Top Monkton Venues

While many come to Sugarbush in the winter for some of the best resort skiing & riding in the east, that's just a small part of what this Vermont snow mountain community has to offer. Sugarbush is located in the scenic Mad River Valley of Vermont, a working landscape that is home to pasture-raised meat, dairy, and vegetable farms with celebrated producers such as Von Trapp Farmstead artisan cheese, American Flatbread, and Lawson’s Finest Liquids craft brewery. Home to the Long Trail and Mad River Glen cooperative ski area. Whether you are planning a weddings, meetings or looking for a unique group destination, Sugarbush is home to the best of what Vermont has to offer. When it comes to destination event venues, no matter the size of your event or your particular vision, Sugarbush Resort has a range of offerings to suit your needs. Sugarbush Resort prides itself on working with our clients to gain a great understanding of your needs and objectives and will help design a one-of-a-kind event tailored specifically for you and your attendees.

Welcome to The Harborvale, an Autograph Collection hotel in downtown Burlington, VT! Guests staying with us will be encouraged to embrace the adventure of travel and experiences from our prime downtown location. Whether this be by taking one of our complimentary bicycles along the Lake Champlain Greenway or walking up to the famed Church Street Marketplace to explore our local shops, vendors, and restaurants, our cherished guests will experience the vey best that Vermont has to offer. Our accommodations, complimented with a warm and welcoming atmosphere, offer well-lit, windowed spaces and comfort to work, play, entertain, and relax. The Harborvale boasts over 3,000 square feet of windowed event space & a beautiful 10,000 square foot outdoor terrace venue. With 161 well-appointed guest rooms, we aim to offer every guest an experience that leaves them refreshed & inspired. Our onsite restaurant and bar, offers a unique dining experience serving both in-house guests and the Burlington community. Our dining room provides sustainable, local, and seasonal cuisine in an elevated and sophisticated setting.

• Spaces for 120-150 Guests

The Community Sailing Center is a community-based nonprofit organization providing access, education, and recreation on Lake Champlain for almost 8,000 people annually. The new Community Waterfront Center is a vital hub on the shores of the lake where community members and visitors to Burlington gather to play and learn on the lake together. We engage our community with the lake through a wide range of educational and recreational programs that extend an open invitation to everyone regardless of age, gender, race, physical ability, or the means to pay. Our Signature Programs are specially designed for students, at-risk youth, women and girls, and individuals with disabilities, enabling underserved populations to access and take ownership of Lake Champlain. Our educational programs engage students in lake ecology and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) using sailing, place-based and experiential learning to meet the needs of local schools and their students. Additionally, our beautiful waterfront facility, constructed in 2017, is available to our community to rent for gatherings and events. Celebrate your special occasion in this purpose-built, zero-energy building and support our mission to provide lake access, recreation, and education for all!

• Spaces for 165-200 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Park

Common Ground Center is a nonprofit retreat and camp facility set on a 473-acre property in Starksboro, Vermont, about 30 minutes from Burlington. The grounds include forests, open fields, hiking trails, and a two-acre swimming pond, with views of the Hogback and Green Mountains — a backdrop couples often plan around, with many choosing September or October dates for Vermont's fall foliage. For weddings, couples can use the Hay Barn, a renovated barn with exposed beams and a cathedral-like feel for indoor ceremonies; the Dining Hall, the largest facility on site, which seats up to 165 guests and features a bamboo dance floor and a screened porch for cocktail hour; and open fields that accommodate up to 200 ceremony guests. The Eco-Lodge offers a year-round option well suited to small winter weddings. Overnight guests can stay across the property in twenty off-grid cabins, tent platforms, or the Eco-Lodge's eight private-bath guestrooms. A fully equipped commercial kitchen and wood-fired brick oven give couples the flexibility to hire their own caterer. The site is 100% solar-powered, and Common Ground Center — a nonprofit multi-age arts, education, and outdoor recreation center — also hosts youth camps, family camps, and retreats throughout the year.

• Spaces for 165 Guests
• 1 Barn

Sleepy Hollow Inn Ski, Bike Center & Barn is an 880-acre property in Huntington, Vermont, about 30 minutes from Burlington in the Green Mountains, with views of Camel's Hump. At its center is a distinctive 17-sided round barn with hardwood floors, soaring beams, and 34 windows that fill the space with natural light, making it suited to both barn weddings and other private celebrations. The Round Barn hosts up to 165 guests, with its hardwood floor open for dancing throughout the space and a sound system that reaches the adjoining Pavilion. Couples can hold ceremonies inside the barn, under the covered 40'x40' Pavilion, or outdoors at a seven-sided gazebo beside the property's pond. The venue follows an open vendor policy, and 100% of the electricity used for weddings comes from solar power. Beyond the wedding spaces, the property includes an eight-bedroom Inn that sleeps up to 22 guests, a Butternut Cabin, and camping in Molly's Meadow with four lean-tos. Guests can also take advantage of the property's recreational trails, including groomed Nordic ski and snowshoe trails and mountain biking single track.

• Spaces for 24-200 Guests
• 1 Bar
• 1 Outdoor
• 3 Total Spaces

Shelburne Vineyard planted its first grapes in 1998 on the east shore of Lake Champlain, in what locals call Vermont's "banana belt" — a near sea-level stretch of the Champlain Valley warm enough to sustain cold-climate winemaking. The working vineyard's grounds, with sweeping views toward the water and vines running down to a great lawn, set the backdrop for weddings, rehearsal dinners, showers, and other private gatherings. Guests are typically hosted in the Tasting Room, a 806-square-foot space centered on an elegant cherry tasting bar built from wood grown on nearby Shelburne Farms, with French doors opening onto flagstone patios and vineyard views. A separate loft overlooks the tasting room and offers a smaller, more intimate space for seated dinners or standing receptions. From late spring through early fall, the outdoor patio and lawn extend the celebration further into the vines, with tented capacity available through Vermont Tent Company. Shelburne Vineyard's events team works directly with hosts to plan weddings, corporate events, fundraisers, and holiday parties, and can accommodate catered dining throughout the property.

• Spaces for 16-650 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 7 Outdoor Spaces
• 18 Total Spaces

For more than 140 years, Basin Harbor has been shaped by five generations of the Beach family, beginning in 1882 when Ardelia Beach opened her farmhouse on the shores of Lake Champlain to visitors seeking an escape from the city. What began as a working farm grew, under Allen Penfield Beach, into a full resort with cottages, a golf course, a dance hall, and an airfield — additions that still define the property today. Set on the Vermont shoreline with views across Lake Champlain to the Adirondack Mountains, Basin Harbor now offers dining at Ardelia's restaurant, an 18-hole golf course, a boat club, and lakeside recreation alongside more than a dozen indoor and outdoor event spaces. Waterfront lawns, a tented dock, and historic rooms host everything from intimate dinners to weddings and group events for 300 or more guests, with rain contingency planning and on-site lodging in inn rooms, cottages, and private houses supporting multi-day celebrations.

• Spaces for 16-50 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 3 Total Spaces

West Hill House B&B is a historic 1850s farmhouse turned Vermont inn set on nine peaceful acres in Warren, in the state's Green Mountains. Nine guest rooms are joined by "The Commons" — three spacious shared rooms — along with gardens, meadows, ponds, and wooded grounds that create a quiet, secluded backdrop for gatherings. Owned and run by innkeepers Eric and Teresa Meadow, the inn is a member of Select Registry and the Association of Lodging Professionals, and has received TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice award each year from 2020 through 2025. For weddings and private events, the property's Handsome Red Barn and surrounding outdoor settings — a gazebo, gardens, meadows, and pond-side spots — host elopements, micro-weddings for up to 16 guests, and intimate weddings, receptions, and dinners for up to 50. In-house catering is available for smaller groups of 6 to 18, while the Handsome Red Barn accommodates larger stand-up receptions or seated dinners for up to 50 guests, with round or rectangular table setups and space for dancing. The same barn space converts to a retreat and meeting venue for groups of up to 24, complete with WiFi and projection equipment, while the B&B's boardroom, Sun Room, and covered Garden Terrace offer additional space for smaller meetings and gatherings.

• Spaces for 65-150 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Bar
• 4 Total Spaces

The Middlebury Inn has anchored the village green in Middlebury, Vermont since 1827, when Nathan Wood opened it as the Vermont Hotel. Renamed the Addison House in 1852 and substantially renovated under Allen Calhoun beginning in 1897, the property reopened as The Middlebury Inn in 1927 and has operated continuously for more than 180 years. The adjacent Porter Mansion, an 1825 brick home with a curved staircase and marble fireplaces, joined the inn in 1941 and holds nine Victorian guest rooms, while twenty modern annex units followed in 1968. Set in the heart of the Champlain Valley overlooking Middlebury's town green, the inn pairs its historic character — antique grandfather clocks, carved mantelpieces, and Victorian-accented guest rooms — with amenities including Morgan's Tavern restaurant, Waterfalls Day Spa, a business center, and complimentary fitness center access. For events, the inn offers the Founder's Room, a high-ceiling ballroom with crown molding and a working marbled fireplace overlooking the town square, along with an outdoor courtyard nestled between two of its historic buildings — settings suited to weddings, elopements, corporate meetings, and private celebrations.

• Spaces for 16-250 Guests
• 1 Barn
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 Meeting Space

The West Monitor Barn is a historic post-and-beam dairy barn on the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps' (VYCC) campus in Richmond, Vermont. VYCC acquired and restored the barn in 2005, and it now serves as the campus's primary rental venue, hosting celebrations, meetings, and conferences on a limited basis from late August through October. The barn's third-floor reception space, the Hay Mow, measures roughly 49 by 59.5 feet and accommodates up to 150 guests. It opens onto a private back deck and back field, and includes a prep kitchen, WiFi, a projector and screen, and use of round tables and chairs. A main lobby with elevator and stairs leads up to the space, and an on-site lot holds up to 40 vehicles. For smaller gatherings, the ground-floor Conservation Room seats up to 16 people around its meeting tables and is available November through April, with a Smart TV and whiteboards on hand for presentations. Proceeds from renting the West Monitor Barn support VYCC's youth development and conservation programming, which has trained young people in hands-on conservation and agricultural work since 1985.

• Spaces for 200 Guests
• 1 Barn
• 1 Historic Space

The Inn at Round Barn Farm is a historic wedding venue and bed & breakfast set on 45 acres in Vermont's Mad River Valley. Its centerpiece, the Round Barn, was built in 1910 as a dairy barn and is one of only five remaining round barns in the state, now restored to host weddings, concerts, and private events across its Milking Parlor and Hayloft levels. The property's certified organic vegetable gardens supply the in-house Round Barn Culinary Team for farm-to-table dining, while the surrounding grounds of ponds, meadows, and gardens offer a backdrop for outdoor ceremonies and cocktail hours through every season, including a snow-covered winter setting. Guests can extend their stay in the Inn's 12 guest rooms, each individually decorated, with breakfast, afternoon cookies, and evening hors d'oeuvres included. The Inn at Round Barn Farm hosts only one wedding reception at a time, and its event coordinating team oversees planning from booking through the event.

• Spaces for 250-300 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 1 space at this venue

Champlain Valley Alpacas is a family-owned, 80-acre working farm in the Green Mountains of Vermont, run by the same family since 1998, where alpacas and grass-fed beef cattle are raised alongside a small vineyard. In 2011 the family opened the Vermont Wedding Barn, a do-it-yourself event venue seating up to 300 guests for weddings, proms, quinceañeras, birthday parties, anniversaries, and other celebrations. Couples choose their ceremony setting from options that include an open field or the property's own vineyard, both with views of the Adirondacks, and can decorate under a Pagoda-style redwood arbor or a rustic Adirondack-style arbor. The barn itself comes pre-lit with soft white string lighting and includes a contained bar area and a separate DJ or band space, along with round and rectangular tables and up to 250 complimentary white chairs. A signature feature of a Champlain Valley Alpacas wedding is the farm's alpaca herd, which guests can meet and photograph, including the venue's "Running of the Alpacas" moment. Wedding parties are given access to the property for four days — Thursday and Friday for setup and rehearsal, Saturday for the event, and Sunday for cleanup — and the bride and bridesmaids can stay overnight in the property's complimentary Poolside Cottage.

• Spaces for 450 Guests

Higher Ground is a live music venue in South Burlington, Vermont, presenting touring and local acts across genres from indie and folk to rock, reggae, and electronic music through its Higher Ground Presents concert series. The venue is built around two rooms, the Ballroom and the Showcase Lounge, supported by three full-service bars — two in the Ballroom and one in the Showcase Lounge — pouring a selection of domestic and craft beer, cider, wine, and spirits. Beyond concerts, Higher Ground opens its rooms for private events, having hosted occasions ranging from full-service seated banquets to small birthday parties, with rental rates varying by day of week and season. On-site catering is handled by Encore Catering, available both on and off premises.

• Spaces for 32-800 Guests
• 6 Ballrooms
• 1 Event Space
• 3 Meeting Spaces

The Dudley H. Davis Center is the University of Vermont's central conference and event venue in Burlington, Vermont, built in 2007 as a 186,000-square-foot, environmentally conscious facility. Vaulted ceilings trimmed in local maple wood and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Green Mountains or Lake Champlain give the building its character. The center holds four ballrooms, more than seven meeting rooms, and additional smaller spaces, giving planners a range of room sizes for conferences, meetings, and campus gatherings. Rentals include tables and chairs, standard AV equipment such as podiums, microphones, projectors, and screens, flipcharts and whiteboards, and free WiFi for guests, with events able to draw on UVM Dining's catering services. The Davis Center sits on UVM's campus close to Burlington's Church Street Marketplace, Lake Champlain, and the Green Mountains.

• Spaces for 12-35 Guests
• 1 Restaurant

E.B. Strong's Prime Steakhouse is Vermont's first USDA Prime Steak House, located on Church Street in downtown Burlington. The restaurant serves USDA Prime Grade steaks, a distinction earned by less than 2% of the beef produced in the United States, alongside fresh seafood and a wine list drawn from both well-known and lesser-known producers across the New and Old World; wine lockers are available by request. For private gatherings, E.B. Strong's offers the Mezzanine, a semi-private room off the main dining room that accommodates 10 to 12 guests and offers privacy and distance from the rest of the dining room. Multi-course dinner menu options are available for guests booking the space. Larger groups can be hosted in The Cellar at E.B. Strong's, the restaurant's dedicated event space. E.B. Strong's is owned by Tim Halvorson, whose family also operates its sister restaurant, Halvorson's Upstreet Cafe, on the top block of the Church Street Marketplace.

• Spaces for 200-250 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Resort
• 1 Waterfront

The Ponds at Bolton Valley is one of two wedding venues at Bolton Valley Resort, tucked into Vermont's Green Mountains about 30 minutes from Burlington. Described by the resort as its classic and quintessential Vermont wedding venue, the space overlooks a spring-fed pond and takes in panoramic mountain views, with a rustic reception building that comfortably accommodates up to 200 guests. Ceremonies take place beneath a decorated arbor by the water, with an indoor setup available as a backup for inclement weather, and the property is available the day before for a coordinated rehearsal. Reception packages run five hours and include tables, chairs, linens, place settings, glassware, and flatware, alongside a day-of wedding coordinator and a complimentary tasting ahead of the big day. Couples celebrating at The Ponds can also add on resort amenities such as scenic lift rides, mountain biking, disc golf, and a golf simulator, along with seasonal offerings like skiing and snowshoeing, making it a setting for weddings across every season, from winter to fall.

• Spaces for 35-120 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 1 Bar
• 1 Outdoor

Halvorson's Upstreet Cafe has been owned and operated by the Halvorson family for over 40 years on the top block of Burlington, Vermont's Church Street Marketplace. The restaurant is known for its casual atmosphere and beautiful outdoor seating in the heart of downtown Burlington. Behind the cafe, just off Church Street, Halvorson's operates a private event space open year-round. The rental includes up to four areas: an open-air courtyard framed by an ivy-covered brick wall, a built-in bar, and two adjacent indoor rooms suited for dining, activities, cocktail hours, or presentations. The space accommodates up to 35 guests seated or 120 guests standing, with the restaurant's professional staff on hand to handle event details. Each summer, Halvorson's also hosts the Courtyard Music Series, a run of evenings featuring local music and beverages in the courtyard, with proceeds benefiting Vermont nonprofits.

• Spaces for 110-150 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 1 Farm

The Intervale Center sits on 180 Intervale Road in Burlington, Vermont, a floodplain landscape along the Winooski River that the nonprofit has shaped into farmland, gardens, and public trails. At the heart of the property is a rustic barn dating to the 1860s, renovated and set on two landscaped acres with gardens, a willow tree, and a frog pond, about a mile from downtown Burlington. The Community Barn hosts weddings and celebrations from mid-May through mid-October, seating up to 110 guests indoors or up to 200 with an outdoor tent. Tables, chairs, a portable PA system, bistro lighting, and on-site staff support are included with the rental, and a charcoal grill is available for licensed caterers. The Intervale Center itself is open to the public 365 days a year, with recreational trails running along the Winooski River toward the Ethan Allen Homestead for biking, birding, walking, and winter skiing. Proceeds from barn rentals support the organization's work building a local food economy in Burlington.

• Spaces for 100-200 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 2 Event Spaces
• 2 Total Spaces

Bolton Valley is a year-round mountain resort in Vermont's Green Mountains, roughly 30 minutes from downtown Burlington and Lake Champlain, set among more than 5,000 acres of high mountain forest. Founded in 1966 by Ralph DesLauriers, the resort has remained family-owned for nearly six decades and is now managed by four of his children alongside a dedicated team. For weddings and private events, Bolton Valley offers two mountain venues: The Ponds, a classic outdoor ceremony and reception site overlooking a spring-fed pond with panoramic mountain views, and Timberline Lodge, the resort's newer venue with a slope-side ceremony site, an attached patio, and a reception area with panoramic mountain views. Both venues include tables, chairs, linens, and a day-of wedding coordinator, and host ceremonies and receptions across all four seasons. Couples and guests can extend their celebration with the resort's amenities, including indoor and outdoor pools, a sauna and hot tub, scenic lift rides, mountain biking, disc golf, a golf simulator, tennis and pickleball courts, and skiing and snowboarding in winter.