Top Buxton Venues

• Spaces for 50-200 Guests
• 3 Hotels
• 1 Ballroom
• 3 Total Spaces

Perched on Short Sands Beach in York Beach, Maine, Union Bluff Meeting House has welcomed guests to its oceanfront grounds since 1868. The property combines historic coastal architecture with updated event facilities, offering couples and hosts a setting where the Atlantic serves as a constant backdrop. The Meeting House itself is the centerpiece for receptions, featuring 12-foot ceilings, crown molding, and custom chandeliers — accommodating up to 200 guests. The adjacent Oceanfront Lawn provides a garden-inspired outdoor ceremony setting with a historic arbor, garden seating, and ocean views for up to 200 guests. For smaller gatherings, the Breakwater Room hosts intimate celebrations of up to 50. An indoor alternative can accommodate ceremonies of up to 130 guests when weather calls for it. Customizable catering packages highlight local and seasonal ingredients, and a dedicated events team guides couples through planning from initial booking through the wedding day. On-site lodging with a 20-room hotel block and walking-distance dining round out what the Meeting House offers as a self-contained destination for events.

• Spaces for 40-150 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 3 Total Spaces

Ketcha Outdoors is a year-round nonprofit on 107 acres in Scarborough, Maine, offering indoor and outdoor event rental space alongside its youth programs. The property's natural setting — open fields, forest trails, and a working barn — gives weddings, reunions, and corporate gatherings a distinctly unpretentious character that is hard to find in traditional event venues. The centerpiece for indoor celebrations is the Great Room, a 2,200-square-foot space with hardwood floors, a 30-foot vaulted ceiling, large windows overlooking the grounds, and a massive stone fireplace. It seats up to 150 guests and connects through sliding doors to the adjacent Conference Room, which seats 40 or more and works well as a breakout or cocktail space. Outdoors, the 1,200-square-foot Pavilion — equipped with electric power and lights — and a dedicated outdoor stage accommodate up to 130 guests and can host ceremonies, live music, and al fresco dining. Weekend rentals run Friday evening through Sunday evening and include use of the Great Room, Pavilion, grounds, kitchen, and bathrooms, along with banquet tables and folding chairs. Renters bring their own caterers, bar service, and décor, keeping every event fully customizable. Proceeds from facility rentals directly support Ketcha Outdoors' mission of connecting youth to the outdoors.

• Spaces for 250-350 Guests
• 1 Hotel
• 1 Ballroom

With more then 4800 square feet of meeting space, like the newly renovated venues - The Point, Atlantic Room, and Homer Room - Black Point Inn has the right facilities to serve as your oceanfront event venue for your next corporate board retreat, staff development conference, executive meeting or client appreciation event.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

The Portland Club occupies the historic Shepley-Hunnewell mansion at 156 State Street in Portland, Maine — a late 19th-century landmark the club has called home since 1920. Founded in 1886, the nonprofit organization has preserved the mansion's original character, from its ornate woodwork and grand chandeliers to the period architectural details that give the building its distinctive atmosphere. The mansion's first-floor ballroom serves as the primary setting for receptions, while the elegant parlors and intimate gathering rooms accommodate ceremonies, cocktail hours, and smaller private affairs. The club also hosts corporate events, galas, anniversaries, and gatherings benefiting nonprofit organizations. A dedicated event team assists with coordination, and the venue's downtown Portland address puts it within walking distance of the city's restaurants and cultural institutions.

• Spaces for 10-120 Guests
• 1 Bar
• 5 Historic Spaces

Blind Tiger Portland occupies an 1823 Federal-style mansion in Portland's West End — a building with a history as layered as the city itself. Built by Joseph Holt Ingraham and expanded over the following decades, the property served as a private school, a rectory, and, during Prohibition, an illicit gathering spot that locals quietly called "Social Corners." A thorough 2020 renovation preserved original architectural details — the rooftop cupola, the ornate fireplaces, the basement billiards room — while reimagining the mansion as a boutique inn and social gathering space. For private events, the property offers a collection of named gathering rooms accommodating groups from 10 to 35 guests. The Barroom, the Dining Room, the Living Room, the Sun Porch, and the Billiards Room can each be reserved individually; the Living Room and Dining Room can be combined for larger parties. The venue works with a preferred list of outside caterers and provides a commercial kitchen on-site. It is well suited to intimate weddings, elopement ceremonies, milestone celebrations, and corporate retreats.

• Spaces for 35 Guests
• 1 Event Space

This unique guest house and social gathering space is located in an updated nineteenth-century home in the heart of one of the country's most happening small cities, and it is a one-of-a-kind experience. Blind Tiger is intended to make you feel like a true Portlander by providing you with an authentic Portland experience. Assisting them in their exploration of Portland, Maine are some of the city's most influential tastemakers, who provide access to their unique perspectives on how to get the most out of the city. From restaurants to shops and galleries, staying at Blind Tiger will allow you to relax and enjoy the journey rather than having to guess where you're going. Blind Tiger is conveniently located between Portland's trendy West End neighborhood and the historic Old Port, making it a short walk from everything this cool little city has to offer, including shows, art, delicious food, and well-crafted drinks, among other things. You do not, however, need to leave our guest house in order to go on an exploration. You can choose to stay in and take advantage of the lounge, fireplaces, and billiards room at Blind Tiger. The living room and bar room are lively spaces for small gatherings or more casual events of all kinds. With its urban, unique setting, Blind Tiger has always provided the ideal urban venue for your intimate Portland Maine wedding or small group event. There is a silver lining for brides and grooms everywhere who are juggling changes in wedding plans as well as the changing landscape in general, and we are here to tell you about it. Why not have an intimate, one-of-a-kind Portland Maine micro wedding at our boutique Portland hotel instead of delaying your wedding until next year? Blind Tiger has traditionally favored smaller-scale, more intimate gatherings with close friends and family. Despite the fact that they've been gaining in popularity in recent years, we believe they will continue to grow in popularity in the future, especially given our changing and challenging social environment. Moreover, we believe that our favorite reasons for keeping it small will persuade you that this is the only way to go:

• Spaces for 26-200 Guests
• 5 Restaurants
• 4 Bars
• 3 Waterfront

Rí Rá Irish Pub in Portland, Maine occupies a waterfront address on Commercial Street, where harbor views and an authentic Irish pub atmosphere set the scene for private gatherings of nearly every size. The pub draws on classic Irish hospitality — think working fireplaces, warm woodwork, and a menu anchored by locally sourced ingredients — while offering dedicated private spaces that can be tailored to anything from intimate dinners to full-venue buyouts. Five distinct event spaces span from cozy semi-private rooms to a full-floor configuration that seats 130 and accommodates up to 200 for a cocktail reception. The Harbor Room and Bay View Room both feature dramatic harbor views and working fireplaces, making them well-suited to seated dinners and board meetings alike. The Upstairs Bar and The Parlor offer more relaxed settings for smaller cocktail receptions. For larger events, The Upstairs at Rí Rá brings the entire second floor together under one booking. A dedicated events team, in-house catering, and on-site A/V equipment round out the offering. The pub's team works with guests to build custom menus, and a virtual tour is available for those planning remotely.

• Spaces for 150 Guests

DiMillo's On The Water is a floating restaurant and event venue moored at 25 Long Wharf in Portland, Maine's Old Port district. The 206-foot, 701-ton vessel — opened in December 1982 as the only floating restaurant on the Upper East Coast — can accommodate more than 600 guests across multiple dining decks and lounges, each offering panoramic views of Portland Harbor. The venue hosts banquets, weddings, rehearsal dinners, and group luncheons. Topside rooms on the upper decks overlook the harbor and marina, and the top deck is fully tented and equipped for live entertainment. Complimentary parking is available for banquet guests. DiMillo's traces its roots to 1954, when Tony DiMillo opened his first seafood restaurant on Fore Street with a commitment to freshly caught, local seafood from Casco Bay. Today the venue remains family-operated, continuing that tradition on the water at Long Wharf.

• Spaces for 40-250 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 2 Country Clubs
• 1 Meeting Space

Purpoodock Club is a private golf club set on 188 acres in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, a short drive from downtown Portland. Founded in 1922 on the James Solomon Hannaford Estate, the club has built more than a century of golfing tradition around an 18-hole course designed by Larry Rowe and expanded to its current layout by Geoffrey Cornish in 1957. The clubhouse hosts private events ranging from intimate dinners to full wedding receptions. The Spurwink Room, a 45-by-60-foot space with a private entrance, wrap-around deck, overhead sound system, and views of the first tee and ninth green, accommodates up to 145 guests. The Fireside Room offers a more intimate setting with a fireplace, large windows, and leather seating for up to 40 guests. Both rooms overlook lush gardens and the carefully maintained grounds. The club provides in-house food and beverage services for all events, along with event director consultation and day-of coordination. Wedding receptions include a private tasting, standard white linens, bridal suite access, complete event setup, and cake plating.

• Spaces for 75-175 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Farm
• 2 Total Spaces

Gilsland Farm Audubon Center is a 65-acre wildlife sanctuary and the headquarters of Maine Audubon, set along the Presumpscot River estuary in Falmouth, Maine — about five minutes from downtown Portland. The property encompasses meadows, mature forest, and more than two miles of trails, offering a naturally quiet backdrop for weddings, corporate meetings, and private gatherings. The venue's most popular event space is its apple orchard and open field behind the Visitor Center, which accommodates up to 150 guests under a 40-by-80-foot tent and includes access to handicap-accessible restrooms. Indoors, the L.L. Bean Great Room is a 30-by-50-foot space seating up to 75 guests, equipped with tables, chairs, and a small kitchen. Revenue from all rentals supports Maine Audubon's wildlife conservation and education mission.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Rockcraft Lodge is a historic lakeside estate built in 1916 on 100 acres along the western shore of Sebago Lake in East Sebago, Maine. The property features 850 feet of lake frontage on Maine's second-largest lake, offering a waterfront setting that has defined the estate for over a century. The main lodge was constructed with local carpenters and more than 30 skilled Italian masons, and it remains notable for its great room fireplaces, which were personally designed by original owner Dorothy Spaulding, with each stone selected and specified by hand. A stone mausoleum, century-old rhododendrons, a carriage house, and a boathouse round out the historic grounds. After nearly five decades as a church conference center, the property was purchased in 2011 and restored to its original character. Today Rockcraft Lodge hosts fundraisers and private gatherings, offering a one-of-a-kind lakeside setting on a property that has served its community for more than a hundred years.

• Spaces for 76-150 Guests
• 1 Hotel
• 1 Event Space

The Roosevelt Room is a full-service event venue located inside the Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham in Windham, Maine, in the heart of the Lakes Region. Its 2,000-square-foot facility — with a main gathering space of 1,350 square feet — accommodates up to 76 guests for seated dinners and up to 150 for standing cocktail receptions. The room is suited to a wide range of occasions, from weddings, bridal and baby showers, and milestone birthday celebrations to corporate meetings, job fairs, and holiday parties. Each event is approached with custom design that accounts for the client's vision and budget, supported by on-site audiovisual equipment, Wi-Fi, a projector and large display screen, bar service, and a private outdoor courtyard. Two gender-neutral, handicap-accessible restrooms are also on-site. Hotel accommodations at the adjacent Microtel Inn & Suites are available for guests who need overnight stays.

• Spaces for 175 Guests

Jones Landing is an oceanfront bar, restaurant, and event venue situated on Peaks Island in Casco Bay, Maine — steps from the island's ferry terminal. The property has operated in various forms since the early 1900s, originally serving as the car ferry dock for Peaks Island, and was purchased by Robin and George Clark in 1981. The venue offers a range of connected spaces suited to weddings, celebrations, and corporate retreats: an indoor casual dining room, a large covered deck with clear sides that preserve harbor views in any weather, an outdoor bar, and an open oceanside lawn. The combination allows guests to move between sheltered and open-air settings while overlooking Casco Bay throughout. Full-venue rentals are available on Fridays and Saturdays, and the venue welcomes outside caterers and food trucks. Tables, linens, and staffing are included with full rentals.

• Spaces for 18-60 Guests
• 1 Hotel
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 Waterfront

Tides Beach Club is a boutique beachfront hotel and event venue set directly on Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine. The property has graced the shoreline since 1899 and blends a turn-of-the-century Victorian character with a modern coastal aesthetic, offering 21 intimate guest rooms — including Jonathan Adler-designed oceanfront suites with private porches. The venue hosts intimate celebrations, from rehearsal dinners and bridal showers to wedding ceremonies and reception gatherings, all against a backdrop of open Atlantic water and private beach access. The Sun Porch accommodates up to 18 guests for seated events, while the beach itself hosts ceremonies for up to 60 guests, complete with a custom birch wood altar and chairs set in the sand. On-site catering is led by an executive chef focused on fresh, local Maine seafood. With all 21 guest rooms available to block for a wedding party, Tides Beach Club keeps the full experience — accommodation, ceremony, reception, and morning sendoff — in one place on the Maine coast.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Point Sebago Resort is a 775-acre lakefront resort on Maple Cove of Sebago Lake in Casco, Maine, open seasonally from May through October. The property combines natural scenery — private beach, marina, and lake access — with a full range of on-site amenities including an 18-hole championship golf course, dining, and recreational facilities. For private events, the resort offers three distinct venue packages suited to weddings, family reunions, and corporate gatherings. The Grove provides an outdoor lakeside canopy setting with beach access. The Sunset Lounge is an indoor-outdoor space with a bar, bar games, a tented event area, and beach access. The Sebago Lounge at the Beach Pavilion is the resort's largest event space, equipped with tables, chairs, and a sound system, with projector service available on request. All three venues are available in four-hour rental windows for groups of 25 or more, with catering packages available as an add-on.

Create new traditions at White Barn Inn that bring your family closer together. We help make memories, beginning with our open-hearted welcome and our exceptional location in the charming coastal town of Kennebunk, just 90 minutes north of Boston. Our venues and accommodations provide the space for connection, whether you are planning a family reunion, a milestone anniversary, or any other celebration. White Barn Inn is renowned for its exquisite service and and uncompromising attention to detail, where no stone is left unturned and every detail is executed with the utmost importance that every couple deserves on their special day. It is our history, elegance and tradition that lend to one of the most important moments of your life. Weddings and events are infused with the magic and warmth of life on the coast. From welcome drinks to farewell brunch, our alchemy gives each wedding event special meaning in its own distinctive setting. Whichever venue you choose, expect coastal luxury and refinement, all combined with discreet and attentive service from our dedicated team.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Camp Hammond is a Victorian manor built in 1891 in the seaside town of Yarmouth, Maine, just a few miles from Portland. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the cottage-style period home is a fitting setting for weddings, anniversary parties, conferences, and corporate gatherings. The interior centers on a two-story reception hall with a suspended balcony, complemented by five working fireplaces and quintessential Maine style and décor throughout. Outside, lush lawn and garden surround a fully tented herringbone-style patio, offering a graceful backdrop for outdoor celebrations of all kinds.

• Spaces for 22-150 Guests
• 2 Restaurants
• 4 Hotels
• 4 Total Spaces

Breakwater Inn is a waterfront boutique hotel and event venue set where the Kennebunk River meets the Atlantic Ocean in Kennebunkport, Maine. Built on original 1880s cottage architecture, the property carries a quiet, timeless character — the kind of place where Adirondack chairs by the water and the rhythms of coastal New England shape the backdrop for every gathering. The venue accommodates a range of events, from tented receptions on the Riverfront Lawn — where up to 150 guests can celebrate beneath a canopy overlooking the water — to intimate dinners in the Private Dining Tavern (up to 36 guests) or a full buyout of Stripers Restaurant for up to 60. The Living Room seats up to 22 for executive meetings or small private gatherings. An onsite event planner coordinates each event, and customized catering is provided through Stripers Waterside Restaurant. All outdoor events take place within a setting shaped by the convergence of river and sea, roughly a mile from the boutiques and galleries of Kennebunkport's Dock Square.

• Spaces for 200 Guests
• 1 Resort

At The Nonantum Resort, you'll find everything you're looking for in a Maine resort for your family vacation or one of the most beautiful wedding venues in the state of Maine. It is one of the most convenient and accessible family resorts in southern Maine, located on the Kennebunk River overlooking Dock Square and within walking distance of Dock Square's shops and restaurants and half a mile of Colony Beach. With three boat tours departing from our property, on-site kayak, stand up paddleboard, and cruiser bike rentals, and three restaurants of our own, there's plenty to do within walking distance of your room. *** The historic Carriage House Inn, which also houses our pub and 95 Ocean restaurant, or the more private Portside Lodge, which boasts magnificent water views and contemporary design, are both excellent choices. There is no other Kennebunkport hotel that can compete with our variety of accommodations, which range from single queen rooms to family suites. At The Nonantum Resort, you'll find everything you're looking for in a Maine resort for your family vacation or one of the most beautiful wedding venues in the state of Maine. It is one of the most convenient and accessible family resorts in southern Maine, located on the Kennebunk River overlooking Dock Square and within walking distance of Dock Square's shops and restaurants and half a mile of Colony Beach. With three boat tours departing from our property, on-site kayak, stand up paddleboard, and cruiser bike rentals, and three restaurants of our own, there's plenty to do within walking distance of your room. *** The historic Carriage House Inn, which also houses our pub and 95 Ocean restaurant, or the more private Portside Lodge, which boasts magnificent water views and contemporary design, are both excellent choices. There is no other Kennebunkport hotel that can compete with our variety of accommodations, which range from single queen rooms to family suites.

• Spaces for 50-200 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Total Spaces

Apple Acres Farm is a certified organic working farm in Hiram, Maine, nestled in the western Lakes and Mountains region about 45 minutes from Portland. The farm hosts weddings and private events in its organic apple orchards overlooking the Saco River Valley, with capacity for up to 200 guests. Outdoor ceremonies and receptions take place beneath a white wedding tent set among the fruit trees. The package includes 20 handmade farmhouse tables, wooden chairs, a dance floor, perimeter tent lighting, and a choice of dinnerware, glassware, and linens. Day-of event coordination is included, along with access to a commercial kitchen for caterers and indoor restrooms for guests. The farm also offers its Treehouse Room for smaller indoor gatherings of up to 50 guests, including rehearsal dinners and informal weddings. As a working orchard with a limited season, Apple Acres Farm accommodates a small number of weddings each summer and fall.