Most couples looking for a rustic wedding venue in Singapore — or something a little more unique than the usual ballroom — want the same thing: somewhere that doesn’t come with a 25-table minimum and actually feels like *them*. Ten years ago, Michelle and Jonny took a chance on a non-hotel wedding venue that was still finding its feet — Little Island Brewing Co in Changi Village. This month, they’re back to prove it was worth it.
Michelle & Jonny: Ten Years On at Changi Village
In August 2016, Michelle and Jonny held their wedding after-party at LIBC Changi Village — one of the earliest wedding celebrations we ever hosted, back when we were still figuring out what an after-party at a rustic wedding venue in Changi Village even looked like. They took the leap anyway, trading a stuffy hotel ballroom send-off for craft beer on tap and long-table dinners by the sea.
A decade, a move to the UK, and countless pints later, they flew back to Singapore — and earlier this month, they celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary right back where it started, this time as a family of three. They booked out the Beer Garden, brought in their own band for the night, and got the band back together — literally, since a fair few of the original 2016 wedding guests turned up too. Ten years on, nobody was dancing on the tables anymore (funny how that happens once everyone’s got kids and a 7am wake-up call waiting for them), but it was still a night of thoroughly sedate fun, and no shortage of love and laughter.
Their son Noah just turned 5, and he’s already got his own LIBC history — two years ago, he celebrated his 3rd birthday at our Gillman Barracks outlet with a full space mission: a cardboard rocket ship, a tiny NASA astronaut suit, and a planet-covered birthday cake.
Here’s a look back at where their story began — and where Noah’s began too — alongside a moment from the anniversary night itself. Their 2016 after-party had friends dancing on the benches under the fairy lights until the night ran out. Ten years on, everyone’s a decade older and considerably more sensible, but the love clearly hasn’t aged a day.
Michelle & Jonny’s 2016 wedding after-party at LIBC Changi Village
Michelle & Jonny dancing at their 2016 LIBC wedding after-party
Michelle, Jonny & Noah — 10 years on, back at LIBC Changi Village
Moments from the anniversary night: the band, old friends, and a few new little ones in tow
Noah’s space-themed 3rd birthday party at Gillman Barracks
Kids enjoying the bounce castle at Noah’s 3rd birthday, Gillman Barracks
Tasha & Marcus: Singapore to Chiang Mai
Tasha and Marcus held their wedding after-party at Changi Village too, before relocating to Chiang Mai. Distance hasn’t gotten in the way of them staying close — they recently sent us photos and their love from their new home, a reminder that the people who choose a unique wedding venue in Singapore don’t stop being part of that story just because they’ve moved on.
Family and friends at Tasha and Marcus’s LIBC wedding after-party
Friends cheering at Tasha and Marcus’s LIBC wedding after-party
Guests celebrating at Tasha and Marcus’s LIBC wedding after-party
Rose & Heyko: A Postcard from a Three-Year European Holiday
Not every regular has moved away for good. Rose and Heyko have spent the last three years touring Europe — Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, visiting family in Bavaria and friends in Holland — and they took the time, somewhere on the road between Strasbourg and the Normandy coast, to write us this:
“In France we found quite a few places to compare with LIBC, but it is never the same, or similar atmosphere. That means Little Island Brewing Co is sitting on something quite unique. This uniqueness has to be preserved at all times and at all cost. Handled with silk gloves. Changes are the worst enemy to uniqueness. Do not change anything unless it is absolutely necessary.”
They’re heading back to Singapore by the end of the year, and they’ve already promised themselves a first glass of beer at LIBC the moment they land.
Heyko in traditional Bavarian dress outside a Bräustüberl during his European travels
Why We’re Sharing This
We built our venues to be more than a place to grab a beer after work — a place for the milestones. Birthdays. Weddings. Anniversary dinners in Singapore. Reunions with old friends who now live on the other side of the world. It’s easy to say that in a mission statement. It’s a different thing entirely when the people who lived it write to tell you themselves.
If you celebrated something with us — a wedding, an anniversary, a birthday, anything at all — we’d love to hear from you too. And if you’re still searching for a unique, rustic wedding venue in Singapore that doesn’t feel like everyone else’s, well, there’s no better time to start than your next milestone. (And if a wedding turns into a birthday party a few years down the line, like it did for Noah — even better.)
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Photos used with permission from Michelle & Jonny, Tasha & Marcus, and Rose & Heyko.
