Top Palos Verdes Estates Venues

• Spaces for 250 Guests
• 1 Event Space

Imagine flying in by private jet .... having the most fantastic celebration ... then flying out at the end of the evening without ever touching public space. All of this is possible at The MODERN. Uniquely perched on the top floor of The Sky Harbor Hangar, this 11,000 sq. ft event space is accessed by two private elevators. The Terrace enjoys an unparalleled exclusive view of the private jet runway at award winning Long Beach Airport. Uniquely modern and sophisticated. Design opportunities are endless. This venue was made for event planners or couples who have a crazy vision for design and want to run with it! Not only can this 11,000 square foot space be used for a lavish wedding. It can also be used for any event. THE SPACE - Our CENTER BAR is custom built out of warm tone wood and a white quartz stone top. It is strategically placed as a room divider between The Great Hall and Lounge. The bar back is dressed with mirror, glass and lights. - THE SALON CHANDELIER is uniquely made up of hundreds of lights and orbs that dance in the breeze. -Our LOUNGE includes cozy seating areas dressed with modern white furnishings. -The BRIDAL SUITE on the mezzanine floor overlooks The Salon. A French inspired suite with polished concrete floors, french doors, velvet furnishings, & chandeliers. The MODERN requires you use one of our preferred catering partners for your event and will not refer or allow catering services from outside caterers other than for special dietary, cultural, or religious reasons that our preferred Caterer does not customarily provide. The MODERN at its sole discretion, will determine if the outside caterer is adequate and capable of providing services that meet The MODERN’s high standards. There will also be additional fees for outside catering. -Facility Rental Fees are for a five hour event and include tables, modern molded white chairs, furnishings., staffing, and cleaning. -Vendors can arrive up to four hours prior to the event for setup and have an hour after event for clean up. -Onsite parking is included. -An additional fee for guest counts above 150 and security may be required.

• Spaces for 300 Guests

The versatility of the venue allows for many different layouts and welcomes any event. Whether you are looking to have your dream Wedding Ceremony and Reception, host a Fundraiser/Gala or Awards night, High School or College reunion, Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation party, Bar/Bat mitzvah or Meeting, the Marina City Club can accommodate them all.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

Our beautiful, creative space in Venice’s Marina Arts District is available for rentals for parties, exhibitions, film shoots, screenings, meetings, and other events both large and small. With a 2,000 square-foot indoor space and a large outdoor area, our venue is perfect for a daytime or nighttime indoor/outdoor event. Our gallery features polished concrete floors and a rollup door opening onto a large gated garden adorned with cafe lights and colorful plants. Light and airy with skylights throughout, Venice Arts is a fantastic location that will make your party, special event, exhibition, screening, workshop, or meeting fun and memorable. And you'll have the pleasure of knowing that your rental helps to support our free art mentoring programs for low-income youth.

• Spaces for 130 Guests

Larry’s Restaurant can help you throw any kind of event: from a birthday party to an office gathering. We will tailor the event for your needs and fit your budget.

Established in 1915 by Italian immigrant, Cesar Menotti, Townhouse is the oldest bar in Venice and one of the oldest bars in the Los Angeles area. Townhouse's live entertainment basement, The Del Monte, was a true speakeasy during Prohibition (1920-1933) and a night-life nucleus, serving many nefarious and infamous characters of the day, masked cleverly by Menotti's grocery store above. Underneath the rows of produce was a trap door and dumbwaiter that could bring down two guests at a time. Alcohol was brought in by boats from Canada and then smuggled via underground tunnels. Once Prohibition ended in 1933, a staircase was added. Today both floors serve hand-crafted cocktails from the golden age of drinking with classic bartending techniques and know-how and offer a fine library of world-class spirits, beer, and wine. The Del Monte features the crème de la crème of live entertainment including live music, djs, comedy and burlesque, five to seven nights per week.

• Spaces for 30-675 Guests
• 3 Ballrooms
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 7 Total Spaces

The Grand is a destination for weddings, meetings, and events of all occasions.

Located in the heart of the burgeoning Mar Vista neighborhood, accomplice, a neighborhood cocktail joint that offers a progressive beverage program along with food from accomplice co-owner/chef David Kuo’s Taiwanese and Chinese fare restaurant, Little Fatty.

• Spaces for 150-200 Guests
• 1 Event Space

Big Red Sun is a landscape and garden design studio, plant nursery, and lifestyle boutique based in Venice, California. The company provides a full range of services. Our studio and design center, which was originally located in downtown Austin, Texas, has now moved to a location just a few blocks from Venice Beach. As landscape and garden designers, we offer a wide range of services to commercial and residential clients. We also create interior and exterior commissions, floral and plant arrangements for special events, and boutique gathering and event spaces in both Venice, California, and Austin, Texas. Owner and principal designer, Selena Souders, along with her team of designers and construction crew, create and implement a variety of extraordinary landscape, hardscape, and gardening solutions for both residential and commercial spaces, starting with the initial design concept. The talents and experiences of our team are pooled together, and our work incorporates elements of philosophy, architecture, field botany, welding, floral design, and stone carving. Our magical oasis on Rose Avenue in Venice is fully stocked with a wide variety of signature vessels, plantings, succulents, and home/garden accessories to suit any style or budget.

• Spaces for 71 Guests
• 1 Theater

The Sepulveda Screening Room is a professional screening facility located at 1640 South Sepulveda Boulevard in West Los Angeles, operated by Screening Services Group under the direction of guild and studio projectionist Michael S. Hall, who brings more than 48 years of industry experience to the facility. The venue is part of a union-affiliated network ranked highest among small screening rooms by Variety magazine. The main theater seats 65 to 71 guests on stadium-style cushioned seats and supports an extensive range of professional formats including Dolby ATMOS, DCP 2D and 3D, 4K Christie DLP, Blu-ray, and HDCAM-SR, with a screen measuring up to 12'6" by 23'9". Additional rentable spaces include an art gallery and a patio available on evenings and weekends. The facility operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, and offers free Wi-Fi and underground parking.

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

Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook is a 58-acre California State Park perched at 420 feet elevation in Culver City, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. From the summit, panoramic views sweep across the Los Angeles Basin, the Pacific Ocean, the Santa Monica and San Gabriel Mountains, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula — a setting that makes it one of the most distinctive event venues in the region. The park's Visitor Center houses a glass-and-concrete pavilion, a native plant garden, a Skyline Terrace, a small theater, and a conference room — collectively accommodating gatherings from intimate meetings to receptions of up to 200 guests. The Pavilion and its adjacent outdoor spaces are available for weddings, corporate retreats, educational events, and cultural celebrations. Rentals include tables, chairs, and on-site parking. All food service must be provided by a licensed caterer, and the facility is fully accessible. Events at Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook are coordinated through the California State Parks special events office.

• Spaces for 100-200 Guests
• 1 Landmark
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Garden

In the context of its Southern California location, e Garden is a hybrid art form that combines traditional elements of Japanese garden design with contemporary elements. They had a shared love of the outdoors, and gardening in particular, drew them together. When it came to self-development, Loraine and Earl recognized the importance of travel, well-being, education, and art as a means of expression. They are reflected in the Garden and in other projects that they have funded, such as the CSULB International House, Miller Children's Hospital, and the ongoing work of The Earl B. and Loraine H. Miller Foundation, which they established in memory of their parents. At this time, we are unable to accommodate docent-led tours due to a lack of available space. When planning to visit the Garden during regular hours, groups of 15 or more people must contact the Garden in advance by phone (562) 985-8420 or email (jgcoordinators@csulb.edu), regardless of whether or not a docent-led tour is requested. A minimum of two weeks notice is required, and group visits may be subject to a fee if they are not pre-arranged. The specifics will be worked out between your group coordinator and the Garden's personnel.

• Spaces for 50-80 Guests
• 1 Restaurant

Palihotel Culver City is a boutique urban hotel designed for creative travelers of all ages coming to visit this iconic part of Los Angeles soaked in movie making history and in the midst of a dynamic modern-day renaissance. We have reimagined this historic building to embody a sense of history and the sense of uncovering of a hidden gem. This hotel offers something for everyone and emphasizes an authentic “neighborhood” experience. Like all of our other Palihotel properties, we have created Palihotel Culver City to be well-priced, intimate, energized, comfortable, and contemporary. We have designed a dynamic mix of common and private spaces, furniture, objects, lighting and finishes from different eras to reflect a sense of unconventionality and freedom. Palihotel Culver City also features Simonette restaurant, and indoor-outdoor restaurant, which brings hotel guests and locals together for casual approachable French inspired comfort food. Ideal for the modern urban explorer, Palihotel Culver City provides absolutely everything you need and nothing you don’t.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

Our dedicated Event Director welcomes groups of 10 to 250 guests and will give personal attention to every detail of your event, from special entertainment requests to audio-visual needs. Red O’s team of friendly employees create a welcoming atmosphere that parallels the luxury resort interiors of the restaurant and our genuine hospitality marks every function held in our private dining rooms. Red O also features an impressive bar and lounge where you’ll find specialty cocktails, an extensive tequila list and award winning wine list. For more information on large parties, private rooms, filming and full restaurant buyouts, please contact our Director of Events for details or click the following locations to send us a message regarding Santa Monica.

The Cayton Children's Museum is the perfect place to host your next gathering! Set right off the beach in the heart of vibrant Downtown Santa Monica, the Cayton offers 21,000 square feet of play space with 25 discovery-based exhibits, art studios and an award-winning theater as well as gallery pop-up space and community space—all in the heart of shopping and dining at Santa Monica Place. For everything from birthday parties to baby showers to corporate events, the Cayton Children's Museum has a solution that will meet your needs. In the event that you rent space at the Cayton, our event professionals will work with you to customize a package that meets your specific requirements. We collaborate with a network of preferred event vendors, caterers, performers, artists, photographers, and more, allowing you to concentrate on your celebration! Catering, performers and artists, photographers, and other services are available so that you can concentrate on the person who is blowing out the candles. We have several private rooms available for event rentals, as well as the entire museum available for private buy-outs for groups of up to 500 people (see below).

National History Museum Los Angeles offers event spaces for your next celebration in Los Angeles, California.

• Spaces for 420-600 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Historic Space

Town & Gown is a historic ballroom on the University Park Campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, established in 1935. Situated at the center of the university's storied campus, the venue blends its nearly century-long heritage with contemporary elegance, making it a distinctive setting for weddings, galas, corporate events, and private celebrations. The main ballroom spans 6,426 square feet with 15-foot ceilings and is illuminated by ten Schonbek crystal chandeliers. It accommodates up to 420 guests for banquet-style dinners and up to 600 for standing receptions. Flexible configurations support everything from intimate seated dinners to large-scale ceremonies and cocktail events. Town & Gown offers comprehensive event services through USC's hospitality team, including full catering and bar service, audiovisual support, florals, cake services, and equipment rentals. On-site parking is available, and the venue is ADA accessible.

• Spaces for 300 Guests
• 1 Hotel
• 1 Ballroom

Our hotel offers a variety of meeting and event spaces as well as access to all of USC campus’ extensive venue offerings, for a truly unique experience. During your event, you will work with our expert chefs and on-site catering team who provide a one-stop shop for all of your event planning and conferencing needs. No matter what the occasion, our event professionals make banquet planning easy with customizable packages and an unlimited variety of fun and elegant culinary experiences. Catering We aim to provide healthy, delicious, and socially responsible cuisine for the Trojan Family and our hotel guests. Keeping in line with our campus Food Philosophy, USC Hotel offers a variety of fresh, seasonal, and inspiring hand-made menus. There is no rental fee for the reception but there is a food and beverage minimum applied to all events. The venue allows 6 hours of event time excluding set up and clean up time. Additional hours can be arranged for a fee of $250/hr. Please note there is a $15 corkage fee for wine and champagne. SOCIAL EVENTS & CELEBRATIONS Located on the second floor of USC Hotel, our 7,000 square foot Grand Ballroom can comfortably accommodate up to 300 guests with ample space for a dance floor. As you enter the Ballroom, your eyes are immediately drawn to the exquisite crystal chandeliers and the ballroom’s warm and inviting earth tone decor. Just outside the main entrance to the Grand Ballroom arches you find our airy and naturally-lighted Galleria. The Galleria is perfectly suited for your guests to gather and enjoy specialty drinks and delicious appetizers before entering your reception. AMENITIES Bride's dressing area Groom's dressing area Dance floor Podium and/or stage Tables and chairs provided Linens, silverware, glassware provided Venue set up and clean up Overnight accommodations available Day-of coordinator Champagne toast Complimentary bridal suite Full kitchen facilities Large parking lot RESTRICTIONS Food & beverage minimum General liability insurance required No rice, birdseed, confetti, etc. Exclusive caterer for venue Amplified music OK indoors only No smoking Alcohol must be provided by venue Music must end by midnight No open flame

• Spaces for 100-280 Guests
• 1 Bar

Cocktails bar offering live DJs, dancing & entertainment on weekends. Open Wed-Sat.

• Spaces for 150-250 Guests
• 1 Restaurant

Michael's Santa Monica has been a landmark of California cuisine since 1979, when founder Michael McCarty opened the restaurant on Third Street in Santa Monica. One of the early pioneers of market-driven, ingredient-focused cooking in the American West, the restaurant continues to build its menus around local produce and hyper-seasonal ingredients sourced from regional farms and purveyors. The venue offers more than 3,500 square feet of event space, accommodating gatherings from 20 to 350 guests. The property includes two private dining rooms, an enclosed garden area, and a front outdoor dining section — all set within a space that doubles as a working art gallery, with modern works from the McCarty family's collection displayed throughout. Michael's brings together its award-winning wine program, full-service catering, and a dining pedigree spanning four decades to support private events ranging from intimate dinners to large-scale wedding receptions.

• Spaces for 60-700 Guests
• 1 Restaurant
• 4 Hotels
• 4 Total Spaces

The USC Hotel is the only hotel owned and operated by the University of Southern California, situated on the University Park campus at 3540 South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles. The 11-story, 240-room property opened in 1975 and underwent a full renovation in 2015, placing it within walking distance of Exposition Park, the LA Memorial Coliseum, and Downtown Los Angeles. The hotel offers more than 33,000 square feet of event space across 11 meeting rooms, accommodating gatherings from small breakouts to receptions of 700 and full-scale conferences of up to 800 attendees. Key event spaces include the 6,880-square-foot Grand Ballroom — divisible into five configurations — the 2,322-square-foot 1880 Founders Room with a dedicated exterior entrance and built-in bar, an outdoor Teaching Garden designed with sustainable urban gardening practices, and McKay's, the hotel's on-property restaurant available for private events. In-house catering, audio-visual services, and a dedicated event coordination team support all bookings. The hotel holds Green Seal Silver certification and is the official hotel of the University of Southern California.