Burke Events

Burke Events is a San Francisco-based wedding planning and event design firm led by founder Solmaz Burke, offering full-service planning, destination wedding coordination, and custom event design. Burke Events is known for a romantic, elegant, and sophisticated style, with work featured in Brides, Martha Stewart, Grace Ormonde, Wedding Day Magazine, and Style Me Pretty, as well as the TV series Destination SF. The team includes founder Solmaz Burke as Creative Designer, Ashley Dohren as Lead Planner, and Leslie Alvarez as Planning Associate, with experience spanning intimate vineyard ceremonies to large-scale luxury weddings in Napa, the Bay Area, and beyond. Burke Events serves Napa, the Bay Area, wine country (including Sonoma), and destination wedding locations beyond California. Clients consistently highlight Solmaz's calm presence under pressure, organizational skills, vendor relationships, budget awareness, and ability to keep complex logistics on track through the final day.