Minnesota judges are offering free weddings at the Dakota County Fair again this summer.
The tradition started as a Valentine’s Day free wedding event, and last year county fairs got involved, according to Kim Pleticha, director of Public Affairs at the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Pleticha said judges “absolutely love” to marry people.
“It’s a time when the community comes together,” Pleticha said. “The more we can do, the merrier.”
Judges will perform weddings this summer at the Dakota, Goodhue and McLeod county fairs along with the Litchfield Watercade festival. Pleticha said the Goodhue County Fair prepared an outdoor garden area for weddings last year.
“It was just a stunning place to get married in this beautiful garden,” she said.
Interested couples can choose which fair they’d like to be married at, then contact the district court in that county to register. People do not have to live in these counties to get married there.
Here are the wedding options throughout the summer:
The Litchfield Watercade festival will be July 11. Couples can email watercade.weddings@courts.state.mn.us.
The Dakota County Fair will be Aug. 4–10. Couples can email 1stDakotaAdmin@courts.state.mn.us.
The Goodhue County Fair will be Aug. 6 and 7. Couples can email Vanessa.Jeske@courts.state.mn.us or call (651) 267-4815.
The McLeod County Fair will be Aug. 15 and 16. Couples can email 1stMcLeodDistrictCourt@courts.state.mn.us or call (320) 864-1285.
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