Hi, I'm Michael

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As a professional full time wedding celebrant, I specialise in creating ceremonies that are not only deeply personal but also filled with warmth, fun, and a sense of celebration. From our first meeting, my aim is to ensure that you feel relaxed and supported every step of the way. I take the time to understand your unique story, helping you craft a ceremony that reflects your love and the joy of your special day.

My delivery is friendly and light-hearted, while also capturing the emotional depth of your relationship. I believe that weddings should be a true reflection of the couple – blending meaningful moments with humour, and ensuring that your ceremony is both personal and memorable for you and your guests.

Whether you’re looking for a traditional structure or something entirely different, I provide guidance and ideas to help ease the planning process, from symbolic acts to including children or even pets in your ceremony. On the day, I bring a calm, reassuring presence that allows you to focus on enjoying every moment.

In addition to weddings, I also offer vow renewal ceremonies for couples looking to reaffirm their commitment to each other. These ceremonies are a wonderful way to celebrate your journey together, whether it's a milestone anniversary or a new chapter in your relationship. Just like your wedding, your vow renewal can be tailored to reflect your shared history and future.

I take pride in making sure that your guests feel connected to your ceremony, especially those experiencing a humanist celebration for the first time. Many couples and guests have commented on how the ceremonies I lead are unique, heartfelt, and engaging – filled with personal touches, laughter, and just the right balance of emotion.

If you're looking for a celebrant who can provide a fun, personal, and meaningful experience for your wedding, I would be honoured to be part of your special day.

Michael was our celebrant for our wedding. From the minute we had our initial zoom call with him we knew he was the one to lead our ceremony. He was everything we wanted, chilled and fun.

Michael had completed all the paperwork and left us with simple instructions on what we needed to do, which took pressure of me at a very stressful time.

On our wedding day, every single one of our guests commented on how fun the ceremony was and on what an amazing job Michael had done. It was everything we wanted. It was extremely personal, with him mentioning my dad who passed recently but kept the rest of the ceremony light hearted and funny ❤️ which is exactly what we wanted.

We have a 4 year old son who was extremely overwhelmed with everything and upset during the day. Michael made sure to keep him busy with small jobs and included him in our day.

We really couldn't have asked for anymore better. One in a million.

— Shauneen Graham

Michael enough for our beautiful ceremony. From the very beginning, Michael was fantastic and his passion for sharing our story and celebrating our day shown through.

Michael met with us beforehand to help settle our nerves, answer any questions and ran us through the order of our ceremony. We can’t express how fantastic this was as it put us so at ease for the big day!

The ceremony was absolutely brilliant and everything we could have hoped for and more, so emotional but light. The addition of a symbolic act was also a lovely touch that many of our guests had never seen before.

Many guests approached us after to compliment the ceremony and how personal and unique it was. We genuinely loved every second of it.

Thank you again Michael, we honestly could not recommend you enough!

— Jessica Maginnis

Michael was the celebrant at our wedding on 17th September 2023. From our first meeting with him we knew Michael was the perfect person to marry us. His advice and guidance throughout our wedding journey was hugely helpful and reassured us about his role in our day. The script he wrote for our ceremony was thoughtful, personal, and funny - it was perfectly balanced.

On the day he was calm, reassuring, and charming, we knew we were in the safest of hands. The service was beautiful, and Michael even worked around our incredibly barky puppy, who didn’t enjoy not being the centre of attention.

For quite a few of our guests it was their first humanist experience and they all commented on how personal, meaningful, and beautiful the ceremony was - Michael even won over my granny!

If you choose Michael as your celebrant you won’t regret it, he’s such a warm, kind, naturally charming person.

5 stars aren’t enough.

— Sarah Mary Rainey

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Michael Conlon

Where I work

Across the island of Ireland and the UK

Fees from...

Price on application

How to contact me
Email

hello@celebrantmichael.co.uk

Phone

07494 505033

Website

www.celebrantmichael.co.uk

HUMANIST CEREMONIES™ is the network of more than 550 celebrants, trained by national charity Humanists UK to a gold standard to provide memorable and meaningful humanist ceremonies to non-religious people. Operating throughout England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, we deliver authentic, tailor-made and heartfelt ceremonies for life’s key moments. They are always inclusive and welcoming, regardless of the beliefs of those attending.

You can trust Humanist Ceremonies celebrants: We are DBS-checked, fully insured, and regularly peer reviewed for quality assurance. We are committed to a code of conduct, and have a transparent and robust complaints process in the rare case of a problem. We all pay a monthly fee to Humanists UK to further support the work of the charity, and are part of a regional network for like-minded celebrants for support and learning.

Humanist weddings

A humanist wedding ceremony is a wonderful option to celebrate your wedding in the way you choose: without religion but with meaning, and totally true to the two of you. They are uplifting and heartwarming occasions, personal to each couple to reflect your personalities and interests, and your love story. Sincere and significant, your ceremony will be crafted to create an occasion which is unique and fitting to you both.