everything about Lisa and Simon’s beautiful wedding at the super cute Henzell Chapel at Mt Pleasant. This was the first time I have performed a wedding at this chapel and having seen photos of this wedding chapel I was super excited about this ceremony venue.

Lisa and Simon were kind enough to organise transport for their guests to the Chapel which is approximately a 1 hr drive North of Brisbane, and they were super sweet in also providing me a seat on the bus that they hired through Rolo transport.

When we arrived we were greeted by the amazing sight of the cutest little stone chapel you ever did see, surrounded by panoramic views of rolling hills and lakes, you couldn’t imagine more beautiful surrounds, it felt so peaceful and serene and perfectly suited this couples wedding theme, as Lisa mentioned to me a few days prior, their theme for the day is ‘relaxed’. What a great state of mind for enjoying your own wedding day!

Henzell Chapel Wedding with Celebrant Ciara Hodge

Henzell Chapel Wedding with Celebrant Cara Hodge

The Chapel was the perfect size to comfortably seat all of their 44 weddings guests. The bride and groom decided on having no bridal party, which gave the groom the opportunity to pick his own outfit and colours as he didn’t need to be matching anyone else. In keeping with tradition while the groom was yet to see what the bride was wearing, she was also about to be surprised in seeing what he had picked.

The bride was beaming as she arrived wearing the most beautiful lace wedding dress with a keyhole back as she was walked down the aisle by her mother while the groom managed to hold back the tears (just!).  With much enthusiasm, the brides whole family ‘gave her away’ and the short yet relaxed and enjoyable ceremony commenced and included some really great interaction with the guests.

After they shared their first kiss as husband and wife, we made our way outside to the signing table, positioned perfectly on the top of the hill, taking in the amazing expansive views. Where I pronounced the bride and groom as husband and wife and they were congratulated by their equally happy and excited wedding guests.

The wedding ceremony was followed by an afternoon tea outside which included some delicious home made baking by the couples friends, before the bus headed back to West End for the reception which took place at the funky Gun Shop Cafe.

Here is some lovely feedback from this Henzell Chapel bride:

“Thanks Cara, We had the most perfect day we could ever have dreamed of!
Thank you for a beautiful ceremony, it was perfect, exactly what we wanted. Lisa Xx”

It was such a pleasure being the Celebrant for this couples Henzell Chapel wedding and I wish them every happiness for their future together.

Cara Hodge – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about this Henzell Chapel wedding and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Cara would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

Mirra Private Dining – a stunning and unique wedding venue

It was such a pleasure being the Celebrant for Cathy and Shaun’s wedding at Mirra Private Dining and Events in Fortitude Valley.

This lovely couple, traveled all the way from Melbourne with an entourage of family and friends to enjoy an outdoor wedding here in Brisbane, and despite the out of the norm constant rain over the past week, and after a huge down pour earlier that afternoon, miraculously the clouds parted and a clear blue sky made their dream of an outdoor wedding a reality.

Mirra is a stunning and unique Brisbane wedding venue

Mirra is a stunning and unique Brisbane wedding venue

Mirra Private Dining CourtyardThe Courtyard at Mirra where wedding ceremonies take place.

Mirra is such a fabulous venue, it oozes style and elegance  and certainly has that wow factor. It is also situated beside a busy railway track and there is no mistaking the sound of the passing trains from outside in the courtyard where the ceremony took place, but instead of being perturbed by this, Cathy and Shaun completely embraced this and had fun with it by incorporating a London underground train theme in to their reception styling. The tables were named after the London underground stations, cards from the guests were ‘posted’ in to a British style ‘Royal Mail’ letterbox and even the biodegradable confetti carried the train theme.

While we did hear trains passing during the ceremony, thankfully my good strong PA System worked it’s magic and the ceremony wasn’t interrupted.

Mirra Wedding Reception Tables Mirra Wedding Sweetheart TableThe bride and groom were seated at a ‘sweetheart’ table which is a huge wedding trend in the states, I think this seating arrangement is really cute, plus it allows the bride and groom to have that time to themselves and take it all in.

This sweet couple provided a donation to charity (the Cancer Council) in place of favours for all their guests which goes to show that they are just as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside. What a lovely gesture and a charity that everyone is touched by.

Charity donation in place of favours

Charity donation in place of wedding favours

I loved being the Celebrant for this wedding at Mirra Bar in Fortitude Valley and wish this gorgeous couple every happiness for their future together.

Cara Hodge – Brisbane City Celebrants

If you enjoyed hearing about this contemporary wedding ceremony at Mirra Bar and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Cara would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

 

Brisbane Hilton Weddings

Brisbane Hilton Weddings

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

Conveniently located in the centre of Brisbane’s CBD, the exquisite Brisbane Hilton is home to a fabulous selection of wedding ceremony locations, ideal for the bride and groom that love the idea of having their ceremony and reception at the same venue.

If you envisage an opulent venue where yourself and your guests will receive 5 star service you won’t be disappointed here.

The Brisbane Hilton Hotel's Vintaged grill and chef table

The Brisbane Hilton Hotel’s Vintaged grill and chef table

I was fortunate enough to be invited for a guided tour of the Hilton Hotels ceremony sites and I loved the great variety of options this venue offers, including a spacious air conditioned area with floor to ceiling windows boasting an urban backdrop, and the shaded and sheltered Tropicana pool deck which conveniently has a bar at hand, perfect for cocktail hour.

While it is hard to pick a favourite a definite contender would be the cellar private dining room, with a beautiful oversized table that seats up to 14 with plenty of space for your choice of centre pieces or table décor. This venue also provides enough space for the ceremony to take place with the fabulous backdrop of the Brisbane Hiltons fine wine cellar, perfect for the wine loving connoisseur. This venue is also a great choice for the increasing number of brides and grooms that are looking for a modern ceremony and reception venue suited to smaller weddings.

The Brisbane Hilton Hotels Private Dining Cellar Room - perfect for small and intimate wedding groups

The Brisbane Hilton Hotels Private Dining Cellar Room – perfect for small and intimate wedding groups

For more information on weddings at the Brisbane Hilton hotel, contact the delightful team here.

If you enjoyed hearing about this wedding venue and are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane wedding, Cara would love to hear from you. Contact Brisbane City Celebrants for more information and to confirm availability for your special day.

Brisbane Powerhouse Weddings with Celebrant Cara Hodge

With Celebrant Cara Hodge of Brisbane City Celebrants

Even though we’ve performed many weddings at The Brisbane Powerhouse, when we get booked for weddings at Brisbane Powerhouse we always get that extra bit excited as this venue is so ‘us’. In fact I often envisage having my own vow renewal ceremony here one day! The reason this venue resonates so well with us is perhaps because as savvy, fresh modern Celebrants we have so much in common.

This venue with is ultra modern, with a funky edgy feel, embraces it’s unique characteristics like it’s graffiti styled walls and it’s towering white washed exterior brick walls. This venue doesn’t try to conform to what it believes the typical wedding venue should be, instead it stands proud in it’s own unique way. It also boasts 2 roof top ceremony sites, both capturing panoramic views as the Brisbane river snuggles around this iconic building. While this wedding venue isn’t for everyone, personally we love it!

We have always had great experiences with the onsite Wedding Coordinator which also adds to the great experience of this venue.

Here are just some of the gorgeous weddings I have had the pleasure of performing at this venue.

The arrival of the bride at Riverbend Terrace, Brisbane Powerhouse

Corinne and Steve's Powerhouse wedding, I love this shot of them being showered in rose petals

Corinne and Steve’s Powerhouse wedding, love this shot of them being showered in rose petals

 

Brisbane Powerhouse wedding with Celebrant Ciara Hodge

Brisbane Powerhouse weddings with Celebrant Cara Hodge
Image: Boots Photography

If you are looking for a Celebrant for your Brisbane Powerhouse wedding Brisbane City Celebrants would love to hear from you. Contact us