Top Novelty Venues

• Spaces for 40-75 Guests
• 3 Outdoor Spaces
• 3 Parks

The West Woods is a 956-acre park in Russell and Newbury Townships protecting the sandstone ledges of Ansel's Cave, Silver Creek and its watershed, extensive wetlands, and mature forest along ten trails totaling more than eight miles. Operated by Geauga Park District, the property is a wooded, naturally scenic setting for gatherings that call for a rustic backdrop. For private events, the park's main indoor space is the Lewis & Ruth Affelder House, a lodge built in 1955 and donated to the park district in 1994. The house features floor-to-ceiling windows, a stone fireplace, and a patio overlooking the surrounding woods, with a large gathering room downstairs and a small loft above. It seats up to 40 guests and includes free WiFi, a 55" smart TV, and a kitchenette with refrigerator, microwave, and coffee maker. The West Woods also offers Deer Run Shelter and Turkey Ridge Shelter, two open-air picnic shelters that each accommodate up to 75 guests and include picnic tables, electrical outlets, a grill, and nearby restrooms — suited to larger outdoor gatherings and reunions.

• Spaces for 28-1,000 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 4 Meeting Spaces

** PLEASE CONTACT THE VENUE DIRECTLY ** Tinkham Veale University Center is built for planners who need a venue that can handle complex events with ease. TVUC supports multi-day, multi-room conferences, summits, symposia, expos, lectures, and corporate programs with flexible spaces, breakout room options, and modular layouts. Built-in A/V and included basic equipment make presentations, panels, and keynote sessions easier to execute. In-house catering simplifies food, beverage, setup, and service, while including tables and chairs reduces the need for outside rentals. Guests benefit from nearby parking options, including an attached underground garage. Eligible groups may qualify for discounts, and select events can gain visibility from the university campus's energy and foot traffic.

• Spaces for 30-200 Guests
• 2 Event Spaces
• 1 Meeting Space

Breakthrough Sounds is a sleek, full-service media production studio and event space located in Cleveland, Ohio. Designed by creatives for professionals and artists alike. Our 4,500-square-foot facility provides an inspiring environment for recording sessions, visual media production, and live events of all kinds. From music and podcasts to photography, videography, and private functions; we offer the tools, technology, and expertise to help bring any vision to life. Our team of skilled engineers, producers, and studio managers are dedicated to delivering top-tier service and a seamless creative experience. Conveniently located just ten minutes from Downtown Cleveland, we’re easily accessible from both the east and west sides of the city.

• Spaces for 200-300 Guests
• 2 Event Spaces

Sapphire Creek is designed to connect people with art and nature while enjoying fabulous food, amazing wine and craft beer and cocktails. Imagine driving up a winding drive through mature Oak woodlands and over a meandering stream, to a rustic-modern winery for your private, unique event. Sapphire Creek Winery & Gardens seamlessly integrates the outdoors into its venue with its glass-based design and fully-integrated outdoor spaces. The expansive windows bestow natural light and unparalleled, sweeping woodland views. The gardens designed, installed and maintained by The Ohio Valley Group, beckon everyone who visits to enjoy the stunning and ever-changing outdoor spaces.

• Spaces for 75-150 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 2 Event Spaces
• 1 Meeting Space

Set within the lively Pinecrest district, Saucy Brew Works Pinecrest offers a modern, energetic setting that blends a craft brewery, coffeehouse, and event space into one seamless experience. Designed with a contemporary industrial aesthetic, the venue features expansive windows, flexible layouts, and a semi-private event space with a dedicated bar, making it ideal for corporate gatherings, social celebrations, and private parties. Guests enjoy award-winning New Haven-style a pizza, craft beer, and specialty coffee, all within a dynamic atmosphere that supports both casual and elevated events.

• Spaces for 70-250 Guests
• 2 Event Spaces
• 2 Venues with Activities

Whether you’re planning a social celebration or a corporate gathering, let Pinstripes make your event extraordinary. We pride ourselves on the commitment to providing an experience that is memorable and simply unique!

Your vision Our space Discover the ultimate event experience at DCB Spaces, where your vision becomes reality! Nestled in the vibrant Beachwood, Ohio suburbs, DCB Spaces LLC offers a premier event venue perfect for both corporate and private events. Conveniently accessible from highways 271 and 480, our 2000 sq ft space is designed to accommodate a variety of functions, providing an elegant and versatile setting adjacent to DRESSCODE Boutique and Ashton’s Corner Kids Clothing Boutique. ​ At DCB Spaces LLC, we pride ourselves on our state-of-the-art amenities, including complimentary WiFi, a VIP seating area, a small kitchen area, a dance floor, a unisex restroom, and wheelchair accessibility. Our venue is ideal for everything from professional meetings and corporate gatherings to intimate private celebrations and community events. ​ Choose DCB Spaces LLC for your next event and enjoy a sophisticated atmosphere, exceptional service, and the convenience of a prime location in Beachwood, Ohio.

• Spaces for 600 Guests

Signature of Solon Country Club is a private golf and lifestyle club set on 600 acres in Solon, Ohio. At the center of the property is an 85,000-square-foot contemporary clubhouse that serves as the hub for member dining, socializing, and private events — accommodating corporate gatherings, holiday parties, weddings, and milestone celebrations throughout the year. Event spaces inside the clubhouse include indoor banquet rooms and outdoor areas that overlook the golf course, with 15-foot ceilings and panoramic windows. All-inclusive packages cover tables, chairs, linens, setup and teardown, and a dedicated event coordinator. The emerald golf course, manicured grounds, and lakeside setting offer a scenic backdrop for outdoor ceremonies and post-event portraits. The club's in-house events team works with clients on customized menus and day-of logistics. The property also features a championship course designed by Craig Schreiner, a fitness center, an outdoor pool, and terraces with views of the fairways and lakes.

• Spaces for 8-40 Guests
• 2 Hotels
• 2 Ballrooms

Solon features the gorgeous scenery of northeast Ohio, the bargain shopping of an outlet town and the fantastic access to culture that only a Cleveland suburb could boast. Stay at the Hampton Inn Cleveland-Solon, and take advantage of it all. We offer a variety of amenities to enjoy including complimentary hot breakfast, free property wide Wi-Fi, an indoor pool and business center. Whether it’s a small corporate meeting, social gathering or celebration our team is ready to make your next event a seamless one. While you're here, make sure to get out onto our parks system or see the zoo or botanical gardens. Then swing through our downtown to enjoy the city's unique dining and when you're ready for some big-city fun, Cleveland is just a few miles away. The Hampton Inn Cleveland-Solon: the place to relax your own pace.

• Spaces for 50-200 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Event Spaces

Sun Valley… a lovely oasis in a metropolitan city. This locally owned and managed property is an elegant backdrop for formal gatherings or casual celebrations. The airy, modern, boutique venue is designed for an easy flow of seated dinners and standing social events in a cozy private hideaway. Sitting on 25 acres, we are the perfect location for your dream wedding. Enjoy your ceremony surrounded by lush greenery and stunning views. Celebrate your reception outdoors under bistro lights or indoors in our open and inviting dining room, which boasts a neutral palette and handcrafted details.

Northfield Park Racino offers gaming, dining, live entertainment, and year-round racing in Northfield, Ohio. Enjoy 1,600+ VLTs, a sportsbook, live concerts, free parking, and some of the best restaurants, right next to the Northfield Park Racetrack. Guests can dine at Valley's Edge Steak & Seafood, Concerto Italian Kitchen, Overtime Grill & Bar, or The Buffet. Live music and comedy acts perform regularly at Center Stage and The Neon Room. Located just off I-271, the Northfield Park Racetrack hosts more than 200 live harness racing nights per year, with simulcast racing drawing fans from Cleveland, Akron, and beyond. Sign up for Northfield Park Rewards and enjoy more offers, more perks, and more fun. Visit Northfield Park casino and racetrack for exciting gaming, live racing action, and great dining. Be sure to explore some of the popular restaurants in Northfield, Ohio during your visit.

• Spaces for 40-2,000 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 6 Museums
• 12 Total Spaces

At the Cleveland Museum of Art, we believe every event can be custom-made and memorable. From private to public, intimate to grand, personal to corporate, we create flawless, one-of-a-kind events, surrounded by world-class art. While perusing the seasonal menus, you are encouraged to select from any of our exceptional items to create your own custom menu design. Our artful creativity and passion for fine locally-grown food makes it possible to tailor made-from-scratch menus, featuring the best seasonal ingredients. Under the leadership of Chef Douglas Katz, our culinary team seeks out local growers and producers, procuring the freshest regional food available to ensure that we serve only the best at your event. We do all the work so you don’t have to.

• Spaces for 75 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Park

Bessie Benner Metzenbaum Park is a natural park managed by the Geauga Park District in Chester Township, Geauga County, Ohio. The park preserves a rich mosaic of habitats — mature beech-maple woodlands, conifer plantations, a 140-foot sandstone knoll, wetland areas fed by Griswold Creek, and the remnants of an abandoned orchard — that together attract a wide variety of wildlife throughout the seasons. Three trails wind through the park, totaling 1.15 miles, including two paved accessible pathways and one primitive trail suited to more adventurous visitors. For outdoor gatherings, the park offers the Wisteria Hill Shelter, an open-air pavilion set within the woodland landscape. The shelter accommodates up to 75 guests and is equipped with picnic tables, electrical outlets, and a grill, with reservations available through the Geauga Park District.

• Spaces for 132 Guests
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Park

The Rookery is a 594-acre Geauga Park District preserve in Munson Township, set within a former glacial lakebed of open marshes, swamp forest, and abandoned river oxbows along the Chagrin River. The park is also home to one of Geauga County's nesting colonies of Great Blue Heron, along with beech-maple and red-maple forests that shelter Wood Thrush, Veery, and a native population of endangered Ohio brook trout. At the center of the park, the Great Blue Heron Lodge offers a reservable indoor gathering space for up to 132 guests, furnished with twelve picnic tables and four serving tables. The lodge features a wood-burning fireplace, electrical outlets, and seasonal heat for cooler-weather reservations, making it suited to everything from family celebrations to community gatherings. Outside, guests have access to a charcoal grill, with restrooms located in a separate building nearby. Two trails wind through the property — the paved Woodcock Trail and the gravel Interurban Trail, tracing a former rail line — offering scenic surroundings for guests to explore before or after an event at the lodge.

• Spaces for 48 Guests
• 1 Park

Sunnybrook Preserve Lodge is a reservable event lodge within Geauga Park District's Sunnybrook Preserve, a 73-acre natural sanctuary in Chester Township, Ohio. The preserve was maintained for horticultural purposes for much of the 20th century and now harbors unique wetlands — including a rare fen fed by alkaline, mineral-rich groundwater — along with four trails totaling 1.64 miles through conifer forests, ravines, and sedge meadows. The lodge accommodates up to 48 guests and includes electrical service. Bocce courts and a tetherball court are available on the grounds. Reservations are required at least three days in advance; amplified music, including speakers, DJs, and live bands, is not permitted on the premises.

• Spaces for 200-225 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Event Space
• 2 Total Spaces

Fowler's Mill Golf Course is a Pete Dye-designed championship golf facility set on scenic countryside in Chesterland, Ohio, about 30 minutes east of downtown Cleveland. Spanning 27 holes across three distinct nine-hole combinations — Lakes, River, and Maple — the course earned recognition from GolfWeek in 2021 as the best public golf course in Ohio. For private events, the facility centers on the Pete Dye Banquet Room, which hosts weddings, corporate outings, business meetings, and banquets for groups from 25 to 225 guests. The clubhouse is designed in the Western Reserve architectural style, with banquet room windows overlooking the course. Weddings have access to four ceremony settings: three outdoor locations on the course — including a lakeside site at Hole 4 with panoramic views and a rustic setting at Hole 12 — plus an indoor option for inclement weather. Outside vendors are permitted, and the venue provides in-house catering led by an executive chef.

• Spaces for 48-75 Guests
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Park

Frohring Meadows is a 298-acre Geauga Park District preserve in Bainbridge Township, Ohio. The land was donated in 1996 by Paul Frohring, and the former farmstead grounds now encompass a 100-acre restored tall-grass prairie alongside wetlands and woodlands. Two trails cover 3.5 miles of the property — the 2.8-mile Big Bluestem Trail on gravel and the 0.7-mile paved Dragonfly Trail — through habitat for dragonflies, butterflies, migrating shorebirds, and vernal-pool amphibians. The park's reservable event space is the Katydid Lodge, a wooden lodge the park district describes as a "beautiful wooden facility" suited for gatherings and work events. It is an enclosed space with a fireplace, electricity, and nearby restrooms; heat runs during cold-weather months. The lodge accommodates up to 48 guests and can be reserved from 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Adjacent to the lodge is the Pollinator Play Garden, opened in 2022 in partnership with the Foundation for Geauga Parks.

• Spaces for 30-48 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 2 Parks

Orchard Hills Park is a 237-acre Geauga Park District park in Chester Township, Ohio, set on land that operated as a golf course until 2007 and is now being restored to a mature beech-maple forest ecosystem with headwater streams and wetlands feeding the Chagrin River. Six trails totaling 3.6 miles wind past fields, ponds, and apple trees, and the grounds include an orchard-themed playground and a sledding hill for winter visits, making a naturally scenic backdrop for an outdoor gathering. The park offers two reservable event facilities. Orchard Hills Lodge pairs an enclosed section with an open-air area, welcoming up to 48 guests with picnic tables inside and out, electrical outlets, seasonal heat, a charcoal grill, and an outdoor fireplace. For smaller get-togethers, Pondside Shelter hosts up to 30 guests beside the water, reached by a short paved trail, with picnic tables, electrical outlets, a fireplace, and a grill. Facilities can be reserved from 8:30 AM to 11 PM, at least seven days in advance, online, by phone, or in person.

Landerhaven is the top Cleveland venue for your upcoming event, whether you're throwing the greatest party in town, getting married, or holding a business meeting. Driftwood Catering offers a wide range of event scheduling for weddings, rehearsal dinners, celebrations, business retreats, and more for customers who value hospitality that embraces even the smallest details. The lunch experience of your choice is included in every package: 5 hours of traditional bar service, coffee and tea service, tables, chairs, white china, glassware, flatware, simple tablecloths, napkins, setup personnel, service staff, cooks, manager, chef, service charge, and tax are included. The Bloomery is Driftwood Catering's Landerhaven-based flower design and décor company. Beautiful flowers are a specialty of The Bloomery, and they cater to all special occasions. The baking section of Driftwood Catering is called The Driftwood Baking Company, and it is situated in Landerhaven. Confections for all special events are The Driftwood Baking Company's specialty. The cost of wedding packages might vary depending on the number of attendees and the number of services. The easiest way to get a quote started is to get in touch with us directly once you know your target date and approximate guest count. We respond promptly and look forward to learning more about your plans!

• Spaces for 45-5,000 Guests
• 4 Outdoor Spaces
• 1 Theater
• 7 Total Spaces

Lake Metroparks Farmpark is a 235-acre working farm and educational center in Kirtland, Ohio, tracing its roots to 1831 when the property was first purchased for agricultural use. Dr. Leonard T. Skeggs later raised Polish Arabian horses on the land as Locust Farms before Lake Metroparks acquired the property in 1987 and opened it to the public in 1990. Today the farm is home to dairy cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, rabbits, horses, alpacas, and goats, alongside a plant science center and farm machinery exhibits, with horse- and tractor-drawn wagons carrying visitors across the grounds. The Sales and Corporate Services team hosts weddings, reunions, corporate picnics, seminars, and showers across several spaces, including a Theater, classrooms, a Cafe/Patio, a Courtyard, a covered Pavilion, an Atrium, and the open Festival Field, with capacities ranging from small meeting groups up to 5,000 for large gatherings. In-house caterers build custom breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus, and event planners can arrange wagon rides, tours, and entertainment to round out a celebration. The facility is fully wheelchair accessible, with ramps available for wagon boarding and interpreters available with advance notice.