MAKING YOUR DAY: UNVEILING THE REGION’S NEXT WEDDING DESTINATION 

PREAMBLE BY CHRIS TIESSEN; PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED) 

CAMBRIDGE IS WELL ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING OUR REGION’S PREEMINENT WEDDING DESTINATION – AND WORD IS GETTING OUT. THIS SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE. AFTER ALL, THIS IDYLLIC EUROPEAN- ESQUE CITY THAT’S BUILT UP AROUND THE BANKS OF THE MIGHTY GRAND RIVER BOASTS A PLETHORA OF THE KEY INGREDIENTS THAT COUPLES IN LOVE ARE SEARCHING FOR WHEN PLANNING AND LIVING OUT THE DAY OF THEIR DREAMS. 

HUNTING FOR THAT PERFECT VENUE? LOOK NO FURTHER THAN WORLD-CLASS VENUES LIKE CAMBRIDGE MILL, LANGDON HALL, AND TAPESTRY HALL. WANTING TO HOST A MORE LAID-BACK AFFAIR? CHECK OUT THE HIP SPACES AT FARM LEAGUE BREWING, FOUR FATHERS BREWING, OR EVO KITCHEN. YEARNING FOR AN EXQUISITE BACKDROP FOR ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS OR POST-CEREMONY SHOTS? PEEP MILL RACE PARK, THE CAMBRIDGE SCULPTURE GARDEN, OR THE PUBLIC SQUARE AT GASLIGHT DISTRICT. ANXIOUS ABOUT WHERE TO HOUSE GUESTS? CHECK OUT THE LAUNDRY ROOMS, THE AFOREMENTIONED LANGDON HALL (BECAUSE OF COURSE), OR THE CAMBRIDGE HOTEL. 

AND KILLER VENUES AND SITE LOCATIONS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING, AS CAMBRIDGE ALSO BOASTS A WIDE RANGE OF GREAT WEDDING VENDORS. FLORISTS LIKE URBAN JUNGLE, ACE FLORALS, AND BY WILDWOOD. BRIDAL BOUTIQUES LIKE KIKI MCDONALD BRIDAL AND BRIDAL BOUTIQUE OF CAMBRIDGE. CLOTHIERS LIKE JP CLOTHIER, GADSBYS CLOTHING CO, AND BRAE BY GADSBYS. CAKE MAKERS AND CATERERS LIKE JTM CAKE STUDIO & CAFÉ, LITTLE MUSHROOM CATERING, AND GRAZING DAISY. JEWELLERS LIKE TALEEN JEWELLERS, RAFFI JEWELLERS, AND YULOKOD STUDIOS. HAIR AND MAKE-UP ARTISTS LIKE JUST DIVINE BEAUTY, HAIR CONNECTION, AND SPOILD BY MISHKA. PHOTOGRAPHERS LIKE SARAH BELL PHOTOS, SHANNON FORD PHOTOS, AND KAREN BENWELL PHOTOGRAPHY. THE LISTS GO ON. 

EACH YEAR, IN MARCH, THE DOWNTOWN CAMBRIDGE BIA HIGHLIGHTS THE CITY’S WEDDING INDUSTRY BY PRESENTING CAMBRIDGE WEDDING WEEK – A WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION THAT FEATURES EVERYTHING FROM INDUSTRY MIXERS AND WEDDING FASHION SHOWS TO WEDDING SINGER SHOWCASES AND FLORAL SYMPOSIA. 

PLANNING TO GET MARRIED? THEN YOU’LL WANT TO ATTEND THE NEXT ITERATION OF CAMBRIDGE WEDDING WEEK – TO BE HELD MARCH 3RD TO THE 9TH, 2025. MARK YOUR CALENDAR. AND, IN THE MEANTIME, PERUSE THESE NEXT FEW PAGES – FEATURING VENUES AND VENDORS FROM THIS PICTURESQUE REGION AND THE MANY MAKERS AND CREATORS POISED TO MAKE YOUR DAY. 

SAY ‘I DO’ IN CAMBRIDGE. 

For all applicable photos:
Hair by Just Divine Beauty Makeup by Spoild by Mishka Jewellery by Taleen Jewellers 


spot_imgspot_img

Join our mailing list

Related articles

HONEST TIME: A CONVERSATION WITH MAKOTO WATCH COMPANY FOUNDER RYAN LECLAIR 

Travel tends to sharpen taste. It introduces new ideas, uncovers unforeseen obsessions, and offers the occasional epiphany – nudging your sense of beauty and your grasp of craftsmanship in new directions. For Ryan LeClair, founder of Makoto Watch Company out of London, Ontario, it was travel – and specifically a trip to Japan – that transformed his infatuation with watch collecting into his initiation of a brand built on craft, restraint, and everyday practicality.

BUILT ON BOOKS: THREE FOUNDATIONAL SHOPS IN UPTOWN WATERLOO 

Almost nothing we carry defines us more clearly than the books in our bags: tactile objects filled with ideas and stories – testimonies to time well spent. They tag along with us, mark our days, and shape the rhythm of how we move through the world. In Uptown Waterloo, three long-standing independent bookstores – Carry-On Comics & Books (46 years young), Words Worth Books (42 years), and Old Goat Books (25 years) – offer distinct ways to build this bracket of everyday carry: a nostalgia-driven comic haven built for the thrill of discovery, a curated literary hub grounded in conversation, and a densely-packed used bookstore where the search is part of the reward. Together, these enduring fixtures map a reading life – charting not just what we read, but how we come to find it.

WHAT TOQUE CARRIES: INSIDE CHRIS’ FIELD KIT 

In my line of work – as writer, photographer, editor, regional explorer – EDC isn't a trend. It's infrastructure. Most days I'm in motion: tracing backroads toward a brewhouse, mapping my way to an artist's studio, or sliding into the corner of a coffee shop where I turn field notes into final copy and RAW files into photographs that will pop on paper. My office is wherever I set my bag down. My tools make it possible.

THE BAKER AND THE VILLAGE: FALLING FOR TERROIR IN HESPELER 

WORDS & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN On a nondescript stretch...

LIGHT CARRY: A HANDFUL OF STRATFORD & PERTH COUNTY’S GO-TO TAKEOUT JOINTS 

Stratford – and, by extension, Perth County – lends itself to takeaway. A coffee to carry, a sandwich in hand, something sweet tucked alongside – then out into the streets for window shopping, into the theatres for a performance, or down to the riverbank for a nosh.
spot_img
admin
admin
TOQUE's website is run by Cai Sepulis

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here