Canberra Celebrant Services & Fees

I create warm, relaxed and heartfelt wedding ceremonies for modern couples planning full weddings, elopements, intimate micro-weddings and legals-only marriage formalities across the Canberra region. I can craft a beautifully relaxed celebration that feels exactly like you. I’ll guide you through every step with professionalism, care and importantly - genuine joy.

Bride and groom walking down the aisle at Mona Farm with petals tossing

Bespoke ceremony
The signature storytelling package

  • A fully personalised, story-driven ceremony written from scratch to perfectly reflect you, your relationship and your future together.

    I’ll guide you through the entire process of creating your ideal ceremony and make it relaxed, exciting and stress-free. I’ll create and deliver a ceremony that’s warm, genuine and full of joy - the perfect prelude to your once-in-a-lifetime party.

  • Fun and modern Canberra couples who want to celebrate their love and their love story in a relaxed and authentic way.

    • A bespoke wedding ceremony written from scratch - tailored to you and your lovely love story

    • Officiating and leading your wedding ceremony, ensuring everything runs smoothly

    • A planning meeting to workshop and personalise your ceremony

    • A wedding week catch-up to run through all the nitty-gritty of the ceremony so you can relax and enjoy every moment on the day

    • Unlimited planning support and guidance - ceremony ideas, structure, elements and customisations

    • Unlimited communication via text, email or phone

    • Professional PA system: Bose speakers & Sennheiser mic, with Bluetooth capability to play your chosen music

    • Travel within the Canberra region

    • Completing and lodging all legal paperwork

    • Commemorative marriage certificate

  • A Canberra venue you love. Some of my favourite venues are listed on my ‘vendor recommendations’ page

  • No limitations - it’s your big or small wedding!

  • Up to you, but a typical bespoke ceremony is 20-25 minutes long

  • $2,180
    Prices valid for the 2025/26 season

Bride and groom kissing in their backyard

Simply married - Intimate legals only+
Small and significant

  • An intimate way to be legally married with a little more than just the paperwork, but without the scale of a full wedding.

    The ‘simply married’ package is a short and sweet ceremony at a location of your choice, with space for personal vows and a little bit of magic shared with the people you care about most.

    Perfect for micro-weddings, elopements and intimate celebrations.

  • Elopements or low-key marriages and micro-weddings that celebrate the moment without the bells and whistles of a bespoke ceremony.

    • Intimate micro-wedding or elopement ceremony with up to 15 guests

    • Choice of Canberra location

    • Optional personal vows (with vow-writing guidance and review)

    • Printed vow cards and use of vow-holders

    • Ring exchange and “I do”s

    • Optional ceremony readings

    • Optional pre-written ceremony elements to personalise the legal wording

    • Completion and lodgement of all legal paperwork

    • Commemorative marriage certificate

    • Pre-ceremony support so everything feels simple and stress-free

  • A location you love in Canberra. Great Canberra spots for an intimate elopement / legals only ceremony include:

    • National Carillon or Black Mountain Peninsula by the lake

    • National Arboretum (Dairy Farmers Hill)

    • Mt Ainslie lookout or Red Hill lookout

    • Your living room or backyard

    • Your favourite cafe or restaurant

  • Up to 15

  • 10-15 minutes

  • $920

Bride signing legal marriage paperwork with celebrant

Just married - Legals only
No fuss, just married

  • The simplest way to become legally married in Canberra. Calm, straightforward and truly fuss-free, focused on the legal essentials.

    We’ll meet at Edgar’s Inn in Ainslie, say the magic legal words, sign the paperwork and voila - you’re just married! Stress-free and ultra easy.

    • Couples who wants to make things official without any fanfare or stress

    • Couples planning a celebration later or an overseas wedding

    • Couples who want a loved one to lead their wedding ceremony

    • 5-10 minute legal formalities conducted by an authorised Canberra marriage celebrant

    • Up to eight guests

    • Optional ring exchange and “I do”s

    • Completing and lodging all legal paperwork

    • Commemorative marriage certificate

    • Guidance and draft legal script before the ceremony so you feel relaxed and prepared

  • My local - Edgar’s Inn in Ainslie, or a location within the 2602 or 2601 postcodes

  • Up to 8
    (10 people including the couple)

  • 5-10 minutes

  • $650

Image credits: Luke Chisholm - Mona Farm; Anna Awburn - Couples’ backyard; Lecinda Ward - OPH

Bespoke wedding ceremonies

Bespoke wedding ceremonies

Bride and groom's first kiss during wedding ceremony at The Boat House in Canberra

My signature package is a bespoke wedding ceremony: a warm and heartfelt celebration of your love story that feels genuine. The perfect prelude to your once-in-a-lifetime party!

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