Ampersand Weddings and Events represents a beautiful reflection of grand orchestration! Under the parent company of Ampersand Entertainment, our wedding team offers full service weddings and partial planning services. We are based in Westlake Village, California, servicing weddings in all of Southern CA with a focus on Santa Barbara, Malibu, the central coast & Los Angeles. We also travel and do destination events! Our goal is to make your once-in-a-lifetime event the most meaningful, with great attention to detail and seamless event management that is always expertly executed.

Experience
Ampersand is owned by award winning producer, Karen Waldron. Karen brings a creative eye and years of professional experience in the event and entertainment industry. She discovered her passion for wedding planning while working in the film and television industry. Ampersand was recently selected for The Knot's Best of Weddings Award for 2024, & 2023 and honored to be a Wedding Wire Couples Choice Award winner for 2020, 2022, 2023 & 2024! We were also voted Malibu's favorite wedding planner for three years, from 2017 to 2019, with the Malibu Choice Awards. Nikki Visser has recently joined this family team as a lead planner and brings a great eye for style & 10 years of event expereience! We staff your wedding based on guest count, design, location and work consistently with the same planning team members so you can be assured, our events are detailed and well orchestrated.

Services Offered
Ampersand offers a wide range of wedding planning services for your rehearsal dinner, wedding ceremony, and reception. The company offers services for cultural weddings, religious and non-religious weddings, as well as destination weddings. partial and full-planning packages are available and include:

• Budget analysis
• Curated event design
• Entertainment
• Ceremony planning
• Custom Invitations & Papersuite
• Hiring of all vendors and overseeing contracts
• Hidden gem locations
• Strong industry vendor relationships for anything you need, I.e. Catering, floral, signage, rentals, music, photography, glam squads, staging, set design and lighting companies that are the best in the industry.

We manage all of your details, so you can be stress free and truly enjoy your engagement and the planning process!