Top Blue Bell Venues

• Spaces for 220 Guests

Set within the historic Atwater Kent Radio Factory in Philadelphia, once the largest radio manufacturing complex in the world, Material Culture occupies 60,000 square feet of soaring, cathedral-like industrial space, including a former train station where raw materials once arrived and finished radios departed. Today the building operates as both an emporium of art, antiques, crafts, furnishings, and architectural elements from around the world, and a dynamic cultural venue. Both the venue's inventory and its dramatic retail space are available for rental, making it a striking backdrop for private events, film productions, commercial shoots, and large-scale creative projects. The towering industrial galleries have hosted gatherings ranging from intimate salon-style talks to large-scale receptions, often paired with pop-up food tastings, outdoor barbecues, and other celebratory gatherings. The space has also served as a stage for exhibitions, scholarly lectures, and film screenings, giving planners a setting layered with global art and antiques rather than a blank room.

• Spaces for 40-443 Guests
• 1 Theater
• 1 Event Space
• 4 Total Spaces

Bryn Athyn College hosts meetings, conferences, retreats, camps, wedding receptions, reunions, and special events on a campus of rolling fields and nationally recognized historic buildings, 14 miles north of Philadelphia and easily accessible from I-95 and the PA Turnpike. The Brickman Center pairs brick and stone with towering, exposed-beam ceilings across a connected great hall, dining hall, and terrace, while the newer Bryn Athyn College Center offers 30,000 square feet of conference and event space, including a terraced bistro with athletic-field views, for gatherings as large as 250. Pendleton Hall's three-tier auditorium suits presentations for close to 200 guests, and the Mitchell Performing Arts Center seats 443 in a theater with an adjoining lobby for cocktail hours. The Doering Center, a LEED gold-certified building with abundant glasswork and audio/visual support, rounds out the college's meeting and conference spaces. Overnight guests can stay in the college's residence halls each June through August, or year-round at the Cottages on the Green, four stone cottages on the eastern edge of campus bordered by wildflower fields and a duck pond, each with a two-story great room, modern kitchen, and room for up to ten guests.

• Spaces for 200 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 space at this venue

The Historic Philander Chase Knox Estate sits within Valley Forge National Historical Park, the site where General George Washington's army encamped from 1777 to 1778 during the Revolutionary War, surrounded by 3,500 acres of rolling meadows and towering trees. Built in the late 1700s, the estate once served as the summer home of Philander Chase Knox, who held office as U.S. Attorney General, Secretary of State, and U.S. Senator, and is located just over the Knox Covered Bridge. The estate hosts covered outdoor celebrations for up to 200 guests from April through October. Ceremonies take place on a manicured lawn overlooking wildflowers and Valley Creek, cocktail hour unfolds on a slate patio or amid the period furniture of the estate's living and dining rooms, and receptions are held under a state-of-the-art, fully carpeted 50-by-80-foot tent with built-in event lighting, reclaimed barn wood farm tables, and walnut crossback chairs. A private bridal suite and a private bridesmaids' suite, each with its own powder room, are available for the wedding party. The National Park Service has leased the estate to Valley Forge Park Events, LLC, a partnership between Robert Ryan Catering & Design and The Party Center, which provides event management and day-of coordination for every celebration held on the property.

• Spaces for 370 Guests

Belmont Mansion is a historic estate in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, where Founding Fathers including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison once visited, and where Judge Richard Peters hosted his close friend the Marquis de Lafayette. The estate is also home to the Underground Railroad Museum, which tells the story of Cornelia Wells and Belmont's role as a place of safekeeping for those seeking freedom from the Antebellum South. Today the mansion hosts weddings, corporate gatherings, and milestone celebrations across two rentable spaces, the Cornelia Wells Ballroom and the Tent Pavilion, with grounds that open onto views of the Philadelphia skyline. An events team is available for consultations to help plan life's special moments against the estate's backdrop of history and elegance.

The Manor House offers event spaces for your next celebration in Ambler, Pennsylvania.

The Escape Game King of Prussia offers event spaces for your next celebration in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

• Spaces for 550 Guests

Ursinus College opens its campus in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, for weddings, receptions, conferences, galas and community events. The spaces range from the 30-seat Listening Room, with a vaulted ceiling and exposed brick, to Upper Wismer Dining Hall, which seats 550 for a banquet. There are theaters in the Kaleidoscope performing arts center and an auditorium in historic Bomberger Hall, the Berman Museum of Art with its sculpture garden, a rooftop terrace and plaza at Schellhase Commons, and open lawns and plazas across campus. Parkhurst, the in-house caterer, prepares menus on request, and you may serve your own drinks under the college's alcohol conditions. The whole campus is smoke-free.

• Spaces for 300 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Event Space

The Empress Room is a 10,000-square-foot banquet venue on the grounds of St. Helena's Church in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, just off Route 202 near Valley Forge. Operated by Paravati Catering Group, the space offers flexible room configurations that accommodate both large celebrations of up to 300 guests and smaller, more intimate gatherings. The venue hosts weddings, corporate events, birthday parties, anniversaries, showers, sports banquets, and fundraisers, with a dance floor and DJ services available for celebrations that call for one. Full-service, customizable catering comes from Paravati Catering Group, with menus tailored to each client's preferences and budget.

• Spaces for 50-300 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Ballroom
• 3 Total Spaces

The 1912 Club is a private country club in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, set on 127 acres in Montgomery County. Founded in 1912 after a series of planning meetings held during the winter of 1911-1912, the club's original farmhouse from that era remains part of today's clubhouse. Its 18-hole championship course was designed by golf architect William S. Flynn, and the layout was revitalized beginning in 2018 under architect Ron Prichard and associate Tyler Rae, who worked to preserve the course's original character while updating its design. Non-members are welcome to host events at the club, and the 20,000-square-foot clubhouse offers a choice of spaces for weddings, rehearsal dinners, showers, and corporate events, from intimate gatherings to celebrations of up to 300 guests. Event spaces include the Ballroom, Sunset Grille, Terrace Room, and a dedicated Bridal Suite, several of which open onto views of the golf course. The clubhouse also includes a golf simulator lounge for guests looking to add an activity to their event.

• Spaces for 150 Guests

• Spaces for 20-220 Guests
• 1 Bar
• 2 Ballrooms
• 8 Total Spaces

Old York Road Country Club is a private club in Spring House, Pennsylvania, set on 128 acres of Montgomery County countryside and open to the public for weddings, showers, rehearsal dinners, corporate meetings, and other private events. Founded in 1910 in Jenkintown, the club relocated in 1963 to its current property, centered on a historic Manor House dating back to 1775, complete with original stone fireplaces. The attached Ballroom, updated in 2018 with adjustable lighting, a new tiled ceiling, and an integrated dance floor, seats up to 90 guests as the York Room alone or up to 150–180 guests when combined with the adjoining Grill Room. A covered, redone terrace runs the length of the Manor House overlooking the 18th green, with an open grotto featuring patio furniture and firepits. For ceremonies, the club offers a landscaped outdoor courtyard as well as the terrace, both just steps from the clubhouse. Smaller gatherings can be hosted in the Blue Room, a private dining room for about 20 guests in the original Manor House, or the Tip Room, seating up to 35. Wedding packages include a cocktail hour with butlered hors d'oeuvres, a champagne toast, a three-course meal, and a premium open bar. A bridal suite on the clubhouse's second floor is available to the wedding party ahead of the ceremony, and the club's grounds and tree-lined drive offer additional settings for photos.

• Spaces for 325 Guests

• Spaces for 100 Guests

• Spaces for 8-800 Guests
• 22 Hotels
• 5 Ballrooms
• 17 Meeting Spaces

Sheraton Valley Forge King of Prussia sits just moments from the King of Prussia Mall, Valley Forge National Historical Park, and Villanova University, with a short drive into Philadelphia. The hotel offers 23 event rooms and 38,443 square feet of total event space, making it a flexible setting for everything from corporate meetings to large-scale weddings. The hotel's largest room, the Grand Ballroom, rises to a 25-foot ceiling and can be combined with adjoining Ballrooms I, II, and III to form 8,778 square feet of contiguous space accommodating up to 900 guests reception-style. Smaller named rooms, from the Villanova Room to a series of Main Line-inspired spaces like Wayne, Ardmore, and Bryn Mawr, give planners room configurations for meetings, breakout sessions, and boardroom gatherings. Uplighting and blackout capabilities are available to customize the ballroom for receptions. Guests and event attendees can dine on-site at Provisions Kitchen and Cocktails, an American restaurant serving breakfast and dinner daily. The hotel's on-site event planning team coordinates catering and event details, and room blocks are available for wedding parties and meeting attendees staying overnight.

• Spaces for 50 Guests