Top Forney Venues

• Spaces for 100-350 Guests
• 1 Restaurant

Candleroom has been illuminating Dallas' nightlife scene since 2003, and it is the ideal spot to see, be seen, interact, and celebrate. Candleroom, located in the heart of the Henderson Avenue entertainment district, boasts 3,000 square feet of historic retail space as well as cutting-edge sound, video, and lighting systems. Incorporating satin finishes, antique fixtures, and deep, rich color palettes throughout, the different venue zones combine to create an environment that is both inviting and premium in appearance. The interiors are infused with a powerful and captivating aura of substance thanks to a blend of 18th and 21st Century décor, with the chandelier serving as a continual dramatic emblem of the Candleroom's nightly mystery and personality. Suitable for private functions ranging from 10 to 300+ people, including meetings, launch parties, receptions, rehearsal dinners, weddings, and other special occasions. The DJs provide a progressive mix of Top 40, EDM, House, Rock, Hip-Hop, and Dance music, among other genres. Saturdays feature video DJ mixes!

• Spaces for 40 Guests

Located on the lobby level of Hotel Swexan and inspired by the sidewalk cafes of Europe, guests at Isabelle’s can enjoy continental breakfast options or a light lunch. In the evening, Isabelle’s showcases classic martinis from around the world.

A new clear tent cathedral venue that can hold up to 300 guests. Ideal for weddings, non profit fundraisers , corporate events and more.

• Spaces for 1,703 Guests
• 1 Theater

One of the finest performing arts venues in the southwest, the historic Majestic Theatre Dallas hosts a variety of concerts, performing arts, comedy and corporate events. The Majestic Theatre Dallas is managed by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. The historic Majestic Theatre Dallas is available for public and private events. With a capacity of 1703, the Majestic Theatre Dallas is ideal for many concerts, comedy shows, stage shows and performing arts events. The facility is also used for corporate meetings, nonprofit fundraisers and private events. The Majestic Theatre Dallas is not available for weddings.

• Spaces for 1,000-2,200 Guests
• 1 Bar
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 space at this venue

The historic Longhorn Ballroom has been meticulously restored and offers high touch modern conveniences, while preserving the authenticity of its long and storied history. With state-of-the-art production capabilities, original art and its distinctly Texas vibe, this one-of-a-kind Ballroom is the premier place for private concerts, corporate events, charity fundraisers, convention gatherings, weddings, parties, meetings and more.

• Spaces for 40-75 Guests
• 2 Restaurants

Nestled in the Harwood District, Mercat Bistro is a contemporary European-style bistro in Uptown Dallas. Walk into a romantic setting that is inspired by some of the finest European design and culinary practices. Mercat Bistro is revered for being an intimate venue filled with stunning antiquities that have been recycled and reclaimed from all over the world.

Step behind the curtain and into something rare. Nestled in the heart of downtown, 1519 is an exclusive cocktail lounge built for intimate gatherings and refined celebrations. With original 1870s brick walls and early 1920s marble floors, this hidden gem blends timeless character with elevated hospitality, the kind of place where connections deepen and conversations linger. Designed for full buyouts and VIP-level hosting, 1519 offers a private, curated experience in one of the most storied buildings. Whether you're entertaining clients, toasting milestones, or gathering your executive team, this space delivers intimacy, elegance, and one of the best cocktail programs in the city. IDEAL FOR: Happy Hours, Corporate, Mixers, Client Entertainment, Upscale Birthdays, Rehearsals & Private Receptions

• Spaces for 80-110 Guests

Bring your friends to Monarch and enjoy a private celebration. Look through our selection of carefully curated, inviting event rooms, which are ideal for groups of any size, from intimate gatherings to large events. Danny Grant, a two-Michelin-star chef, and his colleagues created Monarch, a wood-fired, modern Italian restaurant. The ultimate manifestation of luxury dining in Dallas is our expansive, stylishly constructed environment and exquisite food. The general approach to preparation is light, fresh, and technique driven, serving handcrafted pastas, steaks, and fresh seafood. Why not enjoy your next event in the place that has it all: a picture perfect setting, top notch customer service, and meals that will leave all your guests wanting more! The wood-fired hearth of our restaurant is where you'll find charred fresh prawns, wood-fired roasted artichoke, and fire-roasted octopus ala plancha – the appetizers alone may steal the show. But make sure to stick around for the main course, where you can be treated to anything from king crab to a porterhouse steak to fresh pasta! While general booking gives you a better than 40% chance of securing a window seat, we have a means for you to guarantee a window table. You can specify this request at the time of booking. A $125 deposit per person is required for these guaranteed window seats. Please note that we are unable to accommodate seating requests; nevertheless, we are confident that your experience will be fantastic regardless of where you sit. We are excited to welcome you into our space and look forward to making your event a success!

• Spaces for 26-50 Guests
• 3 Restaurants

Poco Fiasco is the latest escape the ordinary restaurant concept from Harwood Hospitality. Born from a need for a good martini and a slice of pizza, Poco Fiasco is a rowdy yet refined environment perfect for quick lunch, date night, night cap, or a long night out with friends. The lively spot brings elevated pizza combinations to Dallas as well as a robust martini program. Guests can look forward to foldable slices and crispy outer crust, the best martinis in town, and interiors that are a clash of relaxed sophistication and rowdy elegance. ABOUT THE SPACE The design from Harwood Design Factory has a refined playfulness yet is undoubtedly alluring and mischievous. Harwood International collaborated with Artist Uprising to create a whimsical, cheeky ceiling mural art paper that brings Poco Fiasco to life. Artist Uprising is a Dallas-based organization connecting up-and-coming artists with corporations and dedicated to enabling creativity to shape culture for the better. The mural depicts a feverish party turned fiasco combining favorite Harwood moments throughout the District. A few Harwood motifs are illustrated including Harwood Arms and Magnolias: Sous Le Pont as well as signature Harwood District design aspects such as the blue tree from Te Deseo, life-size chess board from Marie Gabrielle, the Rolex building and a few samurai to represent the Barbier-Mueller Samurai Collection. Just like the restaurants in Harwood, the interiors will transport you to another place and time miles away, yet conveniently tucked under an office tower.

• Spaces for 300-400 Guests
• 1 Event Space

Built over a 55-year period beginning in 1924, the four buildings that make up Lone Star Gas Lofts are situated on a full city block bounded by Harwood, Wood, St. Paul and Jackson Streets in downtown Dallas. Two of the structures, the Lone Star Gas Co. and Dallas Gas Company buildings, are historic landmarks and fine examples of Lang and Witchell architecture with beautiful Art Deco details and are Dallas’ latest historic landmarks to be revived by Hamilton Properties in partnership with Central Dallas CDC.The Lone star Gas Co. Building is a thirteen story Art Deco structure with rich street entrances bearing ornate light fixtures. The elaborately appointed lobby once served as the bill payment area, back in the age when paying your bill meant taking a trip downtown, and still has soaring columns with ornamental check stands, a high beamed ceiling in brilliant colors and relief sculptures carved into the stone walls. This part of the historic building is now home to The Carlisle Room. Opulent is the best way to describe this newly renovated downtown venue. Twenty foot ceilings, terrazzo floors and marble pillars are just a few of the highlights of this historic 1930's Art Deco design. The addition of a private bridal and groom's suite is what it means to have your cake and eat it too.

• Spaces for 325 Guests

The ARTISAN offers two unique outdoor spaces. The ARTISAN Hall Terrace and the Texas Sculpture Walk are located at the beautiful KPMG Plaza at HALL Arts. Our event team is passionate about executing a flawless event, with incredible culinary design and professional service. Our desire is to take the vision you have for your special occasion, gala, corporate meeting or conference and deliver a customized menu and event design that your guests will always remember!

• Spaces for 40-100 Guests
• 2 Restaurants
• 1 Bar
• 2 Total Spaces

Experience fine French cuisine in the heart of the Lone Star State. Inspired by its original design and the grand tradition of timeless European architecture — The French Room has been thoughtfully restored. The French Room has endured the test of time for more than a century and established its place as a culinary destination. Traditionally known as an exciting, awe-inspiring exploration of culinary and service excellence, The French Room has remained meaningful by realizing the perfect time to evolve – all the while – remaining true to its core. The French Room evolution is marked by the progressive discovery of a layered, storied past and celebration of life through food & drink. Enjoy The French Room’s storied tradition of Tea at The Adolphus or book your next private event amongst the honed marble floor, gilded Louis XVI style chairs reupholstered in subtly luxe fabrics, ornate sconces, and twin Italian Murano Glass chandeliers. To book your private event, please contact Hallie Ungerson at hungerson@adolphus.com

• Spaces for 10-500 Guests
• 5 Hotels
• 5 Ballrooms
• 1 Meeting Space

• Spaces for 300 Guests
• 1 Event Space

Crozier Hall, a memorial to the Old Dallas High School, which was erected in 1907, is a 9,500-square-foot event space that can be configured in any way you like. The ground level has a unique arrangement that allows it to be used as a single space or partitioned in up to five different ways. At Crozier, we take great satisfaction in producing events that are second to none, and food is an important part of that. G Texas Catering is our first pick when it comes to creating your next one-of-a-kind event, because to their high-quality presentation, personalized dishes, and top-notch service. Our event planners collaborate closely to ensure that each menu is appealing to the eyes as well as the taste buds, and they help to make each menu interesting for both. Crozier Hall collaborates with the best-in-class event planners, caterers, and decorators in order to provide each client with a bespoke, one-of-a-kind experience as well as a memorable party for their guests at their event. Examine this sampling of the unique features and services that Crozier Hall can provide, and then get in touch with your Crozier Hall event coordinator. We specialize in creating fantastic and one-of-a-kind special events for business events, weddings, and other types of gatherings and celebrations. Crozier Hall is a leader in the production of high-quality corporate events. Our venue, which is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Dallas, is ideal for business events, private parties, and wedding receptions. The process of planning corporate events may be difficult, and our connections in the sector can be highly beneficial to clients who are trying to put on a show while staying within their financial constraints. Crozier Hall will go above and beyond to make your event a success, and we will make any necessary adjustments.

• Spaces for 40-75 Guests

Harwood Arms, in Dallas’ Harwood District, exemplifies the best of the British Isles. Pouring pints of Guinness, featuring the finest whiskeys, and touting the tastiest fish and chips, Harwood Arms is the District pub where the greatest minds gather and drink alike. Harwood Arms is the first of several concepts to open on La Rue Perdue, a whimsical cobblestone alleyway located at the base of the office tower Harwood No. 10. The District pub is the ninth neighborhood addition to the Harwood District and is an escape from the ordinary by Harwood Hospitality Group.

• Spaces for 450-600 Guests
• 1 Hotel
• 1 Ballroom

The Highland Dallas - A Curio Collection by HiltonTM is unlike any other hotel in the world because it is uniquely intended to convey one narrative and one story alone – yours. As unique and thrilling as the city in which it is located, our newly reinvented lifestyle hotel, originally built in 1960 as the Hilton Inn Dallas, offers casual elegance in a setting surrounded by the greatest shops, restaurants, and nightlife Dallas has to offer. Discover a plethora of contrasts in a plethora of settings: Historic mid-century architecture that has been blended with contemporary vitality and design. Ambiance and service that is both upscale and refreshingly unpretentious. Luxury combined with a relaxed, live-in-the moment attitude has been crafted to thrill dedicated visitors looking for an unforgettable experience with every stay at The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco. Consider us to be "high-end without a hint of highbrow" in nature. The Highland Dallas, which is home to one of Dallas' most recognized restaurants – Knife by John Tesar – as well as 9,000 square feet of versatile conference, event, and wedding rooms, is high-end without being stuffy, affluent without being stuffy. In addition to our heated infinity pool, exhale® Spa, and Salon Pompeo, we also have a 24-hour Fitness Center and a Highland Art Collection. We provide the ambience, service, and facilities you seek in the most coveted area in Dallas. With a unique luxury boutique experience at the confluence of elegance and comfort, culture and creativity, historic ties and modern touches, all in the center of Dallas, The Highland Dallas – A Curio Collection by Hilton is a one-of-a-kind destination.

• Spaces for 42-50 Guests

Dolce Riviera is inspired by summer vacations along the Italian Riviera - the scent of fresh lemon trees, the Italian fashion, the sea breeze and the unmatched taste of fresh pasta paired with full-bodied wines. We sought insights from the best Italian talent and the concept of Dolce Riviera was born.

• Spaces for 100-2,300 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Theater
• 3 Event Spaces

The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, an unparalleled setting, reinvents the conventional opera house form, inverting its closed, hierarchical structure to create a transparent, publicly-welcoming series of spaces that wrap around the rich red glass drum of the performance hall. With two performance chambers and an expansive lobby for special events, the versatile venue that is Winspear Opera House offers an array of extraordinary guest experiences.

• Spaces for 160-200 Guests

Italian owned and operated La Stella Cucina Verace is Dallas’ highest rated fine dining Italian restaurant. Located in the Arts District across from the Dallas Opera and the Symphony it combines old-world traditional Italian cooking, with the world renowned hospitality of Italian culture. La Stella Cucina Verace serves Italian regional favorite dishes with a modern flare in a luxury dining setting. It offers live music most nights, an impressive wine list, incredible signature cocktails, and of course impeccable desserts to make your visit a most memorable one.