Top Blue Bell Venues

• Spaces for 120-250 Guests
• 2 Ballrooms
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Garden

The William Penn Inn has operated continuously in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania since 1714, making it one of the longest-running country inns in the state. The historic property, framed by landscaped grounds and a mature oak-shaded lawn, pairs centuries of hospitality tradition with a full slate of wedding and event spaces. The Carriage Ballroom, with its crystal chandeliers, marble fireplace, and mahogany bar, accommodates up to 250 guests and has long been a favorite for wedding receptions, bar and bat mitzvahs, and corporate galas. The smaller Surrey Ballroom, known for its bow windows and brass appointments, hosts up to 120 guests for weddings and celebrations of a more intimate scale. Couples planning smaller gatherings can choose among the Commonwealth Club, Penn's Tavern, and Hunt Room, which together suit parties of 10 to 45. Outdoor ceremonies take place in Penn's Garden, where an 80-foot aisle leads to a wrought-iron gazebo beneath a mature oak tree, accommodating up to 250 guests. The inn also operates its own in-house bakery, Mrs. Penn's Bakery, for custom wedding cakes, and provides full catering and dedicated event coordination for weddings and special occasions.

• Spaces for 300-325 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Country Club

Flourtown Country Club is a historic Philadelphia-area property known as the region's only farm-to-table country club, with catering handled by its exclusive partner, Seedling and Sage. Inside, the clubhouse retains original touches like a fireplace, French doors, exposed stone, crown molding, and original hardwood floors, giving the space a vintage-chic character alongside its more recently renovated interiors. The club's 6,000-square-foot Ballroom opens through double French doors onto the Tented Veranda, a 3,600-square-foot stone patio outfitted with ambient market lighting, rattan chandeliers, and a 20-foot built-in oak bar. Both spaces connect to a golf deck overlooking the club's 9-hole course, giving couples cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing space that flows between indoors and out. For ceremonies, the club also offers two outdoor sites, Twin Oaks and the Golf Garden, both set among the grounds and golf course views, in addition to the covered Tented Veranda. Wedding packages include full place settings with china and Chiavari chairs, a seasonal harvest display, butlered appetizers, a plated dinner, a five-hour open bar, custom wedding cake, and a private second-floor suite for the wedding party, making the club a one-stop setting for both ceremony and reception.

• Spaces for 96-150 Guests
• 2 Event Spaces
• 2 Historic Spaces
• 1 Meeting Space

Chestnut Hill College hosts weddings, corporate events, and social gatherings in historic Saint Joseph Hall, on the college's campus in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill neighborhood. The Hall's Rotunda and adjacent Parlors give the venue its character, offering a distinctive, historic setting for celebrations. The Rotunda accommodates up to 125 guests for cocktail-style or theater-style events, or seats 96 guests at rounds of eight. The East Parlor and Redmond Room hold up to 150 guests for cocktail or theater-style setups, 60 in a classroom configuration, or seat 120 guests at rounds of eight. Event packages include catering and a full range of audiovisual support, with the College's events team available to arrange site visits and answer questions about available dates.

• Spaces for 12-175 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 3 Historic Spaces
• 5 Total Spaces

Morris Arboretum & Gardens is a 92-acre public garden in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill neighborhood, affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. For weddings, the arboretum offers exclusive access to its woodlands, meadows, and gardens, with couples choosing from five distinct ceremony locations across the grounds, including the Rose Garden and the Log Cabin. Cocktail hour can take place at Out on a Limb, a treetop platform roughly 40 feet above ground with views across the property, before guests move to a tented reception on the Front Lawn strung with bistro lighting. Full weddings accommodate up to 175 guests, or 155 with a designated dance floor, and run from April through October. The arboretum also hosts smaller ceremony-only bookings and self-guided micro ceremonies for up to 15 people. All private events include admission to the grounds, accessible restrooms, garden pathways, and free parking, with catering handled by one of five approved partner teams. Beyond weddings, the historic Widener Welcome Center, an 1888 stone building, provides meeting and retreat space, including boardroom, classroom, and gallery rooms, along with an open-air hillside tent for larger gatherings.

• Spaces for 225-250 Guests
• 1 Ballroom

Spring Mill Ballroom has hosted weddings, celebrations, and corporate gatherings in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania since 1973. The venue sits on a historic 32-acre property overlooking the Schuylkill Valley, with a recently renovated ballroom offering natural light, a large dance floor, and views of the surrounding grounds. The single ballroom space spans 3,800 square feet and holds up to 250 guests theatre-style or 225 for seated events, suiting everything from weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs to corporate meetings and awards ceremonies. It comes equipped with a full bar, a state-of-the-art kitchen, WiFi, a wireless microphone system, and a built-in projector and screen for presentations, along with a bridal party changing room and an outdoor lawn area. The venue is handicap accessible and offers free on-site parking for guests.

• Spaces for 18-200 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Barn
• 4 Historic Spaces

Joseph Ambler Inn spans twelve acres of gardens and rolling meadows in North Wales, Pennsylvania, less than an hour from Philadelphia on the border of Bucks and Montgomery Counties. The property is made up of five historic buildings, including the 1734 Farmhouse, the 1820 Stone Bank Barn, and the 1794 John Roberts House, the last of which was relocated two miles to the property in 2003. Now marking 40 years in operation, the inn has grown from a small bed-and-breakfast into a 52-room hotel with a full restaurant and bar. The inn offers five distinct event spaces suited to gatherings from 10 to 200 guests, from intimate fireside ceremonies for up to 40 to the combined Bonnymeade and Wheelwright banquet rooms, which can host up to 200. The Fieldstone Room, set within the Stone Bank Barn, keeps its original exposed stone walls and hardwood floors, while the Farmhouse and John Roberts House offer smaller, more intimate settings for cocktail receptions and dinners. Joseph Ambler Inn hosts weddings, corporate events, and social gatherings, with an outdoor ceremony lawn and optional canopied pavilion available for outdoor celebrations.

• Spaces for 40 Guests
• 1 Hotel
• 1 Meeting Space

Chestnut Hill Hotel traces its origins to "Summer Hausen," a colonial-era vacation destination, and has carried a reputation as an accommodating retreat ever since. Located on Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia's historic Chestnut Hill neighborhood, the hotel blends 18th-century-style architecture and decor with modern amenities, offering guests a period atmosphere alongside contemporary comforts. For meetings and private events, the hotel offers the Bombay Room, a 600-square-foot space that accommodates up to 40 guests for corporate gatherings and social functions alike. Guests may bring in their own food or work with outside caterers, including the hotel's recommended partners, Chestnut Grill and Paris Bistro. The hotel is also home to on-site dining venues, including Chestnut Hill Brewing Company, giving guests and event attendees dining options without leaving the property.

• Spaces for 70-2,200 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 4 Landmarks
• 6 Total Spaces

Grey Towers Castle sits at the heart of Arcadia University's 76-acre campus in Glenside, Pennsylvania, just 12 miles north of Center City Philadelphia. Built in 1898 as the family home of sugar baron William Welsh Harrison, the Castle was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer, who drew inspiration from England's Alnwick Castle and later designed the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985 and has been named among the most beautiful castles in the U.S. by Architectural Digest. Weddings and private events unfold across the first floor of the Castle, where guests enter the three-story Great Hall beneath a gilded, barrel-vaulted ceiling before moving into the Dining, Rose, and Laura Minerva Korman Mirror rooms. The Mirror Room was crafted in France and features a painted ceiling by Francois Lafon depicting the four seasons, while the Rose Room reflects the ornamentation of Louis XV-era architecture. Two outdoor patios flank the Castle, along with wraparound porches and turrets, offering additional space for photos and cocktail hours. Beyond the Castle, Arcadia's campus offers further event space, including the Commons Great Room and the Kuch Center Gymnasium, suited to conferences, graduations, and large gatherings. Event packages include in-house audio/visual options, a day-of event services coordinator, dedicated parking, and on-site catering through Metz Catering.

• Spaces for 60-270 Guests
• 1 Bar
• 1 Ballroom
• 2 Country Clubs

PineCrest Country Club is a private country club event venue on a scenic golf course in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, serving couples and hosts throughout Montgomery County, Bucks County, and the greater Philadelphia suburbs. The club pairs indoor and outdoor spaces so a celebration can move naturally from ceremony to reception, from an open-air setting on The Deck or Veranda to a reception in the grand Ballroom. For larger celebrations, the Ballroom offers an elegant setting for seated dining and dancing, accommodating up to 270 guests, and is a popular choice for Indian weddings. For more intimate events, the PineCrest Room offers a refined atmosphere well suited to dinner-and-dance receptions, bridal showers, and smaller gatherings. A private Bridal Suite gives the wedding party a comfortable place to prepare, and the Sports Bar & Grille offers a relaxed, pub-style setting for casual gatherings and pre-event drinks. PineCrest's culinary team builds custom menus for each event, including plated dinners, buffet-style receptions, and Kosher, ethnic, and culturally specific cuisines, and the club welcomes outside caterers when preferred. Large events have exclusive use of the facility, so no more than one wedding or large event is scheduled on a given day.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

The Brossman Center serves as the hub of United Lutheran Seminary's Philadelphia campus, set in the historic Mt. Airy neighborhood at 7301 Germantown Avenue. The building sits within walking distance of Chestnut Hill and close to Center City and Old City, home to the Constitution Center, Liberty Bell, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with easy access to public transportation. The center offers a welcoming and adaptable setting for a wide range of events, from formal banquets and receptions to award dinners and milestone celebrations. Flexible eating arrangements and on-site catering support suit banquets and parties, while audiovisual capabilities and comfortable layouts make the space well suited to business lunches, corporate gatherings, and training sessions. Its spacious design and central location also lend it to community forums and town hall-style meetings. Guests of the Brossman Center have free parking in a dedicated lot, with close proximity to public transportation into Center City Philadelphia and the airport.

Courtyard Philadelphia Lansdale offers event spaces for your next celebration in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

• Spaces for 140 Guests

Maggiano's King of Prussia Banquets occupies a stunning three-story building at King of Prussia Mall, with a mezzanine level overlooking the restaurant's bustling dining room and large private event space. The location's private dining rooms offer a setting the venue describes as where comfort meets elegance, suited to everything from wedding-related celebrations to corporate gatherings. An experienced team of event hosts guides each celebration from start to finish, working with clients on chef-curated menus prepared from scratch, since dishes are made in-house and can be customized or accommodated to guests' needs. The team also helps arrange room layouts, personalized menu cards, candle centerpieces, and standard audio-visual equipment for private events. The venue regularly hosts engagement parties, bridal showers, rehearsal dinners, wedding receptions, and day-after brunches, along with birthdays, baby showers, corporate functions, holiday events, and class reunions.

• Spaces for 150-180 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Country Club

The Club at Shannondell is a public golf club near Valley Forge Park in Audubon, Pennsylvania, formerly known as General Washington Golf Course before a full renovation added a staffed pro shop, locker rooms, and Chadwick's Restaurant & Bar. The property pairs its golf course with a seasonal swim center and turnkey banquet facilities suited to weddings, rehearsal dinners, and receptions. The club's banquet space spans more than 3,000 square feet and accommodates up to 150 seated guests or 180 for standing receptions, with a private bridal room and a full slate of event planning support, from decor and floral coordination to music, photography, and audiovisual equipment. Outdoor ceremonies can take place on the property's manicured grounds and water features, with tented setups available for larger gatherings. Beyond weddings and receptions, the club regularly hosts corporate meetings, sales training, memorial services, bar and bat mitzvahs, baby showers, birthday parties, and anniversary celebrations, backed by in-house food and beverage service and tended bar stations.

• Spaces for 180 Guests
• 1 Museum
• 1 Outdoor

Alverthorpe Manor is the private event venue of Abington Art Center, set on a 27-acre campus in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania that includes a sculpture park and nature trail. The manor was once the home of art collector Lessing Rosenwald, whose belief that art should be shared with the public still shapes the organization today. Couples and hosts can choose from a covered outdoor pavilion with closeable side walls and a heated floor for year-round use, curated indoor art galleries suited to cocktail hours and receptions, and lawn space for ceremonies, with two private manor dressing suites available for wedding-party preparation. A historic, speakeasy-inspired basement bar is also available pending availability. Tables and chairs for up to 180 guests are included with a rental, along with a complimentary one-year membership to the Art Center. Alverthorpe Manor allows outside caterers and food trucks, and connects hosts with a network of trusted vendors rather than requiring an all-inclusive package. As a nonprofit, rental proceeds support the Art Center's mission of keeping the arts accessible to the community.

• Spaces for 150 Guests
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 Mansion
• 1 Garden

Wyndham Alumnae House sits on the campus of Bryn Mawr College, a fieldstone farmhouse built in 1796 that once served as home to Quaker widow Patience Morgan and, later, industrialist Theodore Ely, who renamed the property Wyndham in 1893. Bryn Mawr College acquired the house in 1926, restoring the original structure and adding a modern wing funded by alumnae donations. Notable guests over the years have included Katharine Hepburn, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Gloria Steinem. The venue offers both indoor and outdoor spaces for events, from intimate dinners for two to elegant sit-down dinners for up to 150 guests, with cocktails and dancing on its flagstone terrace. Guests gather among wonderfully appointed rooms with understated elegance, just steps from Bryn Mawr College's historic gardens and arboretum. Wyndham is suited to weddings, special occasions, catered business meetings, and banquets, with catering services arranged through the college's dining services team.

• Spaces for 150-250 Guests
• 1 Museum
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 space at this venue

Established in 1931 as the first art center on the Main Line, Wayne Art Center began in a carriage house on Louella Avenue and has grown into a 30,000-square-foot facility on Maplewood Avenue in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The nonprofit center welcomes more than 35,000 visitors and program participants annually and hosts more than 20 exhibitions each year alongside its classes in painting, ceramics, jewelry, and the culinary arts. The center's galleries and studios double as event space for weddings, corporate gatherings, and milestone celebrations. The Davenport Gallery, the largest of its exhibition spaces at 3,500 square feet, features cathedral ceilings and a wall of windows that fill the room with natural light, while the Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery offers hardwood floors and museum-quality LED lighting. Seven gardens connect the property along a stone walking path, including a terrace with magnolia trees that serves as a backdrop for wedding ceremonies and receptions. Rentals can accommodate up to 250 guests for a cocktail-style event or 150 for a seated dinner, with amenities including air conditioning, hardwood floors, high ceilings, ample parking, and full handicap accessibility.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Stenton is an 18th-century colonial mansion in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood, built and passed down through six generations of the Logan family beginning with James Logan, a prominent colonial figure and confidant of William Penn. The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in Pennsylvania has stewarded the property since 1899, and the City of Philadelphia has charged the organization with preserving Stenton as a National Historic Landmark. The house retains period rooms furnished with the Logan family's own collection, spanning William and Mary through Chippendale styles, along with early American textiles and a c.1730 portrait of James Logan attributed to Gustavus Hesselius displayed on the stair landing. Behind the mansion, a Colonial Revival garden offers a landscaped setting that reinterprets an 18th-century garden in the tradition of Deborah Logan's own stewardship. Beyond its exhibitions and educational programming, Stenton is available for private rentals, hosting customized tours, private parties, picnics, and photography and film shoots on its grounds. Renters have access to designated areas of the historic mansion and its landscaped grounds, set against the backdrop of one of Philadelphia's oldest surviving colonial estates.

Courtyard Philadelphia City Avenue offers event spaces for your next celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• Spaces for 12-125 Guests
• 3 Restaurants
• 1 Ballroom
• 2 Historic Spaces

Bay Pony Inn is a restored 1800s stone inn in Lederach, Pennsylvania, offering fine dining alongside wedding and private event space in the heart of Montgomery County. Historic dining rooms, including the Lederach Room and the Connemarra Lounge, pair with a full bar featuring live music on Friday and Saturday nights. For weddings and larger celebrations, the Salford Room accommodates up to 125 guests beneath tall windows and terrace doors that look out over the rolling hills of the Branch Valley countryside, making it a natural fit for both ceremonies and receptions. Smaller gatherings can be hosted aboard the Harriman Dining Coach, a restored Reading Railroad train car attached to the inn that seats up to 25, with its Governor's Compartment offering a more intimate setting for parties of 10 to 12. Bay Pony Inn hosts weddings, rehearsal dinners, bridal and baby showers, corporate events, anniversary and birthday celebrations, and banquets, with an in-house catering staff that assists with menu selection, floral arrangements, and wedding cakes. The kitchen serves Continental and New American dishes built around fresh seafood and steaks.