Whitehorse couple charging admission to Woodstock-themed wedding

An invitation and maybe a nicely-wrapped gift are all you need to attend most weddings.

But you'll need a ticket forClaire Ness and Pascal Dugas' wedding next month in Whitehorse $50, or $60 if you stick around for apancake breakfast.

"We have so many friends between the two of us, that we kind of were thinking, 'how are wegoing tohave a wedding?'," Ness said.

"We can't afford to have a big wedding, and feed everyone and all this."

Their solution?

"Wedstock" essentially a music festival, with local bands, food trucks, circus performers, andsome nuptials thrown into the mix.

"It kind of was just the only option," Ness said. "Romantic and hilarious my favourite things."

No charge,grandpa

The happy couple won'tattemptto control or limit the guestlist. Like any festival, tickets are available to anyone willing to buy, but Ness is not expecting Wedstock to rivalWoodstock.

"I assume you're not going to come if you don't know me," she said.

Not everyone will need a ticket, either. They're willing to waive the admission fee for anybody flying in from afar ("so, I'm not charging my grandpa from New Zealand").

Ness says so far, peopleseem to love the idea. Relatives started making travel plansright away, she said.

"People keep saying, 'it's just the first of many to come', [but] I go, 'I don't think I can get married again every year!'"