Top Appleton Venues

• Spaces for 420 Guests

Comfort Suites Green Bay is home to The Rock Garden, a 20,000-square-foot convention and banquet facility suited to weddings, meetings, and larger gatherings. The hotel also features Splash!, an indoor water park, alongside suite-style guest rooms designed for groups and extended stays. On-site dining is available at 1951 West, the hotel's contemporary American restaurant, and guests have access to a fitness center and free Wi-Fi throughout the property. A free shuttle to Austin Straubel Airport, four miles away, adds convenience for out-of-town guests traveling in for an event. Between the scale of the Rock Garden's banquet space and the water park and dining on site, the property is set up to keep a group comfortable before and after the main event.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

The CityDeck is a riverfront promenade along the Fox River in downtown Green Bay, running a quarter mile between the Walnut Street and Main Street bridges on the river's east bank. Terraced along the water, it serves as downtown's social hub, reconnecting the community with the Fox River. The CityDeck is organized into three landing areas -- Shopko Landing, Pine Street Landing, and Cherry Street Landing -- each available to rent for private events, with reservations accepted year-round from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The space also includes public restrooms, a water filling station, walking trails, a canoe and kayak launch, and a splashpad. Throughout the summer, the CityDeck hosts Fridays on the Fox, a Friday evening series pairing live music and food and drink with sunset views over the river, along with DJ on the Deck programming.

• Spaces for 74-200 Guests
• 3 Museums
• 1 Theater
• 3 Total Spaces

The Neville Public Museum of Brown County is an accredited cultural institution in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin, overlooking the Fox River. Founded by the Green Bay Art Club in 1915 and named for Arthur and Grace Neville in 1927, the museum has spent over a century collecting and preserving artifacts, artwork, and photographs relevant to Northeast Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula — one of only 21 accredited museums in the state, and the only one in Brown County. For private events, the Neville offers its meeting rooms, Neville Theater, and Mezzanine, hosting weddings, birthday parties, showers, reunions, and corporate events for groups from 2 to 200. The Mezzanine's river and downtown views make it a favored spot for cocktail hours and ceremonies, while the 132-seat Neville Theater — with its stage, projection screen, and Mason & Hamlin grand piano — suits recitals and presentations. Guests can also add guided exhibit tours or behind-the-scenes experiences to an event, and wireless internet is available throughout the museum.

• Spaces for 180-190 Guests
• 1 Barn
• 1 Waterfront

Overlooking scenic Duck Creek, The Duck Blind is a rustic, barn-style event venue at Olde 41 Premier Banquet Hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The space is built with log siding and wrapped by a porch that looks out over the creek, giving couples a distinctive setting for indoor or outdoor ceremonies and creek-side photos. Inside, exposed barn beams and barn board line an open-concept room warmed by an antique fireplace, with rustic touches like galvanized metal finishings and antiques throughout. A black granite bar finished with barn board decor anchors the space, which is arranged with a mix of round and long tables and can be configured to seat up to 180 guests. The Duck Blind hosts weddings, business events, celebrations of life, and other private gatherings, with dinner served buffet- or plate-style through one of six contracted caterers and a full-service bar available for guests.

• Spaces for 150-300 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Outdoor
• 3 Total Spaces

Olde 41 Premier Banquet Facility is a wedding and event venue in Howard, Wisconsin, set along Duck Creek and hosting celebrations since 2012. The property's main hall is housed above the Vandervest Harley-Davidson dealership and features a cathedral-arched, wood-beamed ceiling, hardwood floors for dining and dancing, a double-sided stone fireplace, and a mezzanine that overlooks the dealership showroom, with room for up to 300 guests. A second facility, The Duck Blind, sits nearby overlooking the creek in a log-sided building with a wrap-around porch, an antique fireplace, and rustic barn-board and galvanized-metal details, accommodating up to 180 guests. Between the two buildings, a landscaped outdoor ceremony site offers a custom wood arch, a flower garden, and views of Duck Creek, seating up to 150 guests, with fireplaces in both indoor facilities available as a weather backup. Both facilities offer full-service bars and buffet or plated dinners from a choice of six contracted caterers, along with an event coordinator to help plan weddings, banquets, conferences, business meetings, celebrations of life, showers, and other private events. The venue is within walking distance of a hotel, with shuttle service also available to nearby lodging.

• Spaces for 70-100 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Bar
• 1 Event Space

Anduzzi's Sports Club Howard is one of three Green Bay-area locations of the sports bar and restaurant founded in 1999 near Lambeau Field, expanding to Howard's Lineville Road in 2011. The Howard location combines a full sports bar and restaurant with countless widescreen TVs, weekly live performances, and craft pub fare including burgers, chicken wings, pizza, and pasta alongside specialty drinks, fish bowls, giant margaritas, and bloody marys. For private events, Howard offers a private room accommodating up to 70 guests seated for dinner or 100 guests for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. The room comes with a private bar, internet access, and a projector, with a banquet menu and customizable seating to suit the occasion. Anduzzi's traces its roots to a group of local bartenders who set out to blend franchise-restaurant standards with local entertainment. The club also supports its community through shelter meals, team sponsorships, and school donations.

• Spaces for 70-100 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Event Space

Anduzzi's Sports Club Green Bay East opened in 2014 as the third location in the Anduzzi's Sports Club family, following the original Stadium District restaurant near Lambeau Field and a second location in Howard. Founded in 1999 by local bartenders who set out to blend franchise-restaurant standards with local entertainment, the Anduzzi's brand built its reputation on scratch-made pub fare, including craft burgers, chicken wings, pizza, and pasta, paired with a full bar known for specialty drinks, fish bowls, giant margaritas, and bloody marys. The Green Bay East location hosts live music and weekend entertainment alongside its regular menu, and offers a private banquet room for parties and celebrations. The room seats up to 70 guests for a seated dinner or accommodates 100 guests for a cocktail-style reception with hors d'oeuvres, and includes its own private bar, a projector for A/V needs, WiFi access, and a customizable seating layout.

• Spaces for 450 Guests
• 1 Ballroom

The Meridian is a private event venue in Fairview, Texas, offering settings for weddings, corporate events, galas, and private celebrations. The property centers on The Grand Meridian, a hall with high ceilings, crystal chandeliers, and a hydraulic decor grid, with an open floor plan that accommodates banquet-style, theater-style, and cocktail seating arrangements. Beyond the main hall, the venue includes the Dining Haven, a smaller room suited to intimate dinners and gatherings that complement a larger event; the Social Hub, a lounge-style space with a built-in bar for casual parties and networking; and the Open Patio, an outdoor area with heat warmers and BBQ capability for ceremonies, cocktail hours, and celebrations. The Meridian offers all-inclusive event services, including catering, bar service, decor, entertainment, photography and videography, and event staffing, along with complimentary on-site parking and in-house audio-visual equipment.

• Spaces for 1,500 Guests

• Spaces for 300 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Country Club

Butte des Morts Country Club is a private country club in Appleton, Wisconsin, built around a golf course designed by Chicago architect W.C. Jackson and opened in 1924. Set on more than 140 private acres of sloping hills and wooded terrain along the Fox Cities, the club pairs its golf tradition with a 36,000-square-foot clubhouse built to host groups from three to 300. The club's grand Ballroom is reached by a staircase opening onto the clubhouse's upper floor and overlooks the golf course, with a bar area and an adjoining terrace for guests to enjoy before and after dinner. It accommodates wedding receptions, dinner-dances, parties, and corporate meetings for up to 300 guests, with wedding reception capacity of up to 280. Beyond the Ballroom, the clubhouse holds several additional gathering spaces, including the Hayes Family Library, a fireplace-warmed room with its own private bar, and the Fairway Room, outfitted with audio-visual equipment for business meetings and presentations. The grounds also include a heated outdoor pool with a zero-entry wading area and diving board, tennis and pickleball courts, and groomed winter trails used for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. The club's culinary program, led by Chef Ray and his kitchen staff, serves both casual and formal dining throughout the clubhouse.

• Spaces for 70 Guests

• Spaces for 300-400 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Waterfront

The Nature Center Pavilion at EAA sits pondside in a wooded area just east of the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with easy access from Waukau Avenue and open grounds nearby for parking or group activities. The 6,000-square-foot pavilion, measuring 60 by 100 feet, is fitted with a PA system and overhead doors that can be opened to let in the sunshine or closed to keep out the weather, and its rustic decor can be customized to suit a couple's or host's theme. Picnic-table seating accommodates up to 300 guests, making the pavilion well suited to wedding receptions, company picnics, and other large outdoor gatherings. EAA's events team supports planning from the early stages through event day and can help arrange additional seating styles.

• Spaces for 50-1,000 Guests
• 4 Outdoor Spaces
• 4 Parks

Bay Beach Amusement Park is a municipally-owned amusement park in Green Bay, Wisconsin, operated by the city's Parks, Recreation & Forestry Department. The park offers 18 rides across kiddie, family, and thrill categories, including a Ferris wheel, Tilt-a-Whirl, Scrambler, bumper cars, and the Zippin Pippin roller coaster. Admission and parking are free, and rides are paid for with tickets sold at 25 cents each. Groups can reserve one of the park's picnic shelters for parties, company outings, and other gatherings. Shelter 1 & 2 and Shelter 3 each accommodate up to 100 guests with picnic tables, serving tables, and electrical access, while Shelter 4 and Shelter 6 & 7 offer smaller footprints for groups of up to 75 and 50 guests. The park operates seasonally from May through September.

• Spaces for 110-120 Guests
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Park

The Triangle Chalet sits atop the hill at Triangle Sports Area, a 31-acre Green Bay Parks, Recreation & Forestry property in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Surrounded by the park's cross-country ski trails, disc golf course, and tubing and ski hills, the chalet's expansive windows look out over the surrounding hillside and tree line. Available for rental from April through October, with heating available in the shoulder-season months of April and October, the chalet accommodates up to 110 guests for family gatherings and social events. Rentals run from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. and include electricity, with a 360-degree virtual tour available online for guests planning ahead. As with other Green Bay park shelters, rentals include standard house rules: beer and wine only (no glassware), music concluding by 8:00 p.m., and a renter present for opening and closing.

• Spaces for 70-250 Guests
• 2 Meeting Spaces
• 1 Waterfront
• 2 Parks

Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary is a 535-acre urban wildlife refuge in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the largest park in the city's park system and home to the state's largest wildlife rehabilitation program. Established in 1936, the sanctuary combines live animal exhibits, educational displays, and miles of hiking trails with event spaces set inside its wooded grounds. The Dick Resch and Family Learning and Conservation Center, opened in 2022, is the sanctuary's dedicated banquet facility, hosting weddings, galas, showers, and conferences for up to 250 guests. Its Banquet Room and Meeting Room can be rented separately or combined for larger gatherings, and feature panoramic windows overlooking the forest and lagoon, a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, exposed maple ceiling beams, and a deck with lagoon views. A caterer's kitchen, sound system, and dance floor round out the space. For smaller gatherings, the Estuary Room in the Nature Center accommodates up to 70 guests and includes its own kitchen with a stove and refrigerator. Renters may bring their own food or choose from the sanctuary's preferred caterer list, and free parking is available throughout the grounds.