Crafting Timeless Seaside Celebrations Where Elegance Meets Heritage.
BOSTON • MAssachusetts
CAPE COD | NEWPORT | THE COAST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE & MAINE | THE HAMPTONS | Charleston | Palm Beach
Lia Bancroft Events curates immersive, heirloom-quality wedding weekends that reflect the beauty of the coast and the depth of your story.
With a limited number of clients taken on each year, we specialize in bespoke celebrations along the East Coast—from Martha’s Vineyard to Palm Beach—where artistry meets logistics, and hospitality is elevated to a legacy experience.
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Lia Bancroft is a seaside, luxury, Nationally Awarded wedding planner serving couples with events in the northeast
Based in Boston with deep Cape Cod roots, she plans a limited number of bespoke events each year for couples seeking timeless design, generational traditions, and effortless hospitality. From private estates in Newport to iconic yacht clubs on Cape Cod Lia brings a calm, curated presence and a seamless, full-service experience. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, BRIDES, and Carats & Cake, and is defined by deeply personal details, precise execution, and coastal elegance that never goes out of style.
"Without a doubt, the best decision we made for our wedding was hiring Lia. Beyond creating the wedding of our dreams, she went above and beyond to truly make our wedding unique to us. Her attention to detail, knowledge, connections, and expertise is unmatched. Lia made it a point to get to know both me and my husband and made us feel like she valued our wedding weekend just as much as us. By our wedding day, it felt like she was one of our close friends. We could not recommend Lia more and credit her for creating a weekend that we will value forever, surpassing any and all of our expectations."
-Stephanie & Jake
Recent Events
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CASTLE HILL INN: A NEW ENGLAND COASTAL DREAM
Ali and Ian’s wedding at Castle Hill Inn was a heartfelt coastal celebration inspired by family, nostalgia, and their shared love of the water. With hydrangea-filled florals, thoughtful seaside details, and sailboats drifting behind their ceremony, their Newport wedding beautifully honored the past while celebrating the beginning of their next chapter together.
02.
Nauticus Marina Wedding in Osterville, Cape Cod
Eleanor and Justin’s wedding at Nauticus Marina was a timeless Cape Cod celebration filled with coastal charm, thoughtful details, and effortless elegance. Set against the beauty of the marina, their day blended classic New England style with heartfelt moments, creating a joyful waterfront wedding that perfectly captured the romance of summer.
03.
A Conservatory-Style Coastal Wedding at Home
Set at Nick’s family home in Centerville, Cape Cod, Tia and Nick’s wedding was an elegant conservatory-inspired celebration filled with botanical details, candlelit warmth, and meaningful personal touches. Their tented backyard wedding beautifully honored family legacy while creating an unforgettable evening by the water.
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This tent was built in a place deeply meaningful to Alix & Cam - a place they call home. A place where summers are spent, traditions are honored, and life’s most meaningful moments are celebrated.
For their wedding weekend, we designed a space that felt like a natural extension of the home itself, thoughtfully layered into the surrounding landscape rather than placed upon it. Truro, with its more remote setting on the Cape, carries a distinct sense of rugged beauty, raw, windswept, organic, and effortlessly understated.
Every design decision was rooted in that sense of place, creating an atmosphere that felt both elevated and deeply personal. Even the zebras made an appearance, a playful and unexpected detail inspired by pieces from their home, adding character, charm, and a touch of whimsy to the celebration.
Planning & Design: @liabancroftevents
Photography: @irisandford
Catering & Bar: @forkliftcatering
Florals: @fancyflowerscapecod
Tenting: @sperrytents
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There are few places more iconic to a coastal New England love story than Castle Hill Inn.
Ali & Ian’s ceremony unfolded on a perfect July afternoon in Newport, with sailboats drifting in the distance, salt air moving through the florals, and layers upon layers of hydrangea framing every moment. It felt as though the landscape itself became part of the celebration.
This wedding was about more than beautiful design. It was deeply rooted in memory, legacy, and place. Castle Hill held profound meaning for Ian and his family, making this setting not only breathtaking, but incredibly personal.
For the ceremony and cocktail hour, we leaned fully into Newport’s natural beauty—allowing abundant white and blue hydrangea and roses to soften the coastal backdrop while honoring the timeless charm of the setting. Guests sipped cocktails overlooking the water, gathered around a raw bar, and soaked in a summer afternoon that felt quintessentially Rhode Island.
Classic. Intentional. Deeply personal. The kind of celebration that reminds us that the most beautiful weddings are the ones that feel inseparable from the story being told.
Planning & Design: @liabancroftevents
Couple: @ali_rivotto ian_mceachern
Venue & Catering: @castlehillinn
Photography: @brookenashphoto
Filmmakers: @stopgolove
Florist: @stoneblossom
Decor & Lighting: @eedecor
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Rentals: @peakeventservices @reverie_social @bbjlatavola
Stationery: @mulberryandelmdesign
Stripes, woven textures, layered color variations, curves, and light all played an integral role in the overall design composition of L&J’s late summer coastal wedding.
One of our favorite details? We sourced additional fabric from the reception linens to use as the matting for the bar signage and as the backdrop for the stationery flatlay, creating thoughtful continuity across every touchpoint of the celebration.
From the reception tables to the bar moments and detail displays scattered throughout the property, each element felt distinct while still tied together by a common thread.
Wedding featured by: @thewhitewren
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