Top Aurora Venues

• Spaces for 40 Guests

The Inn at Brandywine Falls is a historic Greek Revival home built in 1848, listed on the National Register of Historic Homes. It sits within Cuyahoga Valley National Park, just steps from Brandywine Falls, surrounded by the park's woods and trails. The property offers six guest suites across the original farmhouse and a renovated carriage barn, each with a private bath and its own historic character, along with a full breakfast each morning. Beyond overnight stays, the Inn hosts small gatherings such as private meetings, overnight retreats, elopements, family and friend reunions, and afternoon teas, with space for up to 22 guests. New innkeepers took over the property in April 2023, continuing its role as a quiet, historic retreat inside the national park after 36 years under previous ownership.

• Spaces for 200 Guests
• 1 Landmark
• 1 Historic Space

Happy Days Lodge sits within Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Peninsula, Ohio — about 30 minutes from both Cleveland and Akron. Built in 1938 by Civilian Conservation Corps Company 576, the lodge is considered one of the world's largest structures constructed from wormy American chestnut, with a sandstone floor and fireplaces hewn from locally quarried Berea Sandstone. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and represents a distinctive example of CCC "parkitecture," characterized by horizontal lines, low silhouettes, and the use of natural regional materials. The centerpiece of the lodge is the 4,000-square-foot Great Hall, which accommodates up to 200 seated guests beneath exposed beams and a mason jar chandelier. A screened-in porch adjoins the hall, looking out over a rolling meadow. Surrounding grounds provide access to miles of trails within the national park, making Happy Days Lodge well suited to weddings, meetings, retreats, and private celebrations of all kinds. The lodge is operated by the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park; rental proceeds support trail maintenance, volunteer programs, and outdoor education in the park.

• Spaces for 10-250 Guests
• 3 Hotels
• 1 Ballroom
• 3 Total Spaces

Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center sits in downtown Kent, Ohio, directly adjacent to the Kent State University campus. Affiliated with the university, the hotel offers 94 guest rooms alongside 5,000 square feet of flexible event space, including a 10-seat boardroom, serving both campus visitors and private celebrations. For weddings and receptions, the Pizzuti Grand Ballroom seats up to 250 guests and also accommodates smaller gatherings such as rehearsal dinners and bridal luncheons, while the rooftop terrace offers a more intimate setting for up to 50 guests with views over downtown Kent. On-site catering includes vegetarian and kosher menu options, and the hotel's wedding planners connect couples with established florist, lighting, and music vendors. The hotel's on-site restaurant, Nineteen10, serves breakfast through dinner and bar service in a casual lounge setting just off the lobby. Guests can also make use of a heated indoor saltwater pool and a 24-hour fitness center during their stay.

• Spaces for 12-150 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 3 Total Spaces

Hines Hill Campus is an extraordinary setting for weddings and celebrations, a private campus nestled within Cuyahoga Valley National Park where wooded acres, rolling meadows, and peaceful ponds wrap every event in natural beauty. The property's history is part of its unmistakable appeal: the grounds date to 1904, when the Jaite family built a summer estate in the valley, and the original barn and stone chicken coop from that era live on as the Hines Hill Conference Center and the architecturally unique Stone Cottage. A seasonal tent rounds out three distinct spaces that together welcome celebrations from an intimate gathering of 12 to a full reception of 150 guests — ceremonies, receptions, rehearsal dinners, and elopements among them. Every booking at Hines Hill also directly supports the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, helping sustain trails, volunteers, and outdoor education and making each celebration part of a larger legacy in one of Ohio's most cherished natural landscapes.

• Spaces for 60-64 Guests
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Park

The Roy H. Smith Shelterhouse is an enclosed gathering facility within Fred Fuller Park, the City of Kent's largest park, spanning more than 56 acres along the Cuyahoga River. The shelterhouse serves as a flexible private-event venue for receptions, birthday celebrations, and community gatherings, alongside its role hosting Kent Parks and Recreation's Lil' Learners Preschool and Summer Camp programs. The facility accommodates up to 60 guests, with eight eight-foot tables and 60 chairs provided. Amenities include a refrigerator, countertop, sink, restrooms, and climate control. Rental availability opens six months in advance, with weekday and weekend time slots available through Kent Parks and Recreation.

• Spaces for 150 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Park

Eldon Russell Park is a 132-acre natural area along the Upper Cuyahoga River in Troy Township, Ohio — a state-designated Scenic River that defines the park's character. Part of the Geauga Park District, the park encompasses swamp forests, upland forests, wetlands, and grasslands, and sits along a section of the statewide Buckeye Trail. For private gatherings, the park offers Horwath's Shelter, an open-air reservable structure accommodating up to 150 guests, with picnic tables and an adjacent playground. The riverfront setting draws groups looking for an outdoor celebration surrounded by natural scenery. Reservations are made through the Geauga Park District with at least seven days' advance notice.

• Spaces for 400 Guests

Cleveland Marriott East is a full-service hotel and event venue in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, offering more than 16,000 square feet of dedicated meeting and event space for weddings, corporate gatherings, and social celebrations. The renovated Grand Ballroom serves as the centerpiece for receptions and ceremonies, featuring refreshed decor and lighting that can be customized for each event. A naturally lit atrium with skylights adjoins the ballroom, providing an elegant pre-function space well suited to cocktail hours and welcome receptions. The hotel's on-site amenities support both event guests and overnight visitors, including an indoor pool, a complimentary fitness center, a business center, free Wi-Fi, and complimentary on-site parking. Guest accommodations are available on property for attendees who wish to stay following their event.

• Spaces for 20-200 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 2 Event Spaces
• 2 Total Spaces

Located near Akron, Ohio, Silver Lake Country Club offers a blend of refined recreation and warm community spirit. Its 18-hole Packard-Wadsworth design features rolling bent-grass fairways, mature trees, and well-trapped greens. Beyond golf, members and guests enjoy a full suite of amenities, and the inviting clubhouse and banquet spaces serve as elegant backdrops for special events, social gatherings, and family-centered experiences that feel both intimate and elevated.

• Spaces for 150-300 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 2 Event Spaces
• 3 Country Clubs

Roses Run Country Club is a Tudor-style clubhouse and 18-hole public golf facility set in quiet, natural surroundings along the scenic Cuyahoga River in Stow, Ohio. The property's rustic character and pastoral setting make it a distinctive choice for weddings, receptions, corporate gatherings, and private celebrations in Northeast Ohio. Three banquet rooms — the Derby, the Belmont, and the Preakness — give event planners flexibility across a range of group sizes. The Derby Room is the largest, accommodating up to 300 guests beneath a vaulted ceiling, with a dance floor and many windows looking out over the golf course. The Belmont and Preakness Rooms each hold up to 150 guests individually and can be reserved together for larger events. The full facility accommodates up to 700 guests. Professional event planners are on hand to coordinate each event, and valet parking is available.

• Spaces for 132 Guests
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Park

The Rookery is a 594-acre Geauga Park District preserve in Munson Township, set within a former glacial lakebed of open marshes, swamp forest, and abandoned river oxbows along the Chagrin River. The park is also home to one of Geauga County's nesting colonies of Great Blue Heron, along with beech-maple and red-maple forests that shelter Wood Thrush, Veery, and a native population of endangered Ohio brook trout. At the center of the park, the Great Blue Heron Lodge offers a reservable indoor gathering space for up to 132 guests, furnished with twelve picnic tables and four serving tables. The lodge features a wood-burning fireplace, electrical outlets, and seasonal heat for cooler-weather reservations, making it suited to everything from family celebrations to community gatherings. Outside, guests have access to a charcoal grill, with restrooms located in a separate building nearby. Two trails wind through the property — the paved Woodcock Trail and the gravel Interurban Trail, tracing a former rail line — offering scenic surroundings for guests to explore before or after an event at the lodge.

• Spaces for 75 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Park

Bessie Benner Metzenbaum Park is a natural park managed by the Geauga Park District in Chester Township, Geauga County, Ohio. The park preserves a rich mosaic of habitats — mature beech-maple woodlands, conifer plantations, a 140-foot sandstone knoll, wetland areas fed by Griswold Creek, and the remnants of an abandoned orchard — that together attract a wide variety of wildlife throughout the seasons. Three trails wind through the park, totaling 1.15 miles, including two paved accessible pathways and one primitive trail suited to more adventurous visitors. For outdoor gatherings, the park offers the Wisteria Hill Shelter, an open-air pavilion set within the woodland landscape. The shelter accommodates up to 75 guests and is equipped with picnic tables, electrical outlets, and a grill, with reservations available through the Geauga Park District.

• Spaces for 200-225 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Event Space
• 2 Total Spaces

Fowler's Mill Golf Course is a Pete Dye-designed championship golf facility set on scenic countryside in Chesterland, Ohio, about 30 minutes east of downtown Cleveland. Spanning 27 holes across three distinct nine-hole combinations — Lakes, River, and Maple — the course earned recognition from GolfWeek in 2021 as the best public golf course in Ohio. For private events, the facility centers on the Pete Dye Banquet Room, which hosts weddings, corporate outings, business meetings, and banquets for groups from 25 to 225 guests. The clubhouse is designed in the Western Reserve architectural style, with banquet room windows overlooking the course. Weddings have access to four ceremony settings: three outdoor locations on the course — including a lakeside site at Hole 4 with panoramic views and a rustic setting at Hole 12 — plus an indoor option for inclement weather. Outside vendors are permitted, and the venue provides in-house catering led by an executive chef.

Landerhaven is the top Cleveland venue for your upcoming event, whether you're throwing the greatest party in town, getting married, or holding a business meeting. Driftwood Catering offers a wide range of event scheduling for weddings, rehearsal dinners, celebrations, business retreats, and more for customers who value hospitality that embraces even the smallest details. The lunch experience of your choice is included in every package: 5 hours of traditional bar service, coffee and tea service, tables, chairs, white china, glassware, flatware, simple tablecloths, napkins, setup personnel, service staff, cooks, manager, chef, service charge, and tax are included. The Bloomery is Driftwood Catering's Landerhaven-based flower design and décor company. Beautiful flowers are a specialty of The Bloomery, and they cater to all special occasions. The baking section of Driftwood Catering is called The Driftwood Baking Company, and it is situated in Landerhaven. Confections for all special events are The Driftwood Baking Company's specialty. The cost of wedding packages might vary depending on the number of attendees and the number of services. The easiest way to get a quote started is to get in touch with us directly once you know your target date and approximate guest count. We respond promptly and look forward to learning more about your plans!

• Spaces for 60-300 Guests
• 2 Event Spaces
• 2 Meeting Spaces

The Natatorium's Conference & Banquet Center is part of a 116,000-square-foot recreational facility in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, operated by the City of Cuyahoga Falls Parks and Recreation Department. The center is equipped to host gatherings ranging from intimate groups to events of up to 300 guests. The facility offers two dedicated event rooms — the Cuyahoga Room and the Hopewell Room — which can be used individually or opened together. The Cuyahoga Room features vaulted ceilings and a wooden dance floor alongside a small caterer's kitchen and projector screen, accommodating up to 70 guests. The Hopewell Room is a carpeted space with a large caterer's kitchen and a projector screen, accommodating up to 60 guests. Combined, the two rooms host events of up to 150 guests. Outside catering and alcohol are permitted with a uniformed officer on duty, and one-time event setup is included with every rental. Reservations can be made up to one year in advance.

• Spaces for 48 Guests
• 1 Park

Sunnybrook Preserve Lodge is a reservable event lodge within Geauga Park District's Sunnybrook Preserve, a 73-acre natural sanctuary in Chester Township, Ohio. The preserve was maintained for horticultural purposes for much of the 20th century and now harbors unique wetlands — including a rare fen fed by alkaline, mineral-rich groundwater — along with four trails totaling 1.64 miles through conifer forests, ravines, and sedge meadows. The lodge accommodates up to 48 guests and includes electrical service. Bocce courts and a tetherball court are available on the grounds. Reservations are required at least three days in advance; amplified music, including speakers, DJs, and live bands, is not permitted on the premises.

• Spaces for 75-150 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 2 Parks

Chickagami Park is a wooded park in Parkman Township, Ohio, managed by the Geauga Park District. Formerly operated as a Boy Scout camping facility, the park sits within the headwaters of the Grand River watershed and encompasses wetlands, streams, and uplands that make it a distinctive natural setting for outdoor gatherings. Two open-air shelters — Pine Grove and Overlook — are available by reservation for private events, picnics, and celebrations. Pine Grove Shelter accommodates up to 150 guests and features 12 picnic tables, electrical outlets, and a grill, with vault-style restrooms nearby. Overlook Shelter hosts up to 75 guests and looks out over the park's wetland meadow, offering 10 picnic tables, electrical outlets, and a grill with nearby restrooms. Shelters are reservable year-round and available for all occasions. Beyond its event facilities, the park offers four trails totaling 1.62 miles, horseshoe pits, an activity field, and 13 campsites. Reservations are made at least seven days in advance by contacting the Geauga Park District at (440) 286-9516.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

Ramada by Wyndham Cleveland Independence sits off I-77 in the heart of Independence's business district, approximately nine miles from downtown Cleveland. The full-service hotel provides a focused setting for corporate gatherings, social celebrations, and multi-day meetings, with Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport both nearby. The property offers 13,811 square feet of event space across six meeting rooms, accommodating groups of up to 250 for conference sessions or banquet-style dining. A dedicated events team coordinates catering and audiovisual support throughout, and complimentary shuttle service is available for guests traveling between the hotel and CLE Airport.

• Spaces for 30-48 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 2 Parks

Orchard Hills Park is a 237-acre Geauga Park District park in Chester Township, Ohio, set on land that operated as a golf course until 2007 and is now being restored to a mature beech-maple forest ecosystem with headwater streams and wetlands feeding the Chagrin River. Six trails totaling 3.6 miles wind past fields, ponds, and apple trees, and the grounds include an orchard-themed playground and a sledding hill for winter visits, making a naturally scenic backdrop for an outdoor gathering. The park offers two reservable event facilities. Orchard Hills Lodge pairs an enclosed section with an open-air area, welcoming up to 48 guests with picnic tables inside and out, electrical outlets, seasonal heat, a charcoal grill, and an outdoor fireplace. For smaller get-togethers, Pondside Shelter hosts up to 30 guests beside the water, reached by a short paved trail, with picnic tables, electrical outlets, a fireplace, and a grill. Facilities can be reserved from 8:30 AM to 11 PM, at least seven days in advance, online, by phone, or in person.

• Spaces for 48 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Park

Bass Lake Lodge sits within Bass Lake Preserve, a Geauga Park District property in Chardon Township, Ohio. The lodge rests alongside the expansive Bass Lake and the Spring Brook Sanctuary, a protected State Nature Preserve home to Ohio's last known indigenous population of brook trout. The partly enclosed lodge accommodates up to 48 guests and includes five picnic tables, electrical outlets, and seasonal heat from mid-October through mid-April. Outdoors, the space offers four additional picnic tables, a charcoal grill, and a stone fireplace, with restrooms accessible through a covered walkway. The surrounding setting of wetlands and shoreline forest — including red maple and swamp white oak — makes this lodge a serene choice for intimate gatherings, reunions, and celebrations in nature. The facility is available to reserve from 8:30 AM to 11 PM, with bookings required at least seven days in advance. Guests should note that sound amplification — including speakers, DJs, and live bands — is not permitted at this location.

The BottleHouse Brewery is known for hosting enjoyable, inexpensive, and stress-free wedding celebrations where EVERYONE is welcome. Up to 200 guests may attend weddings at our Lakewood location. Our Cleveland Heights taproom can accommodate weddings with up to 75 guests in comfort despite its modest size. Each venue features a full bar, and you can decorate the rooms anyway you like. Each venue has patios that let your guests go outside as you celebrate. Your special day is essential to us, and our devoted staff will work directly with you to make sure it is everything you had hoped it would be and more! To request something, just fill out our online form, and we'll get back to you right away. Although the price to host your wedding can vary substantially, we always work to keep your special day as inexpensive as we can. Our fee includes a sizable bar tab, and our on-site chefs, Rasul Welch of Farmer's Feast and Mike Schoen of Eugene, will collaborate with you to design the ideal menu. We don't nickel and dime you to death like many places do. Our price is clear-cut, and our staff of wedding coordinators will be there for you from the beginning of the planning process until the big day.