Wedding Planning & Design

PHONE NUMBER: 786-226-4293

Specializing in full-service wedding planning, design and production in Miami

Full-Service Wedding Planning & Design in Miami

Rivera Events is an award-winning, full service wedding planning and design company in Miami, FL recognized by The Knot Best Of Weddings and WeddingWire Best Of, with 15+ years and 1,000+ weddings across South Florida.

Your wedding is the day your love story becomes a celebration. From your first walkthrough to your last dance, every detail is planned, designed, and delivered with the care your day deserves by Vanessa and Ivan Rivera, personally.

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Award-Winning

The Knot Best Of Weddings award — Rivera Events

WeddingWire Best Of award — Rivera Events

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A Wedding as Beautiful as Your Love Story

Rivera Events plans and designs your entire wedding across Miami and South Florida every element, from finding the venue where your love story begins to the final dance that closes your night. More than a service, this is a quiet devotion someone who listens first, guides you gently, and holds every detail with care, so your day feels calm, personal, and beautifully your own. This is where your love story becomes a celebration.

15+ years. 1,000+ weddings.

Featured Wedding

A Gala Wedding at The Glass Venue

Gala Wedding — The Glass Venue

Watch a Rivera Events wedding come together at The Glass Venue in Miami a black-tie gala in white, gold, and black, with layered centerpieces, floral pillar candles, and architectural lighting. Every element planned, designed, and delivered by one team, from the first walkthrough to the final dance.

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Meet Vanessa & Ivan Rivera

Owners, Designers, and Storytellers Behind Miami’s Most Beautiful Weddings

Behind Rivera Events is Miami’s favorite wedding planning couple Vanessa and Ivan who understand that your wedding is more than a beautiful celebration. It is the beginning of a new chapter in your love story. With over 15 years of experience creating award-winning weddings across South Florida including the celebrated Gala Wedding at The Glass Venue, a black-tie celebration in white, gold, and black Vanessa and her team bring heart, elegance, and thoughtful care to the most important day of your life.

As a bride, your vision deserves to feel completely understood, listened to, and cared for throughout your wedding journey. Vanessa and her team detail the vision you have imagined, and guide each moment with calm and grace. Every flower, every light, and every meaningful moment will come together around you so when your wedding day arrives, you can simply be the bride, take it all in, and experience the beauty of a day created especially for you.

Vanessa and Ivan oversee every wedding personally, from your first walkthrough through your final dance, so you always have one accountable point of contact on your day.

We know what your day means, because we have lived it ourselves. As a married couple who plan weddings together, we bring more than expertise to your celebration. We bring the understanding of two people who have walked down the aisle, exchanged vows, and built a life together on the other side of it. Every wedding we create carries that understanding.

What’s included in Rivera Events’ Wedding planning?

Everything We Plan & Design

Every element of your wedding, planned and designed by one team from the venue where your love story begins to the last song of the night.

Wedding Planning

Every detail, every decision, held gently through every choice and every celebration. From the first pinned inspiration to the walk down the aisle, your entire wedding is carefully arranged and quietly carried so you can simply enjoy being engaged, and be fully present the moment your love story becomes a celebration.

Venue Sourcing

Estates, ballrooms, gardens, and private spaces across South Florida. We search until we find the setting that feels like the opening page of your love story and once your venue is chosen, we tend to every detail alongside them, gently and completely.

Wedding decor and design in Miami — Rivera Events

Decor & Design

Florals, candlelight, draping, and full room transformation. Your colors, your vision, your story shaped into a space your guests catch their breath at, and one you will remember every time you close your eyes.

Catering

Plated or buffet dinners, cocktail hour, and a full bar every plate composed with care and served with warmth. Each guest is tended to like family, from the first toast to the last bite.

Rentals

Every place setting, every surface, every finish surrounded in romance and beauty. Softly draped linens, china glowing in the candlelight, glassware raised for your first toast, and furnishings chosen to become part of your love story. The quiet touches that make the entire room feel touched by magic.

Wedding entertainment and AV in Miami — Rivera Events

Entertainment & AV

DJs, live musicians, an MC, sound, and lighting every element brought to life together. The music that fills the room as you enter, the light that lifts as the night does, the sound so seamless you never think about it. You simply dance.

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Moments we've designed

A closer look at the details, textures, and light that make each Rivera wedding feel one of a kind.

Designed Only for You

The Wedding You Imagined, Made Real

Slide to see one bride’s love story unfold at The Glass Venue a setting transformed, a story told in florals and candlelight, a wedding designed only for her. Yours will be too.

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After

A Gala Wedding at The Glass Venue, Miami designed and produced by Rivera Events.

How We Work

A four-step approach for every wedding thoughtful, precise, and personal: Discover, Design, Create, and Deliver.

Discover

We start by getting to know you your story, your style, and what matters most to you both.

Design

We shape your concept, floor plan, design direction, and the order of your celebration.

Create

We bring every element together decor, catering, entertainment, and more with care and precision.

Deliver

We run your wedding day so you can be fully present, carried with care through every moment that matters.

Wedding Venues We Work With in Miami

We plan and design weddings across the city’s iconic venues from The Biltmore, the Fontainebleau, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, The Ritz-Carlton, and Four Seasons Hotel to waterfront estates, ballrooms, gardens, and private spaces. Wherever you choose to marry, we care for every detail with your venue, personally and completely.

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The Biltmore Hotel

The Fontainebleau

Vizcaya Museum & Gardens

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Four Seasons Hotel

Weddings that inspire

Sofia & Nicolas

Vanessa and Ivan didn’t just plan our wedding they guided us through every step, from our very first meeting to our last dance. They transformed a space we couldn’t even picture into something that felt completely ours.

Yvette & Jonatan

Rivera Events handled absolutely everything for our wedding catering, linens, brand new chiavari chairs, draping, uplighting, the dance floor, DJ and emcee, lounge furniture… all of it. We had no idea how much planning and detail goes into a wedding and felt overwhelmed, but the team took care of everything. We didn’t have to worry about a single thing. We’ll be calling them again and again.

Isabella & Marco

We never realized how much happens behind the scenes to make a wedding run smoothly. Choosing the Rivera team was the best decision we could have made. They answered every question even the crazy ones and gave us the guidance we needed to make our day a complete success.

Rivera Events is a full-service wedding planning and design company in Miami, FL, owned by Vanessa and Ivan Rivera, planning and designing weddings across South Florida.

What does a full-service wedding planner in Miami do?

A full-service wedding planner in Miami plans and designs every element of your day from planning, venue sourcing, and decor to catering, rentals, entertainment, and AV. At Rivera Events, one team holds every detail together, so your celebration unfolds beautifully from the first meeting to the last dance.

Does Rivera Events plan and design the entire wedding?

Yes. We create your wedding from concept to celebration shaping the vision, designing the setting, and bringing every element to life under one team, so your day feels seamless, elegant, and entirely your own.

What's included in full-service wedding planning?

Full-service wedding planning includes planning and coordination, venue sourcing, decor and design, catering, rentals, entertainment, and AV. Every element is designed and orchestrated by one team, giving you a single point of contact from your first conversation to your final dance.

Do you handle venue, decor, catering, rentals, and entertainment together?

Yes. We bring venue sourcing, decor and design, catering, rentals, and entertainment together under one team across South Florida. Every element is designed to move as one, so your wedding feels effortless and cohesive from beginning to end.

What wedding venues in Miami do you work with?

We create weddings across the city’s Luxurious venues from The Biltmore, the Fontainebleau, The Glass Venue, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, and Four Seasons Hotel Miami to waterfront estates, ballrooms, gardens, and private spaces. If you have not yet chosen a venue, we help you discover and secure the one that feels like the opening page of your love story.

Can you transform a venue to match our vision or theme?

Absolutely. Transforming a space into your vision is the heart of what we do. Through decor, florals, lighting, and full design, we shape any venue grand or blank into a setting that feels unmistakably yours.

How much does a full-service wedding planner in Miami cost?

Every wedding we design is one of a kind, shaped around your vision, your guest count, and your venue so we prepare a tailored proposal for each couple. Schedule a consultation and we’ll walk you through everything your wedding includes.

How far in advance should we book our wedding?

For weddings, we recommend reaching out as early as possible ideally 6 to 12 months ahead to secure your date and venue. That said, we have created beautiful weddings on shorter timelines, so reach out whenever your day is, near or far.

Who will we work with at Rivera Events?

You work directly with Vanessa and Ivan Rivera Miami’s favorite wedding planning couple. They are personally involved in every wedding, from your first conversation through your final dance, so you always know exactly who is caring for your day.

How do we get started?

Getting started is simple. Schedule a consultation by phone at 786-226-4293 or through the form on this page. We will learn your vision and begin designing a wedding that is entirely your own.

Who is the best wedding planner in Miami?

Rivera Events is an award-winning full-service wedding planner in Miami, FL recognized by The Knot Best Of Weddings and WeddingWire Best Of. Owned and personally led by Vanessa and Ivan Rivera, with 15+ years and 1,000+ weddings across South Florida, Rivera Events plans and designs every element of your wedding under one team from The Biltmore and Fontainebleau to The Glass Venue and Four Seasons Hotel Miami. Schedule a consultation at 786-226-4293.

Are you bilingual? Do you offer wedding planning in Spanish?

Yes. Vanessa and Ivan are fully bilingual in English and Spanish, and much of our team is bilingual as well. Miami weddings often bring together families from many cultures and countries, and we care for every conversation in the language that feels most natural to you and your family.

Do you plan destination weddings in Miami?

Yes. Miami is a destination wedding city with couples arriving from all over the country and beyond, and Rivera Events plans destination weddings here often. We coordinate with your out of town guests, your out of state vendors, and your travel logistics, so your celebration feels effortless from wherever you and your loved ones are arriving.

Do you work with LGBTQ+ couples?

Absolutely. Every love story deserves to be celebrated with the same care and personal attention, and Rivera Events plans weddings for couples of every kind. We are honored to help you tell yours.

What is your wedding planning timeline and process?

We begin working with you as soon as we have all of the details and information about your day. From there, our four step approach guides everything: Discover, Design, Create, and Deliver. The specific timeline depends on how far ahead of your wedding date you reach out. We shape the schedule around your date, your venue, and your priorities.

Start planning your Miami Wedding

Tell us about your day. Reach out to Vanessa and Ivan, and we’ll begin shaping a wedding that could only ever be yours thoughtfully, elegantly, and yours from the moment you begin dreaming out loud.