About Us
The Premier Bride Expos and Premier Bride Magazine of Northeast Florida is the ONLY wedding only magazine, website and expo company in the 904! Established in 2000, Premier Bride has been a trusted name in wedding planning in Jacksonville and the surrounding area for decades. In 2011, I, Ann LeFiles, purchased the company from the Jacksonville founder, Sharron. Since then, Premier Bride has expanded the number of expos to 4 per year; two at the Prime Osborn Convention Center in downtown Jacksonville Florida and two at the Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village in St. Augustine Florida. You can expect the Jacksonville expos every January and June and the St. Augustine expos every February and September.
Premier Bride of the 904 is locally owned and locally operated. We are a small business just like the hundreds of small businesses that we support on a yearly basis. Our priority is making sure that small businesses in our community are successful and thriving. If everyone thrives, everyone survives. Many times, Premier Bride magazine, website or expos is the first resource a couple utilizes when planning their wedding and we love connecting them with the best wedding professionals in the Northeast Florida area. Not only are we local, but we are also family run. My parents, Jerry & Wendy, have been the delivery drives for the magazine. Each magazine cycle, they make hundreds of stops dropping off magazines and expo tickets. My husband and kids are also always seen at the expos too!
When I purchased Premier Bride I also inherited Heather Randall and Becky Russo! Heather has been my right hand in the operation of the Premier Bride Expos as well as the website creator. She is the owner of First Coast Weddings & Events and the booking manager for Bowing Oaks. When you are at the expo and you can’t find me….Heather will know the answer! You can also find her at the vendor check in table before the expos! Becky is my graphic designer for Premier Bride Magazine and all of the Premier Bride Expo show material. She is also a wedding photographer owning becphotography. If you place an ad in the magazine, Becky will design it for you! She is super talented and has the eye for everything wedding marketing As a graphic designer, she also helps many other wedding professionals with their marketing material.
We are blessed to always have an amazing staff at the Premier Bride Expos. Many of which are wedding professionals themselves if they are not working a booth themselves. I also enlist the help of friends to come and work with me for the day!
With over 50+ wedding expos under our belts in Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Jekyll Island, Savannah, Daphane, and Gainesville…we love what we do!
Welcome to the Premier Bride Expo Family!