Top Kinnelon Venues

• Spaces for 200-250 Guests
• 1 Museum
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Art Gallery

The Montclair Art Museum has occupied its neoclassical landmark on South Mountain Avenue since 1914, when it became New Jersey's first museum dedicated exclusively to art. The building, designed by Albert R. Ross and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is recognized for its columned portico and beautifully landscaped grounds in Montclair — minutes from New York City. Leir Hall, the museum's principal event space, rises three stories beneath a dramatic skylight, with a large stage and a state-of-the-art audio, visual, and live-stream system. Together with Lehman Court, the combined spaces accommodate more than 250 guests for a standing reception or 175 seated with a dance floor. The museum hosts weddings, nonprofit galas, corporate dinners, film screenings, and concerts — all with access to galleries that have collected and preserved American and Native American art for more than a century.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

• Spaces for 50-180 Guests
• 1 Barn
• 2 Country Clubs
• 2 Total Spaces

Farmstead Golf & Country Club is a 27-hole public golf and event venue in Lafayette, New Jersey, in Sussex County. The club has operated for more than 56 years and has been voted Best Golf Course by New Jersey Herald readers for eight consecutive years. The property features a lakeside gazebo for outdoor ceremonies, two indoor reception spaces, and a private bridal room where the wedding party can prepare before the event. Farmstead hosts only one wedding per day, ensuring the full attention of the staff for each event. Weddings are available on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays; packages include a five-hour open bar, cocktail-hour hors d'oeuvres, wedding cake, table linens, and a champagne toast. Catering can be arranged as a seated dinner, buffet, or brunch.

Madison Hotel offers event spaces for your next celebration in Morristown, New Jersey.

• Spaces for 1,100 Guests

Marriott Park Ridge is a full-service hotel set on 16 acres of natural grounds in Park Ridge, Bergen County, New Jersey, situated about 30 miles from Manhattan. The hotel's event program is anchored by the Grand Ballroom, which accommodates up to 1,140 guests for wedding receptions and large-scale celebrations, alongside two outdoor venues — the Garden Terrace and the Brookside Parc Terrace — that provide ceremony and cocktail-hour settings among the property's wetlands and streams. The hotel's events team oversees each celebration from planning through execution, working alongside the executive chef to create custom menus. The property has experience hosting a wide range of celebrations, including Indian, Muslim, Pakistani, and Kosher weddings. Overnight accommodations across 289 guest rooms and three suites allow out-of-town guests to stay on-site.

• Spaces for 100-450 Guests
• 1 Theater
• 1 Loft

South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit performing arts venue in South Orange, New Jersey, that opened in 2006 after nearly a decade of planning. The center emerged from a redevelopment initiative led by South Orange Village Trustees in partnership with Seton Hall University, with a mission to serve as the cultural heartbeat of the greater South Orange/Maplewood region. The Jennifer & Tony Leitner Performance Hall anchors the building: a 439-seat proscenium theatre built with superior acoustics and sightlines, hosting music, comedy, theater, and spoken-word performances. The intimate scale fosters close artist-audience connection in a way that larger venues rarely achieve. The building's 3-story glass-enclosed atrium and the Herb + Milly Iris Gallery add to its distinctive architectural character. For private events, The Loft at SOPAC offers 2,185 square feet of flexible space accommodating up to 225 guests for receptions or 100 seated. Two walls of windows overlook South Mountain Reservation, and the room is equipped with a sprung hardwood dance floor, ceiling-mounted projector and screen, and a full adjacent kitchen available to licensed caterers.

• Spaces for 150 Guests