Top Chicago Wedding Planner

BURST Event Co is an award-winning boutique Chicago Wedding Planning firm with experience planning and executing over 300 weddings over the course of the last 8 years. Burst Event Co has been featured in national publications like The Associated Press, NBC News, Wedding Chicks, and Maharani Weddings.

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Because we know that wedding planning overwhelm is stealing joy from engaged couples, there are certain key characteristics we know we need to have to accomplish our mission of getting all engaged couples back to being excited about getting married.

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1. We are relational. What we do is 90% relationships and 10% wedding planning so we work hard to consistently strengthen our relationships with our customers, our vendor partners and each other.

2. We are inclusive. Our mission is to get ALL engaged couples back to being excited about getting married. That means we lovingly & equally serve queer couples, BIPOC, interracial couples, any couples of any religion. 

3. We are creative problem-solvers. Planning a wedding requires creativity in everything from how we design a table to how we allocate a budget to how we manage a dropped cake on the wedding day to how we facilitate the resolution of family conflict.

4. We advocate. We view ourselves as the bridge between client and vendor, so we are always working to advocate for both parties. Sometimes that looks like calling vendors in to fix gendered language in their marketing or unethical commission practices and sometimes that looks like holding clients accountable to boundaries and deadlines. In order to make these partnerships work well and the planning process to feel as stress-free as possible, we work diligently to advocate for whoever needs a voice.

5. We have fun. It's wild to us that planning a celebration of love, commitment, and community has developed a reputation of being a drag. Vendors and couples alike are burnt out and we work to bring the fun back to wedding planning through our own work/life balance boundaries and time off policies for our team, planning breaks for our couples, and developing playful relationships with both our vendor partners and clients.

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A Letter From Alexis, Owner + Founder:

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I started this company as a brand new mom who was simply looking to ground herself in something that would prevent her from losing herself in motherhood. What it became, is a place for hundreds of wonderful people to express the most intimate parts of their beings: their love, their culture, their traditions, and their dreams. I know, because I'm one of them. This company has grown up with me over the last 8 years, as I've navigated the ever-changing life journey that is motherhood, divorce, success, and failures bigger than I ever could have imagined. My clients, my team, and my fellow wedding industry pros have become family as we've come together in a place that I like to think has become known as beacon of safety to be our loudest, most authentic, imperfect selves right in the middle of this weird, capitalistic, leechy, often tone-deaf industry. Together we have dreamed about weddings and a better world, cried together through happy, sad and angry tears, and we've even practiced saying "no" together. What I've appreciated most about our clients, fans, and friends is the freedom and support you have all given me, as an individual, to change and grow. I've been inspired and challenged by your love and from many of you, completely unconditional support. You've seen me take this company from a mom-centered Lillian Rose Events to the bold and fierce brand you know today as Burst. You've seen me add new divisions and services, test out partnerships, huge team growth, and even recently a (failed) acquisition. And now, I'm excited for you to see me adjust this company once again for the newest phase of life I'm in; single mom. Our big team was exciting and passionate, but ultimately, a lot to manage and a lot of liability, so for this new chapter, I'm scaling back and so excited to do so because it puts me back in the game working with each and every one of our incredible Burstie Boos!