Ready to get your wedding-planning groove on? Stylish New York City couples can get a head start this upcoming Saturday, June 1st at the first annual Atlantic Avenue Wedding Extravaganza . From 10 AM to 5 PM, one of the city’s most vibrant boulevards will be showcased as a one-stop shop for the perfect wedding, featuring walking tours and merchant discounts including dozens of the area’s wedding-related shops, salons, and venues, plus a mock double wedding ceremony, a puppy wedding costume contest, and more. {Pretty amazing, huh? Make sure you pre-register here to get involved}! 
The day will kick off at 10:00 am with dual brunches at Atlantic Avenue restaurants M.O.B . and Bacchus . Registration for the day’s events will then begin at 11:00 am at Boerum Place between Atlantic and Pacific Avenues, a block in the heart of Boerum Hill that will be closed off. Starting at noon and continuing until 4:30, a wedding entertainment showcase will fill the block with live music from popular local bands.
The Raya Brass Band
At 11:00 am and 2:00 pm, couples preparing to tie the knot can take a Wedding Walking Tour which, in just a few blocks’ span, will cover their wedding needs from start to finish and a little bit beyond. Participants will have a chance to shop for gowns and lingerie, flowers, jewelry, photographers, hair and nail stylists, gift registries, cake bakers, and venues for bachelor and bachelorette parties, the rehearsal dinner, and the reception. Scroll below to see just a few of the participating bakeries, boutiques and vendors and venues that will be participating in the event!
Beautiful wedding cakes from Betty Bakery
Absolutely stunning bridal bouquets from Opalia Flowers
The day will include performances by The Brooklyn Ballet
Bridesmaids dresses available at Kimera Designs
Unique wedding day jewelry and bridal party gifts at Erica Weiner Jewelry
To illustrate how the whole array of options can come together; The Atlantic Avenue Wedding Extravaganza will include a pair of mock wedding ceremonies free and open to all. At 1:30 pm, two couples – a man and a woman, and two women – will walk down the aisle at Roulette , a stunning art-deco performance space and event rental venue near the heart of downtown Brooklyn.
We absolutely love the creativity and pure fun of the wedding extravaganza, and cannot wait to check it out… But of course, like all amazing events, there’s always more to explore.
One of the best parts of participating in the Atlantic Avenue Wedding Extravaganza is the sweepstakes!
The Sweepstakes are simple: get a punch-card on Boerum Place on June 1, 2013 and take it to five participating BID retailers. Learn about the unique services and products at five different retails and get your card initialed at each place and bring it back to Boerum Place to be eligible for their Grand Prize Sweepstakes! Winning cards will be drawn at the end of the day!
Sign-up for the 11am or 2pm wedding walk tour to get your card filled out automatically: http://www.atlanticavebid.org/happenings/
Scroll down to sneak a peek at the amazing prizes offered through the Atlantic Avenue Wedding Extravaganza Sweepstakes!
Want in? Of course you do! Pre-register here to sign up for the tour or just come this Saturday to enjoy the day!
The Atlantic Avenue Wedding Extravaganza is hosted by The Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District. Representing over 300 businesses in Brooklyn’s vibrant Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill neighborhoods, the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District (AABID) provides local businesses with a variety of services, including marketing and promotion of the business boulevard; capital improvements, streetscape and beautification projects; advocacy and other programs and business services that improve economic conditions. The AABID has sponsored this post on Merci New York.
