Top Chester Venues

• Spaces for 150 Guests

The Valentine is a history museum in downtown Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1898 from the estate of Mann S. Valentine II, whose fortune came from Valentine's Meat Juice. His collection, along with the historic Wickham House, became the foundation for a museum now dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting Richmond's history. Beyond its galleries, the Valentine's campus opens its doors for private events, offering roughly 20,000 square feet of indoor venue space alongside an outdoor garden, patio, and terrace. The museum's historic buildings and grounds create a distinctive backdrop for weddings, receptions, and corporate gatherings alike. Private events at the Valentine are coordinated with an on-site event curator and include tables and chairs, WiFi, and a sound system compatible with Spotify, Pandora, and DJ equipment. A full-service bar and free parking, including access to the nearby MCV Visitor Parking Deck, round out the offering for guests.

• Spaces for 150-650 Guests
• 2 Ballrooms
• 2 Historic Spaces

The John Marshall Ballrooms occupies the historic Hotel John Marshall, which opened in downtown Richmond in 1929 as the largest hotel in Virginia and once welcomed guests including Elizabeth Taylor, Mary Tyler Moore, Elvis Presley, and Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter. After sitting vacant for more than twenty years, the building underwent an $80 million, two-year renovation that restored its original 1920s grandeur, and it now operates as a full-service wedding and event venue. The Marshall Ballroom features nine vintage crystal chandeliers, three walls of thirty-foot windows, and hand-crafted molding, seating up to 150 guests with a dance floor. The Virginia Ballroom is anchored by a grand split staircase leading to a wraparound balcony that adds extra seating or mingling space above its 27-by-27-foot dance floor, accommodating seated dinners of up to 360 guests or cocktail receptions of up to 650. A grand lobby serves as an entry point and cocktail-hour space. Homemades by Suzanne serves as the venue's exclusive in-house caterer, handling catering, chairs, linens, china, setup, and cleanup for events held in the ballrooms.

• Spaces for 600-3,600 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Outdoor
• 3 Total Spaces

Opened in 1927 as the Mosque Theater, Altria Theater is one of Richmond's most recognizable buildings, designed by architects Marcellus Wright, Sr., Charles M. Robinson, and Charles Custer Robinson in an Egyptian Revival style with towering minarets and desert murals. Built under the Shriners and later purchased by the City of Richmond in 1940, the theater underwent a major renovation in 1994-95 that restored its original architectural grandeur. Today the theater seats up to 3,600 guests for concerts, Broadway productions, and other live entertainment, and its private event spaces have hosted weddings, galas, trade shows, and corporate functions. The Grand Ballroom, decorated with the sweeping columns and ornamental detail original to the building, accommodates up to 800 guests seated or 1,400 standing. Monroe Park, an outdoor space overlooking the theater's facade, holds up to 600 guests seated or 1,000 standing, and multiple lobbies, lounges, and parlors throughout the building offer additional gathering space for smaller functions such as holiday parties, baby showers, and family reunions.

• Spaces for 120 Guests

Housed in the historic Virginia Dairy building at 1812 West Main Street in Richmond's Fan District, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond has supported the region's creative life since 1963, when it was founded in Church Hill as the Hand Workshop. After leasing space for 17 years, the organization purchased and later renovated the building, completing a 2007 expansion that created a 30,000-square-foot arts center anchored by the 1,800-square-foot True F. Luck Gallery. The center's 17 professionally-equipped studios support media ranging from clay, glass, and metals to photography, printmaking, and creative writing, and its programming reaches more than 50,000 people each year through over 1,600 classes taught by more than 250 instructors. Beyond classes and exhibitions, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond opens its facility for off-site meetings, corporate holiday parties, anniversary celebrations, bar and bat mitzvahs, baby showers, and other private gatherings. Rentals include an hour for clean-up and use of the center's in-house A/V equipment. The venue also hosts childrens birthday parties built around a private studio art class, and a Creativity at Work program that brings corporate teams together for team-building through the creative process.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Sports Center of Richmond (SCOR) is a climate-controlled sports campus in Richmond, Virginia, built around indoor and outdoor soccer fields and a family-friendly atmosphere for recreation and athletic play. Beyond its adult and youth soccer leagues, camps, and the nationally renowned Lil' Kickers program for children as young as 18 months, SCOR hosts a full slate of private events through its Parties & Events program. Kids' birthday parties combine field games such as soccer, dodgeball, and kickball with an inflatable obstacle course and a dedicated Party Zone, with setup and cleanup handled by SCOR's coaching staff. The campus also hosts special occasions such as Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, graduations, retirements, and milestone birthdays, along with holiday celebrations, corporate meetings and retreats, and team-building events. For business gatherings, SCOR can set up a room with wireless and ethernet internet access, projectors and screens, a microphone and audio system, and tables and chairs arranged to suit the group, with lunch or dinner catering available. Guests can also gather at Turf's Sports Cafe, an on-site cafe serving food, drinks, and select craft beer alongside foosball, ping pong, cornhole, and giant Jenga. SCOR's campus is also home to Peak Experiences, an indoor rock climbing facility.

• Spaces for 48-200 Guests
• 2 Restaurants

The Hard Shell Bellgrade is the South Richmond location of The Hard Shell, a seafood and steakhouse restaurant that first opened in 1995 in downtown Richmond's Shockoe Slip. Repeatedly voted "Best Seafood" in the city by Style Magazine and Richmond Magazine, The Hard Shell has built a following on fresh fish and shellfish -- including clams, shrimp, oysters, mussels, crab legs, and lobster -- alongside steaks, ribs, and vegetarian options served in a warm, relaxing dining room. Located in the Shoppes at Bellgrade, the restaurant offers a private dining space that accommodates up to 48 guests, with a full restaurant buyout available for larger events of up to 150 guests. An outdoor patio rounds out the setting, available as weather permits for receptions, rehearsal dinners, and other private gatherings.

• Spaces for 275 Guests

King Pin Lanes Midlothian is a recently renovated bowling and entertainment center in Midlothian, Virginia, where 32 professional lanes have been outfitted with updated scoring systems, comfortable seating, and protective bumpers for young bowlers. The center hosts leagues for adults, youth, and kids, along with cosmic bowling nights under colored lane lighting. Beyond the lanes, King Pin Lanes offers customizable party packages for birthdays, corporate events, team-building outings, graduations, and family gatherings. Birthday packages for kids, teens, and adults include reserved lanes, food and drinks, arcade play, and a full table setup with a bowling pin and balloon keepsake for the birthday celebrant. Midlo's Lounge, the center's full-service restaurant and bar, serves pizzas, burgers, wings, and other made-to-order fare alongside cocktails, beer on tap, and a kids' menu, with screens for catching games. The venue also includes an arcade, a billiard room, water pong tables, a full-service pro shop with on-site ball drilling, and shuffleboard, beer pong, and cornhole in the lounge.

The Fruit Lady Venue & Decor Rental is a beautiful open space that can be transformed into remarkable customized experiences. There has been events such as small weddings, receptions, birthday celebrations, anniversary celebrations, sweet sixteen parties, repass, training seminars, line dancing and so much more. The venue offers a prep kitchen,wetbar and a separate sitting area great for photography opportunities. The Venue can be rented with the option to decorate with your choice of decorator or the option of having The Fruit Lady facilitate the decor package of your choice. The Fruit Lady also has Decor rentals to include chairs, tables, tablecloths, centerpiece designs, thrown chairs, marqui numbers and everything that you could imagine for your celebration experience. Delivery and set up options are available upon request for any location. Photographs of many events are available upon request. Security, limousine service and catering services to complete any style of event upon request.

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The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design offers event spaces for your next celebration in Richmond, Virginia.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

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Art Works is a full-service community art center in the Manchester district of Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 2003 by owner Glenda Kotchish, who saw the potential for the neighborhood to become a vibrant creative community, the center was built to be inclusive to all artists and the public. The center houses 82 artist studios and 6 galleries showing contemporary work from local and international artists, with free admission Tuesday through Sunday. On the fourth Friday of each month, Art Works hosts an opening reception where new exhibits are unveiled and studios open to visitors, alongside recurring programs like figure drawing sessions. The center also operates RVA Thriving Artists, a nonprofit initiative supporting the local arts community. Street parking is available near the building, with additional parking in the public garage one block away on East 5th Street.

• Spaces for 130 Guests

• Spaces for 18-450 Guests
• 13 Hotels
• 2 Ballrooms
• 11 Meeting Spaces

Delta Hotels by Marriott Richmond Downtown sits in the heart of downtown Richmond, Virginia, with rooms overlooking the James River and easy access to the VA State Capitol, Richmond Convention Center, and the city's business district. Just outside its doors is Brown's Island, home to festivals and urban whitewater rafting, and the hotel is within walking distance of the American Civil War Center, Altria Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, and The National. The hotel offers 13,000 square feet of event space, including the James River Ballroom and Kanawha Ballroom, suited to everything from lavish wedding receptions to board meetings and conventions. An on-site culinary team provides catering for weddings and events, with menus customized to each occasion, and a dedicated banquet staff supports meetings alongside a 24/7 business center and complimentary Wi-Fi throughout the property. Guests also have access to a spacious indoor pool, a fitness center, on-site parking, and a complimentary downtown shuttle.