Top Wisconsin Graduation Party Outdoor Spaces

• Spaces for 250-500 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 1 Ballroom
• 3 Total Spaces

River Club of Mequon offers an elegant country club setting in Mequon for weddings, receptions, rehearsal dinners, corporate events, galas, and milestone celebrations. The property features a 9,200-square-foot Grand Ballroom with panoramic golf course views, programmable lighting, a spacious Sunset Deck, private foyer, and dedicated suites, with the ballroom accommodating gatherings of up to 500 guests. Couples also have access to outdoor ceremony settings, in-house catering, a dance floor, tables, linens, and day-of vendor coordination. Surrounded by 338 acres of rolling fairways and landscaped grounds, River Club of Mequon creates a polished backdrop for memorable Wisconsin events.

• Spaces for 100-4,100 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 2 Bars
• 4 Total Spaces

Located in the heart of Milwaukee’s vibrant Deer District, Landmark Credit Union Live offers a one-of-a-kind setting for private events. Accommodating 25 to 4,100 guests, our versatile venue features a spectacular three-story Music Hall, built-in stage, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, a stylish second-floor lounge, outdoor terrace, and exclusive Vinyl Room. From corporate events and convention receptions to private concerts, celebrations, and full venue buyouts, every experience can be tailored to your vision. With customized food and beverage options, creative mixology, professional production capabilities, and an experienced event team handling the details, Landmark Credit Union Live delivers the energy of live entertainment and an unforgettable experience for every guest.

• Spaces for 40 Guests
• 4 Outdoor Spaces
• 4 Hotels
• 12 Total Spaces

Make your wedding exquisite at the gorgeous setting of Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, a wedding venue in Lake Geneva. With a wide selection of wedding venues, countryside views and impeccable service, we can ensure your big day is an experience you'll be talking about for the rest of your life. From the bachelor and bachelorette parties to rehearsal dinners and beautiful wedding ceremonies, you can have it all at our one location. We have an abundance of indoor and outdoor services and activities, including a full-service WELL Spa, offering hair, nails and make-up services for your bridal party on the big day, group golf outings for the guys (and gals!), s'mores around Ember's Terrace, and even an indoor waterpark just up the road! Grand Geneva will make your wedding as seamless as possible every step of the way. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is also home to a charming downtown area known for its shopping locations, gorgeous beaches, and other tourist attractions all year round. With Grand Geneva close to major cities such as Milwaukee and Chicago, it makes for the ideal wedding destination without having to go too far from home. Allow our expert wedding planners and designers to assist you in making your big day the most flawless and unforgettable day of your life!

• Spaces for 50-480 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 3 Bars
• 4 Total Spaces

Host your next event in Milwaukee's Happy Place! Our Brewery & Taproom in MKE's Menomonee River Valley offers a variety of indoor and outdoor rental options, tours, special tastings, and fresh beer brewed on site. Host a small group on the covered deck, or opt for a full brewery buyout for 400+ people.

• Spaces for 20-85 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 4 Hotels
• 4 Ballrooms

Located on the scenic shores of Geneva Lake, The Geneva Inn is home to panoramic lakeside views from our hotel and The Grandview restaurant. With charming accommodations, attentive staff and award winning cuisine, our Lake Geneva hotel is proud to provide a different kind of getaway spot, being one of the most sought-after year-round retreats in Lake Geneva. The Geneva Inn is the only hotel and restaurant located directly on the shores of Geneva Lake providing a truly unique and memorable experience. We feature a full-service fine dining restaurant and thirty-seven luxuriously appointed guest rooms including four lakeside suites. We’re an ideal choice for your next unforgettable meeting or special event. Our function space is perfect for a wide range of events from business retreats and team building to holiday parties or luncheons. And when your day is finished, wind down and enjoy our relaxing hotel accommodations.

• Spaces for 144-200 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Hotel
• 1 space at this venue

Kinn Guesthouse Downtown Milwaukee offers an event experience that feels stylish, personal, and entirely your own. Our signature rooftop venue, The Lookout, pairs panoramic city views with a warm, modern setting designed to accommodate celebrations of up to 150 guests, depending on layout. The flexible space can be tailored for ceremonies, cocktail hours, seated receptions, and dancing, with an atmosphere that feels elevated without feeling overly formal. Rather than a traditional ballroom, The Lookout offers the character of an independent boutique property and a memorable sense of place in the heart of Milwaukee. With 31 thoughtfully designed guestrooms, couples can turn their wedding into a full weekend experience. Private floor buyouts include (9) guestrooms along with an exclusive shared kitchen, lounge, dining area, and gathering space, giving your closest guests a comfortable home base before and after the celebration.

• Spaces for 12-400 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 1 Event Space
• 4 Total Spaces

Trappers Turn Golf Club is a 27-hole championship golf facility in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, designed by two-time U.S. Open champion Andy North and golf architect Roger Packard. Its three nines — Arbor, Canyon, and Lake — wind through sandstone canyons carved by glacial meltwater, scenery that also hosted the 1998 Wisconsin State Open. Now part of Kalahari Resorts, the club pairs that landscape with an Italian-inspired clubhouse built for private events. The clubhouse spans more than 10,000 square feet across five distinct spaces, from the main dining room to the more intimate Pub Room and North Room, and can host gatherings from a small dinner to a celebration of up to 250 guests. Its Veranda seats up to 70 guests overlooking Mystic Lake, while the upper green behind the clubhouse accommodates outdoor ceremonies for up to 250 guests with views across the golf course. Rustic brick, warm wood, and rows of windows give the space a rustic yet refined character suited to weddings, corporate outings, and special occasions. Trappers Turn's culinary team serves year-round dining, including a Friday fish fry, Saturday prime rib, and Sunday brunch, along with a 1,000-bottle Wine Cellar that seats up to 12 guests for private dinners and a working vineyard that supplies the club's house-made brandy.

• Spaces for 20-607 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 1 Ballroom
• 6 Total Spaces

Set within Mitchell Park in Brookfield, Wisconsin, the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary nonprofit cultural arts facility that has served as a hub for performing arts, arts education, and visual arts since opening in 2002. The Center's array of spaces are available for rental to individuals, organizations, and corporations for performances, weddings, festivals, meetings, fundraisers, and private parties. Among its rentable spaces, the Kuttemperoor Grand Hall is a two-story room with exposed wood beams and Susan Falkman's hand-carved limestone fireplace, adjoined to the north by the Elmbrook Rotary Fireside Lounge and its etched-glass window by artist Conrad Schmitt; the space accommodates ceremony seating for up to 200 guests and can expand onto an adjacent patio for larger receptions. Nearby, The Burke Colonnade is a structure of whole-tree timber framing designed by WholeTrees Architecture and Structures, offering ceremony seating for up to 200 guests. The Harris Theater, home to a hand-blown glass bird installation by artist Steve Feren, seats up to 607 for concerts, lectures, and formal meetings, while the Dawes Studio Theater and adjoining Gerlach/Haack Outdoor Theater provide indoor and outdoor options for recitals, ceremonies, and receptions. The Wilson Center welcomes more than 55,000 visitors annually, including over 10,000 students through its arts education programming, and offers an onsite catering prep kitchen, free Wi-Fi, and free parking in the adjacent Mitchell Park surface lot to support events held at the Center.

• Spaces for 24-100 Guests
• 10 Outdoor Spaces
• 2 Theaters
• 11 Total Spaces

Set on the shores of Lake Michigan in Racine, Wisconsin, the Racine Zoo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has cared for wildlife since its founding in 1923. Today the Zoo is home to roughly 75 species and more than 300 individual animals, and its campus offers a range of outdoor spaces suited to gatherings of all kinds, from family birthday parties to weddings, corporate functions, and community events. Couples can hold a ceremony and reception on the Zoo's grounds, with venues that take in views of Lake Michigan and the Zoo's flower gardens. The Kiwanis Memorial Amphitheater, home to the Zoo's Animal Crackers Concert Series, overlooks the Lake Michigan shoreline and offers a stage and lawn suited to award ceremonies and performances, while the Racine Rotary West Safari Base Camp pavilion, with garage-door walls that open and close, provides a flexible, rain-or-shine option on the Zoo's north side. For groups seeking an indoor option during inclement weather, the Kiwanis Education Center offers seating on the top level of the Zoo's main building. Each rental includes Zoo admission for a set number of guests, with additional space available across the campus for events ranging from casual picnics to formal fundraisers.

• Spaces for 32-175 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 2 Vineyards
• 2 Total Spaces

Elmaro Vineyard is a family-owned winery and event venue set in the Mississippi River Valley in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, in the region known as the Driftless. The vineyard's first vines were planted in the spring of 2006, and the property is anchored by a white pine tree estimated at 300 years old that also appears on the winery's label. For weddings, Elmaro offers an outdoor ceremony site among the vines paired with a reception under a 30' x 60' white event tent, with use of the indoor Crush Pad event room available for the day as well. The vineyard wedding space accommodates up to 175 guests, with bookings available June through September, Sunday through Friday. Smaller gatherings can be hosted at Elmaro's outdoor pavilion, a picnic-table-seated shelter that accommodates groups of 32 or fewer and takes in one of the property's best views, available during spring, summer, and fall. Elmaro also operates a tasting room and wine club for guests looking to enjoy its wines on site.

• Spaces for 15-3,300 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 1 Ballroom
• 13 Total Spaces

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center sits on the shore of Lake Monona in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, on a site Frank Lloyd Wright first proposed for the city in 1938. Wright reworked the design over two decades before signing off on the final plans shortly before his death in 1959; Madison voters approved construction on the same site in 1992, and the building opened on July 18, 1997, with its exterior built to Wright's design and its interior reimagined by Taliesin architect Tony Puttnam. Today the center spans five levels and roughly 30 rooms, from the Madison Ballroom's Wright-inspired chandeliers to the rooftop gardens overlooking the lake, which the venue describes as the only rooftop lakeside venue in Madison. Nearly 390,000 guests pass through each year for conventions, conferences, weddings, and community events such as Dane Dances. In-house catering is handled by Monona Catering, and the attached Hilton Madison Monona Terrace connects to the building via an indoor skywalk.

• Spaces for 110-350 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 5 Hotels
• 5 Total Spaces

Heidel House Hotel & Conference Center sits on 12 acres of lakefront property on Green Lake, the deepest lake in Wisconsin, a setting whose history traces back to 1890, when the property began as the private Kelly Estate. Herb and Lucille Heidel purchased it in 1945 and built it into one of Wisconsin's well-known restaurants before adding a ten-room lodge in the late 1950s. After closing in 2019, the property underwent a full renovation by the Lighthouse Hotel Development Group and reopened in 2021 as part of the Choice Hotels Ascend Collection, now a 114-room hotel and conference center with 750 feet of lake frontage. The property offers more than 11,000 square feet of event space, including the Dartford and Sandstone ballrooms and the Pleasant Point space, along with outdoor ceremony sites overlooking the water and among the property's old-growth trees. Couples and planners can also book the Escapade, a private yacht available for rehearsal dinners and cocktail hours. Guests have access to two dining spots, Oakwood Bar & Restaurant and Waves Pub and Grill, along with an indoor pool with two whirlpools and a seasonal outdoor pool.

• Spaces for 25-700 Guests
• 6 Outdoor Spaces
• 1 Bar
• 14 Total Spaces

Milwaukee County Zoo has grown from a small mammal and bird display in Washington Park in 1892 into a 190-acre zoological garden home to more than 2,400 animals across over 340 species. The zoo offers indoor and outdoor spaces for weddings, receptions, corporate parties, and picnics, giving planners the option of a traditional ballroom setting or a celebration set among the animal habitats. Indoors, the Peck Welcome Center provides a ballroom with large glass windows, terrazzo floors, and high ceilings, along with access to an outdoor patio, while the Zoofari Center offers a permanent stage and dance floor just outside the zoo's main entrance on Bluemound Road. Smaller gatherings can be hosted in spaces such as the Flamingo Multi-purpose Room or the Northwestern Mutual Learning Loft, which overlooks the Elephant Care Center through floor-to-ceiling windows. For events with more of an outdoor, safari feel, the zoo also rents out spaces within its animal habitat buildings, including the Aquatic & Reptile Center, Florence Mila Borchert Big Cat Country, and the Stearns Family Apes of Africa building, along with several picnic areas across the grounds that can accommodate groups from a few dozen up to several thousand guests when combined.

• Spaces for 22-200 Guests
• 3 Outdoor Spaces
• 3 Gardens
• 1 Tent

The Hollyhock House and Gardens is a Queen Anne-style Victorian cottage set on nearly two acres of gardens and lawns in the harbor town of Kewaunee, Wisconsin, about 30 minutes from Door County, Green Bay, and Manitowoc. The venue specializes in intimate weddings and events of 170 guests or less, with grounds sized to accommodate a 40' x 60' tent for receptions. Several distinct spaces support a full weekend of celebration. The Coach House, a barn decorated with French-country flair, suits indoor gatherings of up to 30 guests or serves as a catering staging area. The Garden Patio offers a covered Victorian pergola with wrought iron furniture and a fire pit for casual outdoor seating for up to 22. The Victorian Chapel provides a backdrop for wedding vows on a manicured lawn that seats up to 150, while the vintage "Glamper" adds a whimsical setting for a cocktail or food bar. The main house itself is available for wedding-day photos and as a bridal suite for changing. Because the property is privately owned, couples choose their own caterers, vendors, and music, and can book half-day, full-day, or extended multi-day packages that add garden access the day before or after an event. The venue hosts weddings and events on weekdays or weekends, day or night, from late spring through early autumn.

• Spaces for 4-250 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 6 Restaurants
• 7 Total Spaces

Quivey's Grove occupies a mansion and horse stable built in 1855 by early Fitchburg settler John Mann, set on landscaped grounds shaded by black walnut, maple, and elm trees that gave the property its name. Restaurateur Joe Garton opened the property as a restaurant in 1980, and the antique-filled, 160-year-old buildings and gardens still evoke the site's 19th-century roots today. For weddings, couples exchange vows in the front yard beneath a large birch tree or in a natural area of wildflowers under a canopy of black walnut trees, with a 30' x 75' tent available as a rain backup. Wedding receptions, which have ranged from 25 to 225 guests over the venue's history, most often take place under that same tent in the Paddock, available from mid-May through September, with dancing to close out the evening. Inside the historic Stone House, several named private rooms, including Grandmother's Garden, the Flower Box, and the Music room, host smaller gatherings such as rehearsal dinners, birthdays, anniversaries, group tours, and corporate dinners.

• Spaces for 200 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 1 space at this venue

Barn at Trinity Peak is a renovated dairy barn on five landscaped acres in rural Wisconsin, set among rolling hills, oak tree canopies, and open pastures. The property's original stucco silo, one of the oldest of its kind in the state, has been converted into guest bathrooms, and the barn itself retains its southern yellow pine plank floors and vaulted ceilings alongside modern heat and air conditioning. Couples can choose an indoor ceremony or reception under the barn's high ceilings and natural light, or an outdoor ceremony beneath the property's tree canopy with rustic barn-wood benches and mismatched vintage chairs, with the barn's main floor serving as a rain backup. The venue comfortably accommodates up to 200 guests for dinner, with additional guests welcome afterward. An oversized bridal suite includes a full-service bar, and the grounds feature a wine barrel fire pit with Adirondack seating beneath Edison-style bistro lighting, plus custom color-changeable up-lighting throughout the barn and surrounding trees. Barn at Trinity Peak operates as a full-service venue, holding its own Class B liquor license and providing complimentary wedding pre-planning, day-of coordination, and set-up and clean-up assistance for every event.

• Spaces for 36-200 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 4 Museums
• 4 Total Spaces

Founded in 1961 by Melitta Hedwig Suder-Pick with an initial collection of three hundred paintings and drawings by her great uncle Carl von Marr, the Museum of Wisconsin Art has grown into a collection representing more than three hundred artists and spanning two hundred years of American art history. Today MOWA operates two permanent venues, its West Bend home and MOWA | DTN in downtown Milwaukee, and describes itself as "a different kind of museum" built around the idea that enjoying art should be easy and welcoming. The West Bend museum's award-winning building sits along the Milwaukee River and offers 12,000 square feet of gallery space alongside a mix of indoor and outdoor settings available for private events, from intimate gatherings of ten guests to celebrations of up to 150. The West Bend Mutual Insurance Company Atrium, with its crisp white walls and abundant windows, hosts ceremonies, seated dinners, and cocktail receptions, while the Shoemaker Family Courtyard and the hydrangea-lined MOWA Gardens provide outdoor settings for ceremonies and receptions. The Pat and Judy Sebranek Studios offer a more intimate, configurable space suited to showers and business meetings. A venue rental does not require museum membership, making the galleries and grounds accessible for weddings, corporate gatherings, and social celebrations alike.

• Spaces for 100-200 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Garden

Village Gardens is a destination greenhouse and outdoor event space in Plover, near Stevens Point in central Wisconsin, that has been helping visitors bring their gardening and event dreams to life since 2000. An acre and a half of flower gardens features a pond, bridge, and wedding gazebo, providing a garden backdrop for outdoor weddings, bridal and baby showers, and family and senior portrait sessions. Owners Dawn and Keith Dziak and a staff of certified gardeners tend the greenhouse and gardens, which also include a gift shop stocked with pottery, metal sculpture, concrete statuary, fountains, and local art, plus a cafe serving locally roasted coffee, smoothies, and ice cream. Visitors can also stroll the miniature village, view sculptures and water features, and see the resident goats and chickens. Outdoor weddings take place in the gardens from Memorial Day weekend through October 1, depending on weather.

• Spaces for 200-225 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 1 Event Space

Located about 15 minutes from downtown Milwaukee in Franklin, Wisconsin, Crystal Ridge operates as a ski, snowboard, and tubing hill through the winter and turns into an event venue the rest of the year. From May through October, its Lodge offers 5,000 square feet of event space with a rustic-meets-modern feel, drawing weddings, parties, and other private events to the hillside setting. The Lodge accommodates up to 200 guests, depending on the floor plan, and comes with 20 barnwood tables, white folding chairs, and a customizable layout for ceremonies, receptions, or cocktail hours alike. An in-house bar staffed by trained bartenders, a head table setup, and cocktail tables for a happy hour or reception round out the indoor offerings, while Edison lights strung from the lodge beams and along the patio, an outdoor ceremony option, and use of the patio and fire pit extend the celebration outside. Rentals include free parking with overnight access, day-of decorating and vendor setup time, and a day-of venue coordinator to help the event run smoothly.

• Spaces for 64-230 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 3 Museums
• 3 Total Spaces

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art occupies a glass-and-steel building designed by architect César Pelli on State Street, in the heart of downtown Madison between the State Capitol and the University of Wisconsin campus. The museum's rotating contemporary art exhibitions surround guests at private events, and its rooftop and lecture spaces are available for weddings, receptions, and corporate gatherings. The Rooftop Sculpture Garden is the museum's most-booked event space, holding up to 175 guests for a standing reception or 100 for a seated dinner amid native Wisconsin plants and sculpture, with views of the Capitol Building, the Orpheum Theater marquee, and the downtown skyline that light up after dark. Just off the garden, the recently renovated Rooftop Lounge offers an indoor alternative on the third floor, furnished with lounge seating and a bar, for up to 80 guests standing or 64 seated. For talks, films, or meetings, the Lecture Hall accommodates up to 230 guests and is built to accommodate guests with mobility limitations, with a separate projection booth and stagehand support available. Downtown State Street's restaurants, entertainment, and shopping sit just outside the museum's doors, adding to the experience for guests attending an event at MMoCA.