Top Vermont Kids Birthday Venues

• Spaces for 150-200 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Resort

Salons at The Essex is an event space within The Essex Resort & Spa in Essex, Vermont, spanning 1,449 square feet across Salons I, II, and III and accommodating up to 150 seated guests, or as many as 200 for a cocktail reception. The space is part of a full-service resort set amid lush Vermont grounds, with rounds or long-table layouts available for plated or buffet meals. Weddings and events at the Salons are supported by The Essex Resort & Spa's on-site culinary team, which builds custom menus, from plated dinners to buffets, using fresh, locally sourced Vermont ingredients and accommodating dietary needs. Couples celebrating in the Salons can also draw on the resort's on-site spa for pre-event treatments and extend the celebration into a full weekend with rehearsal dinners, post-wedding brunches, and outdoor activities on property.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

Built around 1840 by Frank Josselyn on the site of an even older 1799 structure, the Echo Lake Inn is one of only six inns still operating in Vermont that were originally constructed as inns. It sits on Dublin Road in the village of Tyson, part of Plymouth, Vermont, on ten acres bordering Echo Lake near Okemo Mountain. For weddings, the property centers on the Wedding Dell, a natural amphitheater set into the surrounding forest, with the nearby Wishing Well offering an alternate ceremony spot. Receptions move into a dedicated wedding tent outfitted with a dance floor and bar, and couples who book the inn for the weekend can house their whole wedding party across its 20 guestrooms and 8 condominiums. Guests have access to a seasonal pool, jacuzzi, tennis and pickleball court, kayaks, canoes, and rowboats for exploring the lake, plus a restaurant and pub serving farm-to-table dishes made with local, sustainably sourced ingredients.

• 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 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 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 200 Guests

The 1846 Inn & Tavern (formerly the West Dover Inn) occupies a stagecoach stop and tavern originally built in 1846, restored under longtime family ownership in Vermont's Green Mountains near Mount Snow. The inn continues a hospitality tradition its owners trace back more than 150 years, and it keeps a written record of that history alive through a poem passed from innkeeper to innkeeper, each adding a verse to the property's story. The property offers 12 accommodations alongside the 1846 Tavern, where a chef-driven menu, a raw bar, and rotating craft beers anchor the dining side of the operation. The tavern is open daily on a first-come, first-served basis. For private events, the inn hosts gatherings in its outdoor tent with dedicated servers, on an outdoor patio with fire pits, or in its indoor dining space for smaller groups, with event details and pricing arranged directly with the innkeeper's team.

• 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 50 Guests

Tucked into the natural beauty of central Vermont, The Woods Lodge offers indoor and outdoor spaces for weddings, private parties, corporate retreats, and celebrations of life. The Lodge's versatile grounds suit both an intimate indoor gathering and a sun-drenched outdoor celebration, with breakout areas and expansive grounds that also lend themselves to corporate retreats and team-building sessions. Weddings at The Woods Lodge range from an outdoor ceremony surrounded by nature to a cozy indoor reception, with the Lodge providing a flexible canvas for both ceremony and celebration. On-site catering includes grazing tables, passed hors d'oeuvres, stationary appetizer displays, and banquet or buffet service, alongside a private chef option for smaller gatherings — all built around vegan, vegetarian, and other dietary accommodations. A well-stocked bar offers spirits, wine, and Vermont craft beer, with outdoor bar service available on fair-weather days and a mobile bar option for events held off-site. Beyond event hosting, The Woods Lodge also operates cottages and apartments for nightly and extended stays, each with a full kitchen, giving guests a place to settle in before or after their event in Northfield, Vermont.

• Spaces for 150 Guests

Stone Hearth Inn & Eatery is set in a Vermont farmhouse with roots dating back to the early 1800s, just outside Chester in the Green Mountains. The property combines eight individually named guest rooms with an on-site eatery and tavern, blending historic character with a relaxed country atmosphere. The eatery serves comfort-driven meals made from scratch in a garden-side setting, with weekly specials, fresh-baked breads and desserts, and a seasonal menu alongside beer and wine. The tavern side of the property has long served as a gathering spot for guests and locals alike. Beyond lodging and dining, the inn hosts weddings, celebrations, memorials, meetings, and retreats, with catering available on-site or elsewhere. Its private dining room and eatery provide settings for gatherings, with additional garden and patio spaces in development. The mix of historic architecture, a working eatery, and flexible event spaces makes the inn a destination for both a quiet Vermont getaway and a hosted celebration.

• Spaces for 500 Guests

Set on Hunter Park Road in Manchester Center, Vermont, the Northshire Civic Center is a nonprofit civic center built around Riley Rink, home to hockey, figure skating, and learn-to-skate programs each winter. In spring the rink surface gives way to turf for field sports and training, and by summer the grounds transform again into what the venue calls Southern Vermont's premier festival venue. Every July, the property hosts the two-day Dead of Summer Music Festival, and each year it is also home to the three-day Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots festival (GMBR), which draws more than 3,000 people to camp, dance, and take in performances from regional artists. The Northshire Civic Center also welcomes craft fairs and community gatherings on its grounds throughout the season. Just minutes from downtown Manchester and within easy reach of Bromley and Stratton mountains, the Northshire Civic Center describes itself as more than an ice rink or event venue — a community gathering place where neighbors, families, and visitors come together to play, compete, and celebrate throughout the year.

• Spaces for 65-150 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Bar
• 4 Total Spaces

The Middlebury Inn has anchored the village green in Middlebury, Vermont since 1827, when Nathan Wood opened it as the Vermont Hotel. Renamed the Addison House in 1852 and substantially renovated under Allen Calhoun beginning in 1897, the property reopened as The Middlebury Inn in 1927 and has operated continuously for more than 180 years. The adjacent Porter Mansion, an 1825 brick home with a curved staircase and marble fireplaces, joined the inn in 1941 and holds nine Victorian guest rooms, while twenty modern annex units followed in 1968. Set in the heart of the Champlain Valley overlooking Middlebury's town green, the inn pairs its historic character — antique grandfather clocks, carved mantelpieces, and Victorian-accented guest rooms — with amenities including Morgan's Tavern restaurant, Waterfalls Day Spa, a business center, and complimentary fitness center access. For events, the inn offers the Founder's Room, a high-ceiling ballroom with crown molding and a working marbled fireplace overlooking the town square, along with an outdoor courtyard nestled between two of its historic buildings — settings suited to weddings, elopements, corporate meetings, and private celebrations.

• 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.

• Spaces for 200-250 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Resort
• 1 Waterfront

The Ponds at Bolton Valley is one of two wedding venues at Bolton Valley Resort, tucked into Vermont's Green Mountains about 30 minutes from Burlington. Described by the resort as its classic and quintessential Vermont wedding venue, the space overlooks a spring-fed pond and takes in panoramic mountain views, with a rustic reception building that comfortably accommodates up to 200 guests. Ceremonies take place beneath a decorated arbor by the water, with an indoor setup available as a backup for inclement weather, and the property is available the day before for a coordinated rehearsal. Reception packages run five hours and include tables, chairs, linens, place settings, glassware, and flatware, alongside a day-of wedding coordinator and a complimentary tasting ahead of the big day. Couples celebrating at The Ponds can also add on resort amenities such as scenic lift rides, mountain biking, disc golf, and a golf simulator, along with seasonal offerings like skiing and snowshoeing, making it a setting for weddings across every season, from winter to fall.

• Spaces for 16-250 Guests
• 1 Barn
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 Meeting Space

The West Monitor Barn is a historic post-and-beam dairy barn on the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps' (VYCC) campus in Richmond, Vermont. VYCC acquired and restored the barn in 2005, and it now serves as the campus's primary rental venue, hosting celebrations, meetings, and conferences on a limited basis from late August through October. The barn's third-floor reception space, the Hay Mow, measures roughly 49 by 59.5 feet and accommodates up to 150 guests. It opens onto a private back deck and back field, and includes a prep kitchen, WiFi, a projector and screen, and use of round tables and chairs. A main lobby with elevator and stairs leads up to the space, and an on-site lot holds up to 40 vehicles. For smaller gatherings, the ground-floor Conservation Room seats up to 16 people around its meeting tables and is available November through April, with a Smart TV and whiteboards on hand for presentations. Proceeds from renting the West Monitor Barn support VYCC's youth development and conservation programming, which has trained young people in hands-on conservation and agricultural work since 1985.

• Spaces for 100 Guests

Tucked into the natural beauty of central Vermont, The Woods Lodge hosts weddings, private parties, corporate retreats, and celebrations of life in a warm, thoughtfully designed setting. Couples can exchange vows outdoors surrounded by nature or gather for a cozier indoor celebration, with indoor and outdoor areas suited to both intimate gatherings and larger social events. On-site catering is built around customized menus, ranging from grazing tables and passed hors d'oeuvres to full banquets and buffets, with vegan, vegetarian, and other dietary accommodations available on request. The Lodge's bar service offers a rotating selection of Vermont craft beers, wine, and spirits alongside custom cocktails, and can also travel off-site with fully-insured, licensed bartending staff. Beyond event space, The Woods Lodge offers on-site lodging, including cottages and apartments, so wedding parties and retreat groups can extend their stay at the property itself.

• Spaces for 35-120 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Bar
• 1 Outdoor

Halvorson's Upstreet Cafe has been owned and operated by the Halvorson family for over 40 years on the top block of Burlington, Vermont's Church Street Marketplace. The restaurant is known for its casual atmosphere and beautiful outdoor seating in the heart of downtown Burlington. Behind the cafe, just off Church Street, Halvorson's operates a private event space open year-round. The rental includes up to four areas: an open-air courtyard framed by an ivy-covered brick wall, a built-in bar, and two adjacent indoor rooms suited for dining, activities, cocktail hours, or presentations. The space accommodates up to 35 guests seated or 120 guests standing, with the restaurant's professional staff on hand to handle event details. Each summer, Halvorson's also hosts the Courtyard Music Series, a run of evenings featuring local music and beverages in the courtyard, with proceeds benefiting Vermont nonprofits.

• Spaces for 40-400 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Outdoor
• 3 Total Spaces

Set on 112 acres along Coldbrook at the base of Haystack Mountain in West Dover, Vermont, The Hermitage Inn is a historic country inn built in the early 1800s as a summer retreat. After sitting abandoned for three years, the property was purchased in 2021 by Mary Lou Ricci and Tim Hall, who oversaw a full renovation of the Inn, restaurants, and grounds. The grounds include a trout pond, apple orchards, private gardens, hiking and cross-country ski trails, and a covered bridge, with Mount Snow just a few miles away. The Hermitage Inn hosts weddings, elopements, micro-weddings, rehearsal dinners, and corporate retreats across a mix of indoor and outdoor spaces, from garden and orchard ceremony sites to a tented lawn reception and the historic Wine Cellar. Full-service wedding planning, in-house floral design and decor, and full-property buyouts are available for couples and groups planning an event. Executive Chef Bobby Will leads the culinary program, which draws on local producers and artisans across the Tavern, the Birches Dining Room, the Orchard Terrace, and the Wine Cellar, recognized with Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. Fourteen guest rooms and suites, including a four-bedroom Carriage House, provide lodging for overnight guests.

• Spaces for 16-650 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 7 Outdoor Spaces
• 18 Total Spaces

For more than 140 years, Basin Harbor has been shaped by five generations of the Beach family, beginning in 1882 when Ardelia Beach opened her farmhouse on the shores of Lake Champlain to visitors seeking an escape from the city. What began as a working farm grew, under Allen Penfield Beach, into a full resort with cottages, a golf course, a dance hall, and an airfield — additions that still define the property today. Set on the Vermont shoreline with views across Lake Champlain to the Adirondack Mountains, Basin Harbor now offers dining at Ardelia's restaurant, an 18-hole golf course, a boat club, and lakeside recreation alongside more than a dozen indoor and outdoor event spaces. Waterfront lawns, a tented dock, and historic rooms host everything from intimate dinners to weddings and group events for 300 or more guests, with rain contingency planning and on-site lodging in inn rooms, cottages, and private houses supporting multi-day celebrations.

• Spaces for 300-400 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Estate
• 1 Tent

Farm Road Estate sits on 35 private acres in the Green Mountains of West Dover, Vermont, a property whose history traces back to an 18th-century sawmill before it was converted into a boutique inn. The estate includes two ponds for swimming, fishing, or canoeing and kayaking, along with hiking trails, a kitchen garden, and fire pits scattered across the grounds. Forbes has named the property one of the most romantic places to stay in the world. Described as a full-service, quintessential Vermont wedding destination, Farm Road Estate hosts weddings of all sizes and in all seasons. Couples can hold a ceremony on the expansive lawn beside the property's two ponds or in the Enchanted Forest, then move the celebration into the 18th-century Great Room or the outdoor event tent, which accommodates up to 300 guests for dancing and receptions. On-site dining includes Sawmill Bar & Table, a farm-to-table restaurant led by Executive Chef Christopher Lauinger that draws on the estate's own agricultural bounty, as well as the more casual Red Door Burger Co.

• Spaces for 50-100 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Farms
• 2 Total Spaces

Sandiwood Farm is an 80-acre working farm in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, run by Bob and Sara Schlosser since 1988. Set on a hilltop in Wolcott, the farm looks out over Mount Mansfield, Mt. Elmore, and the Worcester Range, with a stone arch, an open field, a small pond, thriving gardens, and an operating maple sugarbush among its ceremony sites. Weddings are hosted through three all-inclusive packages, including a forest-and-field ceremony site for up to 50 guests and a greenhouse space with a stone archway for up to 100 guests, along with elopement and micro-wedding packages for up to 10. Sara, a certified Justice of the Peace, officiates ceremonies on-site or off. Packages can include table arrangements, bridal and wedding-party bouquets, boutonnieres, and Vermont maple syrup favors, all drawn from the farm's own gardens and sugarbush. Beyond weddings, Sandiwood Farm hosts rehearsal dinners, farm-to-fork dinners, reunions, corporate gatherings, and fundraisers in its event greenhouses, and offers overnight stays in cabins and campsites scattered around the property for couples and guests extending their visit.