We’re here, we’re queer

we’re saying “I DO”

MONDAY, JUNE 01, 2026

Dearly Beloved Dance Party at Gasa Gasa New Orleans June 1, 2026
Tickets On Sale January 2, 2026
Sponsor Dearly Beloved

What the f*ck is this?

Dearly Beloved is a community-powered mass wedding and queer dance party celebrating love in all its forms, shapes, and sizes.

Choose how you celebrate:

With four ticket tiers to choose from, whether or not you say “I Do” is up to you.

  • Join the moment where love takes center stage — literally. The Officiated ticket is for couples taking part in the mass marriage ceremony, where everyone will say I do together on the same stage at the same time. This is a legally binding marriage between two adult humans, officiated by a licensed celebrant.

    Couples will need to bring their own marriage license to make it official, but the celebration — and the dance party after — is on us.

  • For those who want to celebrate love without getting Big Daddy Government involved, the Unified ticket offers a mass commitment ceremony open to all relationship types and sizes.

    You’ll join the crowd on stage, exchange vows alongside others, and affirm your love in whatever form it takes. It’s a shared moment of joy and belonging — a reminder that love, in all its shapes, deserves to be witnessed.

  • The Renewed ticket is for couples ready to say I still do. You’ll join everyone else on stage during the mass ceremony to recommit your love in front of community — the perfect way to celebrate your journey and keep the spark alive.

  • Not walking down the aisle this time? No problem. The Guest List ticket gets you into the Dearly Beloved experience — witness the mass ceremony, cheer for love in all its forms, then hit the dance floor for the afterparty. Because whether you’re saying I do or I’m just here to dance, you belong here.

Dearly Beloved Dance Party and Mass Wedding New Orleans
Tickets On Sale January 2, 2026

We’re ditching the traditions that don’t serve us and keeping the parts that do: community, love, acceptance, chosen family — not to mention the best vendors and an epic queer dance party.

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Meet your Mass Wedding Vendors:

  • Pink Gasa Gasa logo

    Gasa Gasa

    Venue

  • A young woman with braided hair, smiling, standing outdoors leaning against a green wall with arms crossed.

    Destiny Karash-Givens

    Wedding Officiant

  • Warm Advice

    Wedding DJ

  • Close-up of a woman with medium brown skin, dark hair, and neutral expression, outdoors with blurred background.

    Chloé Marie

    Wedding Singer

  • Linka Odom Photography

    Photographer

  • DJ SPZM

    After Party DJ

More Vendors to be announced!

Mass Wedding Timeline:

  • If you have an Officiated, Unified, or Renewed ticket, please arrive at Gasa Gasa between 6:00PM and 6:30PM to get checked in and enjoy a welcome cocktail.

  • If you’re a Guest List ticket holder, cocktail hour begins at 7:00PM in Breezy’s!

  • Grab a seat or a place to stand and get ready for synchronized vows and one big group “I do”!

  • DJ Warm Advice takes the stage and the dance party begins!

  • The Dearly Beloved Dance Party is over at 11:00PM, but our the party continues as DJ SPZM takes over for Femmes, Thems, and EDM.

    Free entry for Dearly Beloved attendees, $10 advance/$12 @ doors for everyone else!

Tickets On Sale January 2, 2026
Sponsor Dearly Beloved

Meet our Sponsors:

  • Kirrin Finch logo
SPONSOR DEARLY BELOVED

Why a Mass Wedding?

Dearly Beloved isn’t your average ceremony, it’s a celebration of queer love in all shapes and sizes. We’re ditching the traditions that don’t serve us and keeping the parts that do: love, acceptance, chosen family, and an epic dance party.

Dearly Beloved is A protest and a party.

In a time when queer marriage rights are being debated again, standing on stage together is a radical act of visibility.

Now is the time to take up space, celebrate our love, and make sure the world sees that we are here, we are queer, we are thriving, and we will not be erased.

  • Not every queer person has family they can lean on — but we do have chosen family. A mass wedding lets us celebrate love together, surrounded by people who truly see us, support us, and are aligned with us.

  • Weddings are expensive, but love shouldn’t be. We’ve built a beautiful, affordable way to make it official (or just make it fun).

  • A mass wedding makes a statement — that queer love is real, valid, and unstoppable.

  • Let’s be real — a giant mass queer wedding-meets-dance party is just f*ckin’ fun and a little weird.

Tickets On Sale January 2, 2026
Sponsor Dearly Beloved