Top Kirkwood Venues

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

The Franklin of Soulard is an elegant, spacious event venue located in the charming neighborhood of Soulard. Constructed in 1905, this historic venue provides a timeless backdrop for your event - day or night. Our elegant ballroom boasts 30-foot ceilings with lots of natural light from bordering windows, shimmering golden chandeliers, a beautifully framed 30-foot-wide stage, and a candlelit mezzanine to bring a warm glow to your evening. This grand space can entertain up to 300, with no shortage of AirBnBs and surrounding hotels to make celebrations even easier for travelling guests! The Franklin's classic charm will make your event one to remember. Book your tour today!

Located in the heart of downtown Sain Louis, our luxury event space is designed to provide a timeless and elegant experience. Our venue offers a range of amenities which are perfect for hosting any kind of special occasion. From its spacious floor plan to high ceilings and brick walls, this event space is sure to wow your guests. Our venue also includes a state-of-the-art technogly and prep kitchen, which offers an array of catering options for any type of event.

• Spaces for 200-500 Guests

The Caramel Room at Bissinger’s blends equal amounts of chic and sweet all encompassed within a working chocolate factory, give a feeling of an intimacy and magic to a wedding of any size. • Beaming natural light • Hardwood floors • Outdoor terrace featuring river and skyline views • Chocolate-infused culinary adventures • Secured and complimentary parking • Custom chargers • Stunning seating • Flat-screen TVs to highlight your past together while celebrating your future from this day forward • Carefully selected staff led by an astounding director of events with 18 years of gracious hospitality and creativity Already producing the best confections in St. Louis, Bissinger's Handcrafted Chocolatier has accepted the challenge to become absolutely the most unique place for a bridal celebration. While offering amenities like no other in the region, our award-winning team stands ready to create a day you will never forget.

• Spaces for 350 Guests

LiUNA Event Center is a remodeled event venue situated at the corner of Lindbergh Boulevard and Gravois Road in Sunset Hills, Missouri. The facility accommodates up to 350 guests and is designed to host weddings, corporate functions, and private celebrations of all kinds. The venue provides full-service catering with an executive chef and culinary staff, two fully stocked bars with professional wait staff, and a dedicated events team that handles the planning details from start to finish. Corporate clients have access to HD overhead projectors, wireless microphones, high-speed Wi-Fi with live video streaming, video conferencing capabilities, and an on-site A/V technician. From intimate business meetings to large-scale receptions, LiUNA Event Center pairs a professional support team with comprehensive in-house resources so that guests can focus on the occasion itself.

• Spaces for 100 Guests

Seven Gables Inn is a historic boutique hotel in the fashionable business district of downtown Clayton, Missouri, with event space for weddings, corporate meetings, and private celebrations. The property's 32 uniquely decorated guest rooms blend European countryside character with contemporary comfort — an aesthetic the ownership team protected through a restoration effort recognized with Missouri's Lifetime Preservation Achievement Award. Events at Seven Gables Inn are supported by a dedicated onsite event planner and full catering services from Seven, the inn's American Bistro restaurant. The venue accommodates groups from 2 to 150 guests and is available for exclusive full-property buyout, making it well suited to intimate celebrations. Seven Gables Inn is minority and independently owned and participates in the Marriott Bonvoy Tribute Portfolio.

• Spaces for 8-280 Guests
• 2 Restaurants
• 2 Meeting Spaces

The Saint Louis Club is a private dining and events club founded in Clayton, Missouri in 1964. Established by four civic-minded business leaders and opened with 400 founding members, the Club has served as a gathering place for executives, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders in the St. Louis region for more than six decades. The facility spans 42,750 square feet and includes ten private rooms alongside The Corner Bar & Bistro, a business-casual dining space, and the formal Saint Louis Room. Two ballrooms accommodate larger gatherings, with the full range of private spaces available for groups of 2 to 300 guests. Events hosted here include board meetings, corporate training sessions, weddings, rehearsal dinners, receptions, and black-tie galas. Catering is handled by an in-house team drawing on more than 60 years of fine-dining experience, complemented by an in-house pastry program and a wine cellar of more than 16,000 bottles. The Club also provides vendor connections for florals, music, photography, and videography.

• Spaces for 8-350 Guests
• 7 Restaurants
• 1 Event Space
• 6 Meeting Spaces

Located in Clayton's Carondelet Plaza, 801 Chophouse is a fine-dining steakhouse rooted in a family-owned restaurant group founded in 1993. The St. Louis location upholds the group's commitment to USDA prime cuts through an exclusive in-house meat program, featuring dry- and wet-aged steaks alongside domestic and Japanese Wagyu. House-made desserts, a seasonally evolving menu, and an award-winning global wine program round out the experience, delivered through the group's signature GreenCoat hospitality. For private events, 801 Chophouse St. Louis offers seven dedicated spaces ranging from intimate rooms for as few as 8 guests to a full-restaurant buyout accommodating up to 350. Each private dining room features full privacy and A/V equipment, with customizable menu options and dedicated servers. Valet service is available daily, making the venue a polished choice for corporate dinners, milestone celebrations, and social gatherings of all sizes.

• Spaces for 400 Guests

Orlando's South County Event Center & Catering has served the South St. Louis area for more than 50 years, hosting weddings, corporate events, private parties, and milestone celebrations at its Hoffmeister Avenue location. The recently renovated facility features a spacious contemporary ballroom — with hardwood floors, circular chandeliers, and warm architectural lighting — that provides an elegant setting for seated dinners and receptions of varying scale. The venue provides comprehensive event services in-house: catering menus span formal plated dinners, buffet packages, hors d'oeuvre and signature stations, rehearsal dinners, and holiday luncheons, with linens, china, tables, chairs, and event coordination all included. Orlando's proudly supports all couples and families in celebrating life's milestones.

• Spaces for 36-465 Guests
• 2 Restaurants
• 7 Museums
• 7 Total Spaces

The Saint Louis Art Museum occupies a landmark Beaux Arts building in Forest Park, designed by architect Cass Gilbert and distinguished by Roman arches, vaulted ceilings, and classical sculpture. A modern East Building by David Chipperfield, characterized by open, light-filled contemporary architecture, complements the historic structure and expands the museum's event footprint. Together, the two buildings offer venues ranging from an intimate private dining room for 36 to the 7,500-square-foot Sculpture Hall, which receives up to 400 guests for cocktail receptions. Private events are held in six distinct spaces, including the skylit Grigg Gallery with its parquet floors and collection of Max Beckmann paintings, the Panorama Restaurant overlooking Forest Park, the state-of-the-art Farrell Auditorium seating 465, and the flexible Education Center. Catering is provided exclusively by SLAM Events, sourcing ingredients from local farmers and artisan producers.

• Spaces for 8-150 Guests
• 2 Bars
• 7 Hotels
• 7 Total Spaces

The Moonrise Hotel is a space-themed boutique hotel on the world-famous Delmar Loop in St. Louis, Missouri. Its celestial design concept carries through the common areas, guest rooms, and event spaces — from fiber optic star ceilings and LED-lit stairways to dramatic accent walls and custom artwork — creating a distinctive atmosphere for private events and celebrations. The hotel's event portfolio spans seven distinct spaces. The 8th-floor Twilight Room offers an all-season indoor/outdoor experience under a glass solar panel roof, with a fiber optic star-covered ceiling and capacity for up to 120 reception guests. Adjacent is the open-air Rooftop Garden Bar, a 2,300-square-foot solar-powered venue with St. Louis skyline views, available April through October and accommodating up to 150 guests for a full buyout. On the lobby level, the Gemini Room's 1,200 square feet can seat 80 guests banquet-style or hold 125 for a cocktail reception, and divides into two smaller spaces for more intimate gatherings. The Apollo 8 and Apollo 11 rooms offer settings for receptions, dinners, and meetings up to 100 guests, while the Eclipse Lounge provides a semi-private bar setting for receptions of up to 40.

• Spaces for 500 Guests
• 1 Landmark
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 space at this venue

World's Fair Pavilion is a Mission Revival-style open-air shelter perched atop Government Hill in Forest Park, St. Louis. Built in 1909 with proceeds from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the pavilion overlooks a fountain and reflecting pool added in 1930 — a setting that has drawn receptions, company picnics, benefits, and special events for over a century. The covered pavilion floor spans 109 feet by 51 feet and accommodates approximately 500 seated guests. North and south patio areas extend the event footprint on either side of the building, while a catering area at the west end provides water access and electrical service. Accessible restrooms are available on-site, and 15 trash receptacles are included with rental. After significant deterioration, Forest Park Forever raised $1.1 million to fully restore the structure in 1998, returning it to its original architectural character. The pavilion is available by permit through the City of St. Louis Parks Department, with reservations handled in person up to 18 months in advance.

• Spaces for 350 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Event Space

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish Center is a Catholic parish event facility in South St. Louis County, Missouri. The parish center's banquet hall was renovated in 2024 and accommodates between 30 and 350 guests, making it a flexible option for weddings, receptions, anniversary and birthday celebrations, showers, reunions, and private gatherings. The space features a divisible layout that scales to the size of the event, with carpeted floors, dimmable chandeliers, round tables with linens seating up to ten, and upholstered chairs. A large dance floor suits live bands or DJs, and full-service bar options are available alongside multiple catering arrangements. A dedicated events coordinator manages facility reservations and can schedule site tours through the parish office.

• Spaces for 50 Guests

Cabanne House sits in a wooded setting near the Union Avenue entrance to Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri. The current Second Empire-style structure was completed in 1876 from plans drawn by architect James H. McNamara, and the site traces its history to 1819, when Jean Pierre Cabanne built the first brick farmhouse west of the Mississippi River here. Inside, the house features fourteen-foot ceilings, tall windows, decorative marble mantels, and mid-Victorian architectural details set against manicured grounds. The house is well suited for intimate wedding celebrations, bridal showers, baby showers, birthday parties, corporate gatherings, and private parties. Events can take the form of family-style indoor dinners, cake-and-cocktail receptions, or outdoor tent dinners with dancing on the grounds.

• Spaces for 300 Guests

• Spaces for 80-200 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 4 Historic Spaces
• 4 Total Spaces

Tower Grove Park is a 289-acre National Historic Landmark in St. Louis — one of only seven parks in the country to hold that distinction, alongside Central Park and Boston Public Garden. Its Victorian landscape, roughly 7,000 trees, and collection of historic structures have shaped it into one of the region's most distinctive settings for weddings and private celebrations. Four dedicated venues span the full range of event styles. The Piper Palm House, a Victorian conservatory with a soaring ceiling, stately windows, and towering palms, overlooks the park's historic lily ponds and accommodates up to 200 guests. The Stupp Center — the park's newest event building, designed to echo the surrounding pavilion architecture — features an octagonal room, adjacent lounge, and catering kitchen for gatherings of up to 80. The Music Stand, an 1872 outdoor pavilion ringed by bronze busts of composers, seats approximately 200 for open-air ceremonies. The Ruins, assembled from fire-scorched blocks of the 1867 Lindell Hotel, offer an atmospheric outdoor setting for ceremonies and elopements of up to 100 guests. All food and beverage is coordinated through the park's select group of preferred caterers.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Built in 1878, the Piper Palm House is the oldest standing greenhouse west of the Mississippi River and one of Tower Grove Park's most historically significant landmarks. Situated in St. Louis, the conservatory's soaring ceilings, stately arched windows, and towering palm trees provide a striking setting for weddings, receptions, corporate events, and private celebrations. The main event space accommodates up to 150 guests for a seated reception or 200 for a standing cocktail event. Round tables, linens, a mic and speaker system, and a dedicated venue assistant are included with each rental. Just outside the front doors, the refurbished Stupp Plaza overlooks historic lily ponds and offers an additional outdoor gathering area for larger groups. The venue works with a curated list of preferred caterers, and both ceremony-only and ceremony-plus-reception packages are available throughout the year.

• Spaces for 600 Guests

Saint Cecilia Catholic Church is a parish in South St. Louis that hosts wedding ceremonies and quinceañera celebrations in its sanctuary. The church serves the Hispanic community of St. Louis and coordinates sacramental celebrations for families throughout the region. Wedding ceremonies are available on Saturday mornings and afternoons, as well as Friday evenings. Each booking includes three hours of facility access. The church provides a furnished, air-conditioned reception room with full kitchen access — including refrigerators, microwaves, and restrooms — for use before or after the ceremony. A bridal room is available to the wedding party in the hours leading up to the event. A dedicated wedding coordinator supports couples through the planning process, and the church's music program offers ceremony music services through its Music Director.

Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel St. Louis offers event spaces for your next celebration in St. Louis, Missouri.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

The Mahler Ballroom is a historic event venue in St. Louis's Central West End. The current building dates to 1907 and traces its roots to a dance academy established on the site in 1860. Following a full restoration in 2018, the 16,000-square-foot space now welcomes weddings, corporate events, birthday and anniversary celebrations, fashion shows, proms, and charity benefits, while retaining its Victorian character — including 24-foot ceilings, a wrap-around balcony with rococo moldings, and designer furnishings by artists such as Christopher Guy and Michael Amini. Wedding packages include access to the wrap-around mezzanine with cocktail-style seating, an outdoor patio, and dedicated suites for the couple's event-day preparation. The ballroom also features a bar with a cascading waterfall element, and the venue works with a curated list of preferred caterers for all on-site events.