unKAGed events

Service levels: Full-service planning

Team size: 1 – 3

About unKAGed events

unKAGed events

founder/lead planner

While planning events as a side hustle for over a decade, I have also been a nonprofit event coordinator, farmer, and music festival planner. My background gives me a unique perspective on each wedding I plan. Sustainability, Inclusivity and Couple Advocacy are extremely important to me. Some fun facts: Leo with Taurus Moon and Libra Rising, ENFP, a Peacemaker, and I love a good personality quiz. I'm a sucker for fashion, and like to joke that ! can smell a good consignment/vintage shop. I had a wedding Pinterest 8 years before I even met my husband, and I will do anything in my power to give you the wedding you want.

While planning her own wedding, she struggled with being told what she could and could not do. She helps couples who want to break free from the wedding rules “cage” (unKAGed is a play on her initials as well as her approach to planning and design) and really showcase their personalities. Everything she does is to provide each unique couple with an exceptional experience from start to finish. She truly wants you to have the day you envision, and her job is to provide you with the resources and support to do just that.

In three words: Empathetic, Fun, Resourceful

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Services by planning level

Full-service planning

Pricing starts at $8,298

Partial planning

Pricing starts at $4,300

Day-of coordination / wedding management

Pricing starts at $2,500

Event design

Pricing starts at $1,400

Destination wedding

Pricing starts at $4,800

Elopement / microwedding

Pricing starts at $5,000

A la carte

Pricing starts at $2,000

Reviews

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  • We wish we hired her for full service planning!

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    •V. L.•Nov 18, 2025

    We had a saga of a wedding day, which included 250 guests and spanned 3 venues in downtown Manhattan, NYC. We began working with Kris on a weekly basis starting three months before our wedding. With so much left to be done, we were in desperate need of her professional guidance! Kris assisted us in securing last-minute venue/vendor details and navigated us through all the easily-over looked logistics of the wedding day. She gave honest feedback on how our ideas could be realistically executed, and presented us with reasonable alternatives when needed. Because of her professional guidance and get-s***-done attitude, we knew we were in solid hands. On the day of the wedding, she made sure everything went as smoothly as possible (aka wrangling decor, vendors, and guests to keep us on schedule). When the inevitable wedding mishap arose, we were reassured that she had the issue handled. We loved our time with Kris and couldn't give her enough credit for all her support. Our only regret was that we didn't hire her sooner and for more services! We will definitely recommend unKAGed events to all our friends and family for planning their future events.

  • Fantastic Planner!

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    •Veronika E.•Nov 16, 2025

    Kris did such a fantastic job with partial planning, day-of-coordination and design florals for our wedding. Prior to meeting with Kris, we were stressed and overwhelmed with how to make our vision come to life. We were balancing wedding planning with full-time jobs and life stressors. Kris provides such meticulous, personalized and caring attention. Kris is so good at holding the small details and the overall vision of the event. We felt safe, taken care of, and encouraged throughout the planning process and wedding weekend. We so appreciated how Kris found ways to execute or aesthetic vision at a low-cost. Kris helped us navigate some very challenging dynamics with our venue. Kris made sure were were not aware of any of the issues on our wedding day. Because of this we were able to be 100% present. Kris made us feel much less alone in an overwhelming process and is truly a seasoned professional in this industry. We trust Kris so much and would recommend Kris to anyone planning a wedding!

  • Best Wedding Coordinator Ever!

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    •Alexa and S.•Aug 13, 2025

    Before reaching out to Kris at unKAGed Events, we felt stuck after booking our venue and unsure how to tackle the next steps in planning our wedding. From the moment we first spoke with her—having already seen her incredible work at a sibling’s wedding—we knew she was exactly who we needed. Kris is not only a wedding mastermind but also warm, friendly, and genuinely invested in making our day perfect. She helped us get completely organized, ensured we had every vendor lined up, and guided us through important details we hadn’t even considered. What surprised us most was how she turned what felt like an overwhelming task into something exciting and enjoyable, making us actually look forward to planning. Thanks to her expertise, we felt fully prepared and at ease, knowing every detail was handled. Kris went above and beyond, and we truly believe anyone would be lucky to have her by their side on their wedding day.

  • More than a Wedding Planner

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    •Lee-Anne D.•Oct 30, 2024

    I don’t think I can truly explain or fit into a review how amazing Kris with unKAGed events is! We hired Kris because this was a destination wedding for us and we needed help with locating vendors and wanted to feel like we had someone that we could work with in the area that was familiar with the industry and able to coordinate day of for us. I had my initial call with Kris and immediately felt comfortable and listened to with any questions or concerns I had with planning. She offered us different vendors for catering, rentals, dj and cake. She setup up tastings and meetings with all vendors making sure we felt comfortable and confident with every vendor we went with. Kris went above and beyond being CCd on every email and on every call. She provided quick and accurate information throughout the planning process. We ran into issues with our venue along the way and Kris was right there beside us helping us and working through it. What can feel like the chaos of wedding planning we knew we could trust her and rely on her. When it came to day of as a bride it’s hard to feel like you don’t have full control over your day. However trusting Kris after working with her leading up to the big day I knew she was going to do all she could to bring my vision to life and make the best decisions for our wedding. She did just that! I can’t put into words how much she did for us - from all the work leading up, rehearsal, setting up ceremony site, setting up cocktail hour, setting up the reception tables and seating chart and then breaking it all down after - she truly does it all!! I knew I was hiring someone to help us along the way and for the day of our wedding what I didn’t know is I was hiring someone who would care about us the way she did.

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