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Unique weddings for fun-loving couples who are too extraordinary for a cookie-cutter wedding. Not planning a wedding? No problem!

Welcome to Contagious Events: a Boston based, full-service event planning company specializing in unique weddings for fun-loving couples who are too extraordinary for a cookie-cutter wedding day. With a passion for creating memories, we will help design and orchestrate the event you’ve always dreamed of, all on a budget you can live with. We love planning all kinds of events, for all kinds of people.

12/08/2025

I have so much I want to say, but I keep deleting because I feel obligated to keep this account somewhat professional, so I’ll keep it at this:

When we started doing weddings, gay couples could only marry in certain states. Back then, I was proud to live in a state that celebrated love instead of debating it. But even during those times, it wasn’t enough.

When I came out to my mom, it was an emotional experience for me: when she asked why I was crying, I told her I felt like I had let her down.

“I won’t have kids of my own… I can’t even have a real wedding, only one that’s recognized by the state” I explained. She rebutted with the simple fact that Elton John had kids and assured me that state weddings were only the beginning, and in due time, “gay weddings won’t even be a thought… they’ll just be weddings. Think positive thoughts and good things will happen!”

When she passed, one of the last things she told me was to remember to always think positive thoughts. It’s not easy right now, but if you identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, or if you’re an ally that’s struggling with positivity right now, I want you to know:

Your love is valid.
Your story needs to be told.
Your relationship ought to be celebrated.
We will never not honor and respect your wedding or your marriage, and we will celebrate you with pride.

Photo from David + Donald’s Provincetown wedding by

30/07/2025

I started planning weddings in 2008. Pinterest was juuuust starting to roll out, lime green was the “it” color for weddings and we were all drowning in burlap-covered mason jars (iykyk).

Over the years, I’ve designed countless weddings. While the trends have changed, my approach has not: your wedding design should tell a story. When your guests arrive into a space, you want them to be reminded of who you are as a couple. It should look like something YOU chose: not a random wedding scene that went viral on computer monitors across the globe.

Every love story is different, and sometimes while designing weddings, I felt limited in options because local rental companies can only carry so much. At the same time, I knew how impactful certain elements could be… so we started building a collection of décor items for our designs. Later, we established partnerships with - a past groom, and , a hometown friend.

Over the years, we’ve built quite the collection! And soon, I’ll have a lot more to share about this, but for now I thought I’d share a photo of our “bloom box” bar from Ilana and Matt’s wedding last month: when Ilana’s mom told me at the tasting that we needed “lots of flowers,” I smiled and told her “I know just the thing.”

Photo from Ilana and Matt’s wedding at by . Floral by . Catered by . Rentals by and

18/07/2025

“You are written on my heart in permanent ink.”
-N. R. Hart

Photo from Elise + Mike’s wedding at by . Hair and makeup by , floral by

15/07/2025

Kim and I had a blast celebrating Leeann and Miranda’s wedding in May at - yes, I’m a little behind on posting my wedding selfies!

We had an incredible wedding day that included ARCHERY during cocktail hour (can’t wait to share more!) and got everyone to bust a move after a fabulous dinner by .

I had the chance to chat with Leeann and Miranda today and almost teared up when Leeann said she was nervous about worrying on her wedding day to make sure the details were all in place, but that ultimately she didn’t worry at all because she knew our team was “handling it” 😭

30/06/2025

I’ll never stop being proud of our community.

I’ll never stop remembering a time where this image felt unobtainable because having a wedding wasn’t a realistic expectation.

I’ll never stop making sure our couples are working with vendors who are committed to lifting them up, creating safe spaces, and honoring our couples for who they are and all the things their love may have had to endure.

I’ll never stop celebrating these moments, because they give me a glimmer of hope for the future: if we’ve come this far, there’s so much more that could be:

Maybe someday I won’t have to question whether or not a vendor is “willing” to work with my couples.

Maybe someday I won’t feel the need to quickly scan the room before holding my man’s hand.

Maybe someday I won’t have to help my couples navigate family dynamics because of relatives who don’t “believe” in their love.

Maybe someday I won’t create a hypothetical exit plan if someone is upset about me kissing my partner in a public space.

Maybe someday we won’t have to have debates about who is allowed to peacefully use the restroom.

Photo by from Caroline and Leah’s wedding at . Hair and Makeup by and . Floral by , dress from .

23/04/2025

Our with Nina and Bryan!

01/04/2025

Wedding season has officially begun at Contagious Events!

A big thank you to Liz and Alex for trusting us with their big day! We had ourselves the most beautiful dinner reception followed by an EPIC dance party!

24/03/2025

We’ve been working on a big project and it’s so close, we can almost touch it. Not too long until we share more 🤫🤪

13/02/2025

A rising trend we’re seeing in the wedding industry is adding more interactive elements for guests and a great place to dial that up a bit is with your guest book!

Sure, the traditional guest books offer interaction, but that’s the bare minimum. You could step it up with an instant camera station for guests to take selfies and paste in an album for you to keep. You could even have a vintage phone that records your guests so they can leave you a thoughtful message. But one of my favorites is working with a local artist to create a special paint by number, inspired by a photo of your choosing, who then helps guide your guests as they paint and complete the work of art during the cocktail hour and reception.

I think what’s particularly exciting about interactive elements at weddings is that it’s unexpected, and that’s what adds the fun!

Swipe to see Molly and Chris’ paint by number guest book in action, and for the completed artwork!

21/01/2025

This morning while I procrastinated by doomscrolling, I came across a photo that stopped me in my tracks. In a black and white moment, we see a bride leaving the front of a home that appears to have been bombed: the windows are shattered and the front yard is covered is debris, and yet, the bride and the other two individuals in the image are all smiling and appear to be having a wonderful day, despite the circumstances.

That’s what I love about weddings: they are a glowing example of the true power of love. A home could be bombed and destroyed, but the power of love puts a smile on our faces. The future could be uncertain and grim, and yet, love gives us hope. Being able to harness this kind of power and transform it to a collection of moments for our couples that will inevitably become core memories is one of the greatest honors I think I’ll ever experience.

And so, although today may not have been a day that gives us hope for the future, I hope you all know that we will never stop creating safe spaces and experiences for all types of love to be shared and celebrated. It’s one of the only ways I know, for certain, we’ll create a brighter and better future.

First photo is by from Ian and Ryan’s wedding.

Second photo is titled Wartime Bride Sets Out For Church - in it, we see Miss Ena Squire-Brown, an international dancer famed for her ‘Dove Dance’, leaving her recently bombed home for St. George’s Church in Forest Hill, to marry Royal Air Force flying officer J.C. Martin, London, 5th November 1940. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection)

05/11/2024

During the Bush presidency, we helped couples plan weddings whose marriage wouldn’t be acknowledged in their home state, because we didn’t yet have marriage equality.

We’re not going back.

Under Obama, we worked alongside couples who would be the first to tell you they had no clue what to do when it came to wedding planning: they grew up in a time and place where they weren’t given the opportunity to dream about their wedding, because they never thought a wedding would be their reality. During Obama’s second term, I had my first gay couple that uttered the words “I’ve always imagined” when discussing the wedding vision. I had to excuse myself for a moment because I felt the tears coming and I didn’t know how to publicly handle that rush of emotion.

We’re not going back.

With the former guy, we had to weave strategy into conversations about exchanging vows, fielding questions from couples like “can they take it (our right to marriage) away? Should we quickly go to the courthouse just to make it legal while we can?”

We’re not going back.

With President Biden, we experienced a wedding boom with the end of the pandemic. Our industry pulled off a record number of events, but it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows - we also saw a lot of hate hurled in the faces of people we love, both in our communities and in communities that have welcomed us with open arms and taught us about their cultures while we sat at the table with them and helped plan momentous occasions for their friends and families.

I know my vote is a drop in the bucket for a candidate that is far from perfect, but just as small steps in wedding planning lead to grand celebrations, my small vote is a step toward embracing change, evolving, and daring to dream bigger than ever before—because each step forward is a step closer to where we’re truly meant to be.

We’re not going back.

Photo by .

02/09/2024

I was so sad to hear about the fire at . We had the honor of planning Sarah and Matthew’s wedding there last summer and it truly is a remarkable space for a wedding - our team STILL talks about the amazing vegan food that was featured on their menu.

If you are a Herb Lyceum couple in the midst of planning, please know we will be happy to help however we can, with whatever the best next steps are for you, at no cost. We want to make sure that even in these stressful moments, the magic of planning doesn’t get lost.

Photo by . Floral by , hair and makeup by . Rentals by .

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A red dress. A sequin tuxedo. The dive bar where you met. Margaritas instead of champagne. It’s your wedding and you’ll have fries if you want to. Or a seven course, candlelit meal. With matching wine. And an ice sculpture of Queen Bey herself. Whatever you want. We’ve got you covered.

With Contagious Events: Boston Wedding Planners, every wedding is as unique as your personality. We make sure your day is the perfect reflection of you as a couple, leaving you to free to enjoy every second of your nuptials.

The result? A celebration that will go down in history. Seriously, on your 10th anniversary, people will still be talking about how great it was.