Top Vermont Gala Venues

• Spaces for 12-35 Guests
• 1 Restaurant

E.B. Strong's Prime Steakhouse is Vermont's first USDA Prime Steak House, located on Church Street in downtown Burlington. The restaurant serves USDA Prime Grade steaks, a distinction earned by less than 2% of the beef produced in the United States, alongside fresh seafood and a wine list drawn from both well-known and lesser-known producers across the New and Old World; wine lockers are available by request. For private gatherings, E.B. Strong's offers the Mezzanine, a semi-private room off the main dining room that accommodates 10 to 12 guests and offers privacy and distance from the rest of the dining room. Multi-course dinner menu options are available for guests booking the space. Larger groups can be hosted in The Cellar at E.B. Strong's, the restaurant's dedicated event space. E.B. Strong's is owned by Tim Halvorson, whose family also operates its sister restaurant, Halvorson's Upstreet Cafe, on the top block of the Church Street Marketplace.

• Spaces for 100 Guests

Arrowhead Golf Course is a nine-hole, par-3 public golf course in Milton, Vermont, set in a countryside landscape of gently rolling hills just minutes from the highway and about 20 minutes from Burlington. The course welcomes golfers of all skill levels, with three sets of tees per hole, a driving range, a practice chipping area, and both power and pull carts available. Beyond golf, Arrowhead's clubhouse and expansive deck host a range of celebrations, including weddings, bachelor and bachelorette parties, birthday parties, family reunions, fundraisers, and employee appreciation outings. In summer, the deck also hosts Friday Night Live Music & Buffet evenings. Arrowhead was recently recognized as one of the top five public golf courses in Vermont in Seven Days' Daysies poll.

• Spaces for 50-162 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Barns
• 2 Farms

Robinson Farm is a 100-acre farmhouse property in Woodstock, Vermont, offering weekend event rentals just five minutes from the heart of Woodstock Village. The land was first settled in 1777 and later worked as a dairy farm; its sugarhouse appeared on the cover of Vermont Life magazine in the 1960s. Today the restored property pairs two historic event barns with on-site farmhouse lodging. The Red Barn, built in 1915, is a spacious two-level venue with exposed beams, café lighting, and an adjacent outdoor gathering area, hosting up to 152 guests for ceremonies and receptions. The Yellow Barn, built in 1865, is a more intimate space with vaulted ceilings and an attached deck, well suited to rehearsal dinners and welcome gatherings for up to 50 guests. Both venues include farmhouse tables, chairs, and sound systems, with mountain and meadow views as a backdrop. Weekend rentals run from Friday noon through Monday noon, giving hosts time to decorate, celebrate, and clean up at their own pace. Guests can extend their stay in the seven-room Farmhouse or the three-bedroom Guest House, and explore over 100 acres of private hiking trails. The property is pet-friendly, and food and bar service are available through Farmhouse Catering Company and Bar Bear.

• Spaces for 220 Guests

Set in the village of Brandon, Vermont, the Brandon Inn has operated as a site of hospitality since 1786, beginning as a one-story tavern run by Captain Jacob Simonds. After a fire destroyed much of downtown Brandon in 1880, the current Dutch Colonial-style building rose in 1892, and the inn remains on the National Register of Historic Places today. The Brandon Inn hosts weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and celebrations of life across three indoor spaces available as standalone rentals: the Ballroom, the Dining Room & Gallery, and the Garden Room & Patio. Its team provides in-house catering and an open bar at the Jacob Simonds Bar, with a champagne toast, wine, and local beer, plus optional decoration, lighting, DJ, live music, and A/V equipment. The property also includes an in-ground pool, brick patio, bandstand, and a large lawn along the Neshobe River, and the Ballroom hosts free live piano music on a Steinway Model B most Friday and Saturday evenings.

• Spaces for 240 Guests

The Lilac Inn occupies an 11,000-square-foot Georgian Revival mansion in Brandon, Vermont, originally built in 1909 as a summer residence known as "The Arches" and designed by Chicago architect George Perkins. The estate's history includes a philanthropist owner who gave Brandon its town library and later donated what is now Branbury State Park, and decades of stewardship by four cousins, among them an opera singer and a pair of well-traveled bookstore owners. Michael and Melanie Shane purchased the property in 1991, renamed it The Lilac Inn, and restored its Gilded Age architecture and grandeur. Today the inn hosts weddings year-round, from intimate elopements to celebrations of up to 200 guests, supported by a personal wedding coordinator who guides couples through planning. The on-site chef builds menus around each couple's own "food story," and the inn provides a Vermont wedding resource guide connecting couples with local florists, salons, and other services. Guests can extend their stay in the inn's on-site guest rooms, and the property is dog-friendly.

• Spaces for 10-350 Guests
• 3 Ballrooms
• 6 Outdoor Spaces
• 14 Total Spaces

Lake Morey Resort is a family-owned resort set in the Vermont hills above the Connecticut River, on the shores of Lake Morey in Fairlee. Now operated by the third generation of the Avery family, who have owned the property since 1972, the resort traces its roots to 1905, when its original hotel building was constructed alongside a golf course developed a few years earlier. The resort has hosted weddings and celebrations for more than 50 years, pairing lakefront event rooms with garden and lakeside outdoor spaces for ceremonies and receptions. Its indoor venues, including the Terrace Ballroom, Morey Room, and Waterlot Room, each include a built-in bar and dance floor with views of the lake, while outdoor sites such as Mapleview Gardens and Hemlock Gardens offer gazebos, gardens, and lawns along the water. Guest rooms and lakeside cottages allow wedding parties to stay on site, and the resort's classically trained chefs and event staff support receptions from planning through the event itself.

• Spaces for 125 Guests

Windham Hill Inn is a historic country inn set on 160 acres in the mountains of West Townshend, Vermont. What began as the Lawrence Farm in the early 1800s became a bed and breakfast in 1982 and, under new ownership in 1993, grew into a property whose restaurant was counted among New England's best regarded. A lightning strike in 2021 damaged the inn's main house; new owners took over in 2022, and the property's barn — now home to eight individually designed guest rooms including the North Loft, Meadowlook, and Taft — reopened in 2023, while restoration of the main house continues. The inn welcomes bridal showers, birthday parties, and weddings across its grounds, with two dedicated event spaces: a 1,000-square-foot conference room that opens onto the property's lawns and gardens, suited to larger gatherings, and The Cottage, a more private, all-inclusive space for smaller celebrations. Guests are hosted by innkeepers Jason, Jonathan, and Mark, whose stated mission is to preserve the grace, quiet, and authenticity of Vermont hospitality while restoring the historic property for future generations.

• Spaces for 125 Guests
• 1 Barn
• 1 Historic Space

Phineas Swann Inn & Spa is a bed and breakfast in Montgomery Center, Vermont, about 6.5 miles from Jay Peak Resort. The property takes its name from Phineas Swann, a founder of the town of Montgomery whose signature appears on the 1780 request for the town's charter, and the inn has welcomed guests for more than 40 years. It has been featured on HGTV and CNN and in Yankee, New York, and Boston magazines, which named it among New England's Top 5 Romantic Inns. The Victorian-era property includes six dog-friendly suites, a dog-free Main House for guests with allergies, two outdoor hot tubs, and an on-site day spa, along with a gourmet Vermont breakfast included with every stay. For weddings, the inn hosts only one celebration per weekend, giving couples exclusive use of the grounds. Ceremonies take place under a white gazebo in the garden's Wedding Pavilion, seated on white farm benches, while receptions for up to 125 guests move into the 1880 Wedding Barn, a historic reception space appointed with chandeliers, farm tables, and a sound system. All-inclusive wedding packages include catering, linens, china, stemware, and tableware, and a venue-only option is available for couples who want to bring in outside vendors.

• Spaces for 72-200 Guests
• 1 Hotel
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Total Spaces

Built in 1793 as the home of Colonel Joseph Marsh, Vermont's first lieutenant governor, the Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm is a Georgian-style property listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The inn overlooks Dewey's Mill Pond and the Ottauquechee River, surrounded by spruce and hardwood trees on its Vermont farmstead grounds. Wide pine floors, Queen Anne furnishings, and period antiques carry the inn's 19th-century character through its 22 guest rooms and 3 suites, updated with modern conveniences like wireless internet and air conditioning. The inn hosts destination weddings for up to 200 guests, with full-service catering served in a framed steel tent set on a brick courtyard beside the property's historic red barn, or across the meadows and back fields for ceremonies. Indoors, the Main Dining Room, Porter Library, Common Room, and Gallery Dining Room host smaller receptions and rehearsal dinners, with an adjoining awning-covered patio for cocktail hour. Wedding parties can take over the inn entirely from Friday dinner through Sunday morning. In the afternoons, guests gather in the Common Room for fresh baked cookies and, in colder months, a wood-burning fireplace.

• Spaces for 20-125 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Historic Space

Kedron Valley Inn dates to 1822, when a store built for gristmill workers grew into the community hub that became one of Vermont's oldest inns. Its foundation and framework have stood largely unchanged for more than 185 years, with the 1828 Main House reflecting Federal Style architecture and the 1848 National Hall once serving as a gathering space for dances, concerts, parties, debates, and political meetings. Set in South Woodstock Village in Vermont's Green Mountains, the property blends a Historic Building with a Log Lodge, dark wood furnishings, and antique decor, all surrounded by grounds that include a swimming and fishing pond. The inn hosts private dining in cozy historic rooms located in what was once the inn's ballroom, accommodating up to 20 guests and operated today by the on-site Ransom Tavern restaurant. Combined with its long history as a community gathering place, the inn offers guests an intimate, historic setting for private occasions.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Snow Farm Vineyard & Winery sits on an island in Lake Champlain in South Hero, Vermont, where the lake's micro-climate mirrors growing conditions found in Burgundy, France. Founded by the Lane family in the mid-1990s to keep their retired dairy farm in agricultural use, it became Vermont's first commercial vineyard, with plantings established in 1997. The estate now spans more than 100 preserved acres and includes a tasting room, a distillery producing gin, grappa, and fruit liqueurs, and a small-batch winery known for cool-climate wines like Seyval Blanc, Riesling, and its signature Vidal Blanc Ice Wine. For weddings, bridal showers, and rehearsal dinners, couples can choose a ceremony atop Fox Hill among the grapevines or along the shores of Lake Champlain, with the surrounding farmland and lake views as a backdrop. Snow Farm provides a tent for receptions of up to 200 guests, along with tables, chairs, and bar service, and offers on-site bed and breakfast lodging for guests staying the weekend. As a small, family-run operation, the team works closely with each couple to plan the day personally rather than following a set formula. Beyond weddings, Snow Farm hosts a Summer Concert Series, the Music in the Vineyard series, and seasonal gatherings like its Spirit Festival and Harvest Festival, drawing visitors to the vineyard throughout the year.

• Spaces for 110-160 Guests
• 1 Barn
• 1 Estate

The Inn at Grace Farm is a private estate wedding venue set in the Vermont countryside of Fairfax, with panoramic views of the Green Mountains. Originally a farming homestead, the property still bears remnants of its original stone footings, and its current buildings — the Inn, the Stone House, and an octagon-shaped post-and-beam barn — reflect that agricultural heritage. The barn, built in 2014 with lumber drawn largely from the surrounding acreage, serves as the estate's reception space; it received a fresh coat of white paint in 2022 and includes radiant floor heating and an on-site catering kitchen, making it a year-round option for weddings. The estate offers three outdoor ceremony sites: a front lawn framed by a built-in timber arch with the Green Mountains as a backdrop, a west lawn set closest to the property's waterfall, and a more secluded backyard site anchored by an old stone structure. Couples and their wedding parties can also stay on site — the Inn and the Stone House provide boutique lodging for getting ready, rehearsal dinners, and morning-after brunches, with exclusive access to the property throughout the wedding weekend.

• Spaces for 150 Guests
• 1 Farm
• 1 Event Space

Sky Acres Events sits on a 234-acre working farm in Washington, Vermont, where fields, forests, and streams rise toward a hillside view of the Green Mountains stretching from Mount Mansfield to Killington. Owner Cilla acquired the property, once the Sky Acres Girl Scout Camp, in 2003 and has spent years renovating it while keeping it in use as a working farm. The former camp dining hall has been restored into the Pavilion, a rustic post-and-beam space with a stone fireplace, exposed rafters, antique wagon-wheel chandeliers, and floor-to-ceiling panels that open onto the mountain views. Sky Acres Events hosts weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and other private celebrations, offering its grounds and Pavilion as a do-it-yourself rental, with access to the space the day before an event for setup and decorating.

• Spaces for 20-600 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 6 Hotels
• 8 Total Spaces

Killington Resort sits in Vermont's Green Mountains, known as "The Beast of the East" and the largest ski resort in the eastern United States, with more than 200 days of lift-served skiing and riding each winter and a full slate of summer activities including mountain biking, golf, and a treetop adventure course. The four-season setting gives couples and planners several distinct venues to choose from: the Peak Lodge, perched atop the mountain with panoramic views of the Green Mountains, hosts up to 200 guests for ceremonies and receptions, while the K-1 Lodge accommodates up to 300 guests with an expansive patio suited to rehearsal dinners and welcome parties. The Killington Grand Resort Hotel anchors the resort's event offerings with 200 guest rooms, a spa, and the Oscar Ballroom, along with a firepit and poolside patio for smaller gatherings. The adjoining Grand Hotel & Conference Center provides configurable meeting and banquet space for gatherings ranging from 25 to 400 guests, supported by on-site AV, catering, and a dedicated event coordinator.

• Spaces for 20-150 Guests
• 1 Event Space

• Spaces for 32-800 Guests
• 6 Ballrooms
• 1 Event Space
• 3 Meeting Spaces

The Dudley H. Davis Center is the University of Vermont's central conference and event venue in Burlington, Vermont, built in 2007 as a 186,000-square-foot, environmentally conscious facility. Vaulted ceilings trimmed in local maple wood and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Green Mountains or Lake Champlain give the building its character. The center holds four ballrooms, more than seven meeting rooms, and additional smaller spaces, giving planners a range of room sizes for conferences, meetings, and campus gatherings. Rentals include tables and chairs, standard AV equipment such as podiums, microphones, projectors, and screens, flipcharts and whiteboards, and free WiFi for guests, with events able to draw on UVM Dining's catering services. The Davis Center sits on UVM's campus close to Burlington's Church Street Marketplace, Lake Champlain, and the Green Mountains.

Allow us to provide a breathtaking backdrop for your special day. The Inn at Burklyn is perched atop a hill with breathtaking views in every direction. Our large grounds and gardens, which span 86 acres and include an exclusive greenhouse and private orchards, are spread out over 86 acres. We believe in creating beautiful events with ease, so we've put together a list of trustworthy vendors to meet each client's demands. This is what we refer to as our "little White Book." These companies will assist you and your event planner in finding the ideal rentals, such as tents, tables, and chairs, to help you realize your vision. Please keep in mind that each customer will need to hire a full-service event planner. From the historic Inn at Burklyn's large windows and wrap-around porch, watch the sunrise and sunset over Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. With your hands curled around a warm mug in the parlor, watch the mist travel out of the valley. After a peaceful stroll through the orchards, stop by Darlings for a glass of wine. The Inn at Burklyn is a historic Neo Classical mansion built in 1904 as Elmer Darling's private residence. It has been meticulously repaired and updated to provide luxurious rooms with picturesque views of Vermont. Relax in the warmth of our sitting rooms, which include original fireplaces and 360-degree views of Vermont's unique beauty through the inn's enormous windows. Imagine strolling along our wrap-around porch or sitting on the sun porch with a cup of coffee and a good book in hand, gazing into our ancient greenhouse. You should feel at ease. Be true to yourself. Be present at this stunning venue with us.

• Spaces for 225 Guests
• 1 Museum
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Estate

Hildene is a compound word composed of two old English words: ""Hil,"" which means ""hill,"" and ""dene,"" which means ""valley with stream."" It was named after Robert and his wife Mary's Vermont home, which sits atop a hill with sweeping views of the Taconic Mountains to the west, the Green Mountains to the east, and the Battenkill River, which flows through the great Battenkill Valley below. Hildene was built by the Lincolns as a summer residence around the turn of the twentieth century. Robert Todd Lincoln was the only child born to Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln who lived to adulthood. As a young man in the summer of 1864, he came to Manchester to meet up with his mother and brother Tad at the Equinox Hotel, where he stayed for a few days. He returned some forty years later to purchase 392 acres of land on which he would construct what he would refer to as his ancestral home. Robert was the president of the Pullman Company at the time, which was the largest manufacturing corporation in the United States. Peggy Beckwith, Abraham Lincoln's great-granddaughter and the last Lincoln descendant to reside at Hildene, expanded the estate's land holdings by purchasing additional land. Her will stipulated that Hildene be given to the Church of Christ, Scientist in accordance with her grandmother's wishes when she died in 1975. The will stipulated that Hildene should be kept as a memorial to the Lincoln family by the Church of England. When the Church realized it was not in a financial position to do so, it didn't take long for the decision to be made, and plans were quickly put in place to sell Hildene to developers. The Church's plans for Hildene were discovered by local neighbors and community members, who fought to save the property. After three years in court, they were finally successful in obtaining the right to purchase Hildene. The Friends of Hildene, a non-profit organization, raised the funds necessary to purchase the estate in 1978, and then began the lengthy process of restoring the house and formal garden. A Georgian revival mansion and 14 historic buildings dot the 412-acre estate, which includes the home, formal garden, and observatory; the Welcome Center and The Museum Store in the historic carriage barn; the 1903 Pullman car, Sunbeam; and Hildene Farm. The estate has been in the same family for four generations. An 1832 schoolhouse still serves as a teaching greenhouse and composting facility, as well as vegetable gardens and an apple orchard in the lower portion of the property (the dene). The farm also includes a solar-powered goat dairy and cheese-making facility and a teaching greenhouse and composting facility in the lower portion of the property (the dene). Aside from hosting agricultural and environmental courses throughout the school year, the dene also serves as a classroom for Burr & Burton Academy high school students. Hildene's deep commitment to conservation, stewardship, and sustainability, as well as its mission Values into Action, are embodied in the BBA-Hildene program, which is completely immersive.

• Spaces for 180-350 Guests
• 1 Resort
• 1 Event Space

The Atrium is an indoor event space at The Essex Resort & Spa in Essex, Vermont, encompassing 3,185 square feet and accommodating up to 350 guests. The room supports several layout styles, including rounds, rectangular tables, and mixed configurations, with a plated dinner seating as many as 180 guests at rectangular tables or 170 at rounds, and buffet-style service seating up to 150. The Atrium's reception package includes five hours of private use, reception tables and chairs, complete setup and breakdown, and a choice of white, ivory, or black linens and napkins. Every event is assigned a dedicated Event Manager, and the resort's on-site culinary team builds customizable menus using locally sourced Vermont ingredients. Couples celebrating in the Atrium can add the Celebration Suite for pre-ceremony preparations.

• Spaces for 110-150 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 1 Farm

The Intervale Center sits on 180 Intervale Road in Burlington, Vermont, a floodplain landscape along the Winooski River that the nonprofit has shaped into farmland, gardens, and public trails. At the heart of the property is a rustic barn dating to the 1860s, renovated and set on two landscaped acres with gardens, a willow tree, and a frog pond, about a mile from downtown Burlington. The Community Barn hosts weddings and celebrations from mid-May through mid-October, seating up to 110 guests indoors or up to 200 with an outdoor tent. Tables, chairs, a portable PA system, bistro lighting, and on-site staff support are included with the rental, and a charcoal grill is available for licensed caterers. The Intervale Center itself is open to the public 365 days a year, with recreational trails running along the Winooski River toward the Ethan Allen Homestead for biking, birding, walking, and winter skiing. Proceeds from barn rentals support the organization's work building a local food economy in Burlington.