Top NoDa Cocktail Party Venues

• Spaces for 15-300 Guests
• 4 Event Spaces

StrikeCity is Charlotte's premier bowling, nightlife, private event, and sports bar facility.

Charlotte Marriott City Center offers event spaces for your next celebration in Charlotte, North Carolina.

• Spaces for 200-250 Guests

A decidedly different approach to Southern traditions, Kimpton Tryon Park Hotel is the next chapter in Charlotte’s cultural renaissance. Guests are immersed in refined, sophisticated style and delight in unexpected drama against a city of polished concrete, glass and greenery. As gracious hosts in an evolving city, we invite guests to discover fresh trends, flavors, and energy while indulging in Southern hospitality tailored to modern day desires.

• Spaces for 200-2,000 Guests
• 5 Hotels
• 5 Ballrooms

Le Meridien Charlotte/Sheraton Charlotte Hotel is a unique wedding venue located in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. This modern hotel offers multiple indoor and outdoor settings for all your event and party needs. Your guests will enjoy gorgeous views of the city’s skyline as you party away. Le Meridien Charlotte/Sheraton Charlotte Hotel provides an experienced event specialist who will make sure your event is everything you dreamed it to be. Facilities and Capacity Events can accommodate up to 900 guests at this one-of-a-kind venue. Le Meridien Charlotte offers 65,709 square feet of shared event space with Sheraton Charlotte Hotel. You have the choice between five renovated ballrooms, along with a gorgeous rooftop bar. This rooftop was rated number one rooftop in Charlotte. You can have events poolside at Craft City Social Club, which boasts poolside cabanas and an outdoor bar. It also features life-size games such as billiards, darts, fuse ball, Jenga and shuffleboard. Services Offered This full-service venue has been a part of the events industry since 2000, specializing in urban, modern and unique affairs. They offer all-inclusive packages to ensure your planning process is stress-free, along with an in-house caterer and an in-house bar. Their experienced staff is skilled in planning themed and speciality events, weddings, and Jewish, South Asian and LGBTQ affairs. Additional services include, but are not limited to: VIP Receptions Setup Cleanup Tables Chairs China Glassware Flatware Linens Lighting and sound Valet Parking Accommodation These city hotels offers 605 spacious guest rooms and suites for your attendees, friends and family to stay in. These contemporary rooms feature original artwork, complimentary WiFi, sleek bathrooms and signature bedding. They pride themselves on their combination of European chic and Southern hospitality. Their on-site restaurants and bars include Le Meridien's Red Salt by David Burke, Cloudbar by David Burke a Rooftop Bar, Sheraton's Social Bar & Kitchen and Craft City Social Club.

The Westin Charlotte offers event spaces for your next celebration in Charlotte, North Carolina.

• Spaces for 20-120 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 2 Bars
• 3 Total Spaces

Napa on Providence is a restaurant venue in Charlotte, NC, that hosts rehearsal dinners, showers, and other parties. We even do corporate events. This venue's staff believes that all couples want the same thing: a wedding space that matches the elegance desired for their special day. Napa on Providence offers private dining options for social occasions and professional events alike. The Rutherford Room suits intimate gatherings of between 12 and 20 people, while the Oakville Room accommodates groups of between 20 and 40 people. You and your guests may savor a meal while enjoying décor and an ambience reminiscent of Napa. A built-in flatscreen television allows you to show slideshows and videos. Napa on Providence is available for your events and gatherings, with menus and price points to meet your budget. There are no room fees, and you can enjoy one-on-one coordination service with a private event specialist. You and your loved ones may anticipate a dining experience to remember.

• Spaces for 16-80 Guests
• 2 Bars
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Meeting Space

Blue Door is an intimate cocktail lounge and private event venue hidden behind its signature secret blue door in Charlotte’s South End. With a moody, elevated atmosphere and multiple flexible spaces, the venue works beautifully for cocktail receptions, corporate gatherings, celebrations, rehearsal events, intimate dinners and full-venue buyouts. The Main Bar features a full-service bar with 12 seats, seven tables arranged along a curved banquette, a baby grand piano, small DJ booth and open standing space surrounding an elbow-height bar top. The tables can be rearranged to create different layouts and accommodate groups of varying sizes, from intimate seated gatherings to larger cocktail-style receptions. Hidden behind another secret door, the Private Dining Room offers a more intimate and customizable event space. It features a Samsung Frame TV for presentations or custom displays, a finishing kitchen allowing clients to bring in their own caterer, and curtains that can be drawn to make the room feel even more private. The space can be configured with one or two long or shorter dining tables, or with five cocktail-style tables with or without bar stools, making it adaptable for private dinners, meetings, presentations and cocktail receptions.

Welcome to the 1st Holiday Inn Express & Suites in the heart of Charlotte's eclectic and historic South End area. The Holiday Inn Express & Suites Charlotte- South End offers a terrific location that is seven miles from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) and puts you within walking distance to many South End's local business, dining, shopping, galleries, and breweries. A short five-minute walk to the light rail station will lead you to all the uptown attractions such as: Bank of America Stadium, home of the NFL Carolina Panthers, NASCAR Hall of Fame, Spectrum Center, Discovery Place, Mint Museum & Charlotte Convention Center and companies such as: Dimensional Fund Advisors, BB&T, Duke Energy, & Wells Fargo Headquarters and many more are conveniently located by our hotel. Our hotel offers spacious guest suites, some with balconies and others with city or park views, complimentary Wi-Fi throughout the hotel, 24-hour business and fitness center, 1,450 sq ft of meeting space and a board room with 350 sq ft for all your meeting needs. Join us each morning for our complimentary Express Start Breakfast Bar and be your READIEST! We are highly dedicated to our guests and meeting their needs. Whether you're traveling for business or leisure come let us show you why Holiday Inn Express & Suites Charlotte - South End is the perfect fit for you.

• Spaces for 200-500 Guests

Welcome to your favorite venue in Charlotte! Adjacent to The Suffolk Punch Main Building, Norfolk Hall boasts beautiful barreled ceilings, exposed bow trusses, and Light Rail & Rail Trail views - the perfect canvas for any event

• Spaces for 300-400 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 space at this venue

The VanLandingham Estate is a historic Craftsman-style estate built in 1913 in Charlotte's Plaza Midwood neighborhood, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally the home of Dr. Ralph VanLandingham, the property features graceful verandas, centuries-old oak trees, and lush gardens that create a distinctive backdrop for weddings, corporate events, and philanthropic celebrations. The estate accommodates up to 300 guests across its indoor and outdoor spaces, including a garden ceremony area, a patio well-suited for cocktail receptions, and a 50' x 82' tented reception space that functions as a customizable blank canvas. The indoor floor plan seats approximately 150 guests and includes dedicated areas for a dance floor, band, gift table, wedding cake, and bar. Best Impressions Caterers — established in Charlotte in 1989 — serves as the exclusive on-site caterer, coordinating food, beverages, and equipment rentals for every event. The estate sits minutes from Uptown Charlotte with ample on-site parking and adjacent overflow parking with shuttle access.

• Spaces for 230 Guests

Catawba Brewing Company is a craft brewery whose roots run deep in the mountains and rivers of western North Carolina, taking its name from the Catawba River near where it sold its first keg of beer in Asheville in 1999. Its South Slope taproom, at 32 Banks Avenue in the heart of Asheville's craft-beer district, pours the brewery's approachable flagships alongside the small-batch, community-inspired beers Catawba is known for. The taproom is deliberately unpretentious — a come-as-you-are spot built around good beer, good people, and good times. Guests are welcome to bring the family and the dog, settle in with a board game, catch some live music, or simply relax over a pour from the tap wall. That easygoing setting lends itself to gatherings of all kinds, and the brewery welcomes inquiries for private events as well as music bookings. For celebrations that want the character of an Asheville craft brewery rather than a formal ballroom, Catawba's South Slope taproom offers a relaxed, welcoming backdrop.

• Spaces for 100-110 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 Garden

The McGill Rose Garden is a historic outdoor wedding and event venue on the edge of Charlotte's NoDa Arts District. The garden traces its origins to the 1950s, when Helen McGill began planting rose bushes along the fence line of the Avant Fuel and Ice Company her husband Henry had purchased. By the time the garden opened to the public on Mother's Day 1967, it had grown to include more than 500 rose bushes across two acres. Today the property is a City of Charlotte municipal park, and Rosie's Coffee & Wine — operating from the on-site brick building since 2019 — manages event bookings and offers a café and wine bar experience within the garden setting. The venue hosts intimate weddings and private events for up to 100 guests on Saturdays from late April through early November. Farm tables and chairs are included with rental, and the venue maintains partnerships with a network of vetted vendors to support couples through the planning process.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

Founded in Charlotte in 1991, the Levine Museum of the New South has spent more than 35 years doing something genuinely rare: telling the full, honest story of the American South - not a sanitized version, but the complicated, diverse, and often difficult history that actually shaped the region. Long before inclusive curation became standard practice, the museum pioneered exhibitions and programs created with, for, and about the communities it serves. Its landmark exhibition "Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers" traced Southern history from Reconstruction through the twentieth century. The work earned national acclaim: in 2005, Levine Museum received the National Awards for Museum and Library Service, the field's highest national honor, presented at the White House, and the American Association for State and Local History's most prestigious recognition for state and local history interpretation. Every year, the museum hosts free, festival-style Family Days honoring Dia de Muertos, Three Kings Day, Martin Luther King Day, Juneteenth, and HERstory — public celebrations drawing thousands of Charlotte families into the story of their community. Now building a permanent new home in Charlotte's South End, the museum enters its next chapter with the same animating purpose: to connect the past to the future and realize the promise of a New South.

• Spaces for 80-906 Guests
• 1 Landmark
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 4 Total Spaces

220 North Tryon is a sophisticated, art-filled event venue set within the Foundation For The Carolinas headquarters in uptown Charlotte, part of Belk Place, a collection of civic and entertainment venues. Floor-to-ceiling glass and elevated terraces frame views of the city's vibrant cityscape, giving the venue an indoor-outdoor character throughout its spaces. The venue hosts weddings, receptions, celebrations, meetings, fundraisers, and corporate events, accommodating up to 150 guests for weddings and as many as 600 for standing receptions across the full building. Its spaces range from the open-concept Sonia and Isaac Luski Gallery, home to a glass art collection, to the Kearney Solarium and Silverman Pavilion with their skyline views, and Legacy Hall and the Rodgers Sculpture Garden, which features a living vertical garden designed by French artist Patrick Blanc. Rentals include chiavari chairs, tables, security, setup and breakdown, and event staff. Clients select from an approved caterers list, and the Foundation manages all on-site alcohol service through per-head, per-hour packages.

• Spaces for 500-1,700 Guests
• 1 Historic Space

The Fillmore Charlotte occupies a restored 100-year-old fiber mill in the Fourth Ward area of Uptown Charlotte, drawing its name and spirit from San Francisco's legendary Fillmore venue. Opened in June 2009, it serves as Charlotte's largest music venue and a versatile private event destination accommodating up to 1,700 guests, situated 2.2 miles from the Charlotte Convention Center. The main Music Hall spans 19,400 square feet, featuring red velvet draperies, red oak hardwood floors, elaborate chandeliers, and five large bar areas. Stadium-style tiered seating offers unobstructed sightlines across the room, while state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems support events ranging from seated dinners for 500 to large-scale receptions and private concerts. The Underground, a more intimate second venue on the same property, offers an alternate space for smaller gatherings. The venue's full-service events team provides in-house catering, custom menus, and production capabilities — including video mapping, experiential branding, and access to Live Nation's artist network — for corporate events, weddings, fundraisers, and social gatherings of all kinds.

• Spaces for 150-400 Guests
• 1 Theater
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Historic Space

The Great Aunt Stella Center occupies a neoclassical building in Charlotte, North Carolina, originally constructed in 1914 as a church and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The building retains its original Italian stained glass windows, a pipe organ, and a circular sanctuary that reflects nearly a century of architectural character. Named after the great aunt of the philanthropist who acquired the property in 1997, the center reopened as Charlotte's alternative performing arts, cultural, and community gathering place. The Sanctuary accommodates up to 400 guests for ceremonies, concerts, and conferences, offering a baby grand piano, a pipe organ, and state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems. The Cafe seats up to 150 guests for receptions and social gatherings, with a built-in dance floor and kitchen facilities. Together, the two spaces suit a range of events — from non-denominational weddings and musical performances to literary readings, corporate meetings, and community events. Self-Help, a community development organization, has operated the venue since 2002 with a commitment to maintaining its historic character and affordable access.

• Spaces for 1,200 Guests
• 1 Hotel
• 1 Ballroom

Hilton Charlotte Uptown is a full-service hotel event venue situated in the heart of Charlotte's Uptown district, adjacent to the Charlotte Convention Center at 222 East Third Street. The property offers more than 42,000 square feet of flexible event space across 28 rooms, ranging from intimate boardrooms to the Piedmont Ballroom — the hotel's flagship gathering space, which accommodates up to 1,200 guests in configurations from banquet and theater to classroom and reception. The hotel's in-house culinary team provides full-service catering for all event types, from breakfast sessions to plated dinners and cocktail receptions, with menus drawing on locally inspired Carolina flavors. On-site A/V support and high-speed Wi-Fi are standard across all event rooms, and natural lighting with blackout capabilities allows flexibility in setup. The location puts groups within walking distance of Bank of America Stadium, the NASCAR Hall of Fame, and Truist Field, with Charlotte Douglas International Airport approximately 15 minutes away.

• Spaces for 80-400 Guests
• 1 Event Space

Ovens Auditorium is Charlotte's largest performing arts theater, part of the Bojangles Entertainment Complex on East Independence Boulevard. Named in honor of David Ovens, a civic leader central to the complex's founding, the venue has hosted concerts, Broadway productions, comedy shows, family events, and symphony performances since 1955 — and is consistently recognized on Pollstar's Top 200 Theatre Venues Worldwide list. The main house seats 2,447 guests across orchestra, mezzanine, and balcony levels. For private gatherings, the auditorium offers dedicated event spaces with in-house food, beverage, and catering. The Hospitality Room accommodates up to 150 guests for receptions or 80 for a seated dinner. Ovens Auditorium is owned by the City of Charlotte and managed by the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority.

• Spaces for 300 Guests

SMS Catering Atrium is a full-service event venue and catering company set on 8½ acres in Charlotte, North Carolina. The centerpiece atrium features large sliding glass doors that open onto a patio with a decorative fountain, giving events a natural flow between indoor and outdoor spaces. For group celebrations, the property includes wireless internet, a 9×12 projector screen for presentations and slideshows, and an outdoor recreation area with volleyball, basketball, miniature golf, and horseshoes. Ample free on-site parking accommodates guests of all group sizes. The company's full-service catering team handles menu design and cleanup, covering everything from wedding receptions and corporate luncheons to private parties and anniversary celebrations.

Enjoy the peace and quiet of our 4 1/2 acres of gardens and grounds while forgetting that you are only 2 miles from the city center. Take a stroll through one of Charlotte's most historic neighborhoods to a nearby store or restaurant. Or just relax with a book and a cup of tea on one of our screened-in porches. You can find modern luxury wrapped in Southern charm here, plus you get personalized service. We would be honored to assist in adding your special day to the memories of this 101-year-old property in this lovely historic setting. After perusing our numerous majestic settings, get in touch with us, and we'll help you organize your day! The Duke Mansion, which was built in 1915 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is run as a nonprofit, with all profits going toward preserving and safeguarding this local treasure. Come and take in the sights at this historic site that is 100 years old and has been restored.