Top South Orange Village Venues

Our venue offers a spacious and versatile setup, making it perfect for various events. The room features modern flooring and lighting, along with flexible seating options that can be arranged to suit any occasion, from formal gatherings to more casual parties. The atmosphere is a blend of modern and cozy, with soft lighting and comfortable furnishings. The decor, such as draped curtains and unique wall accents, adds a touch of elegance. It's a perfect venue for birthdays, baby showers, or community events, offering a balance of style and functionality. The space can easily be transformed to match the theme of your event.

• Spaces for 50-200 Guests
• 3 Restaurants
• 1 Ballroom
• 3 Total Spaces

In addition to offering sweeping views of New York City and sophisticated elegance, The Highlawn also boasts an impressive 100-year history and is one of the most magical venues in the tri-state area for weddings, anniversaries, bar/bat mitzvahs, birthdays, corporate events and celebrations of any kind. To learn more about The Highlawn, please visit their website. The Highlawn, which is majestically perched atop the East Rock Reservation, provides an absolutely spectacular venue for your big day. Our culinary staff brings decades of experience from many Michelin-starred restaurants in New York and throughout the world to our establishment. They have their fingers on the pulse of all the current trends in weddings and food, and they take great satisfaction in improving the quality and prominence of every event they work on or attend. We have everything you need to make your wedding celebration unique and completely adapted to your vision, whether you want a spectacular ceremony with hundreds of your closest friends and family or a small, private gathering. From the beginning of the procession to the end of the last dance, our expert staff is devoted to making every element of your special day absolutely flawless. Our wedding event professionals like collaborating with brides-to-be to plan the wedding of their dreams. We've hosted more than a thousand weddings over the course of three decades, and we look forward to hosting more in the future. Our team takes great delight in working within your budget to ensure that every couple has a stress-free, picture-perfect wedding celebration. In addition to its award-winning chefs and excellent cuisine, The Highlawn is known for creating magnificent wedding meals that are customized to your preferences and wedding style. We are dedicated to ensuring that the beginning of your happily-ever-after is an outstanding event for you and your guests. The Highlawn, which has one of the most renowned panoramic views of the New York City skyline, makes for an absolutely breathtaking setting for both indoor and outdoor wedding celebrations. In addition to our beautifully planted gardens and exquisite entry hall, we have a large outside patio where you may have a reception. In addition to our historic structure, our outdoor garden ceremony location is ideally located at the cliff's edge of "Eagle Rock," with views of the villages below and New York City across the river. Within walking distance of our outdoor ceremony space are the more than 400 acres of Eagle Rock Reservation, which provides a plenty of opportunities for unforgettable wedding photographs. The Skyline Ballroom and Garden Atrium are two of our formal venues that may be used for indoor wedding ceremonies in addition to our outside garden wedding ceremony space if the weather is nice.

A unique meeting experience is guaranteed at the Wilshire Grand Hotel, which offers unrivaled hospitality, immaculate accommodations, and a dedicated personal event manager to make your meeting a success. The details of your meetings, team building activities, and corporate retreats will be handled by a dedicated on-site event manager from our group sales team, who will act as your point of contact throughout the process. Your event manager will make certain that every aspect of your itinerary is customized to meet your specific requirements. In the event that you're having out-of-town guests at your wedding, they'll need a place to stay because you don't want them to crash the bridal suite! Hotel blocks for weddings allow guests to all stay in the same location, which makes things like planning and transportation much more straightforward. Furthermore, it is more enjoyable for your guests, who may wish to mingle and enjoy their own after-party. Reserving hotel room blocks is the most effective way to ensure that your guests have a place to stay close to your reception area. Our Stunning Ballrooms feature complimentary LED lighting, impeccable service, and unrivaled culinary offerings.. Our beautifully landscaped grounds, patios, and fountains are a photographer's dream come true.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

A unique meeting experience is guaranteed at the Wilshire Grand Hotel, which offers unrivaled hospitality, immaculate accommodations, and a dedicated personal event manager to make your meeting a success. The details of your meetings, team building activities, and corporate retreats will be handled by a dedicated on-site event manager from our group sales team, who will act as your point of contact throughout the process. Your event manager will make certain that every aspect of your itinerary is customized to meet your specific requirements. In the event that you're having out-of-town guests at your wedding, they'll need a place to stay because you don't want them to crash the bridal suite! Hotel blocks for weddings allow guests to all stay in the same location, which makes things like planning and transportation much more straightforward. Furthermore, it is more enjoyable for your guests, who may wish to mingle and enjoy their own after-party. Reserving hotel room blocks is the most effective way to ensure that your guests have a place to stay close to your reception area.

• Spaces for 100-450 Guests
• 1 Event Space

Our dazzling ballrooms include complimentary LED lighting, impeccable service, and unrivaled culinary offerings. Our beautifully landscaped grounds, patios, and wedding cake fountains are a photographer's dream come true. There are 89 guest suites, rehearsal dinners, and after-parties available. Everything is located under one roof. A wedding, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Sweet 16, corporate event, or high school reunion at The Wilshire is really a once-in-a-lifetime experience unlike any other. The Wilshire Experience is truly about you, as it combines personalized attention with unbeatable value. Our Award-Winning Culinary Team will create a delectable menu tailored to your preferences, resulting in a menu that is unrivaled in terms of quality and variety for you and your guests. Our renowned banquet team will create an event that is as one-of-a-kind as the guest of honor who will be honored. Manicured gardens for your outdoor ceremony, cocktail receptions in the garden, and premium open bars are all available. ​ World-class cuisine, devoted sales specialists, and exceptionally talented maitre d's are just a few of the attributes of this establishment. ​ Year after year, we are consistently rated as the best.

• Spaces for 30-1,200 Guests
• 5 Hotels
• 2 Ballrooms
• 3 Meeting Spaces

The Best Western Plus Robert Treat Hotel is a great place to stay if you're looking for that extra something. The Best Western Plus Robert Treat Hotel will stand out among the other hotels in Newark, New Jersey, thanks to its modern conveniences and well designed interior. For the business traveler, a large work station and complimentary internet connection are provided in all of our guest rooms, ensuring that you don't miss a beat when away from your workplace. For guests staying for an extended period of time, each room has a handy small fridge, which is great for storing drinks and snacks. As an added convenience, we offer a fitness center on site so that you can keep up with your training program while traveling. As is usually the case with Best Western® Hotels & Resorts, the Best Western Plus Robert Treat Hotel will offer you with the exceptional customer service that you have come to expect. Our first-class facilities, excellent catering, and friendly service make us the ideal location for wedding receptions. The recently restored Crystal room, which is reminiscent of a bygone age when ballrooms were lavishly decorated with crystal chandeliers and romantic candlelight banquets, provides a stark contrast to the impersonal ambience of most ballrooms. Come and have a look for yourself!

• Spaces for 125-314 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Rooftop
• 3 Total Spaces

The STEM Building at Kean University brings together two signature event spaces — a glass-walled atrium and a sixth-floor rooftop terrace — on a 180-acre campus in Union, New Jersey, less than 30 minutes from New York City. The Glass Atrium & Rooftop accommodates up to 175 seated guests in a space defined by floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a natural pond and outdoor porticos suited to photography. One floor up, the STEM Rooftop opens to sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline and seats up to 125 guests — a setting well suited to wedding ceremonies, cocktail receptions, and birthday celebrations. The STEM Auditorium, seating up to 314, rounds out the building's event offerings for presentations, conferences, and larger gatherings. Kean Conference & Event Services manages the building's event program and includes a personal event manager, A/V equipment, tables and chairs, high-speed WiFi, and self-parking with every rental. The standard eight-hour rental provides two hours for setup, five hours of event time, and one hour for cleanup.

• Spaces for 24-300 Guests
• 2 Event Spaces

Liberty Hall Museum occupies 23 acres in Union, New Jersey, on the grounds of a Georgian-style residence built in 1772 by William Livingston — New Jersey's first elected governor and a signer of the United States Constitution. Over seven generations of the Livingston and Kean families, the original 14-room home grew into a 50-room Victorian mansion that now houses collections of antique furniture, decorative arts, and clothing spanning more than 250 years of American history. The estate hosts private events from May through October, welcoming up to 150 guests for weddings, conferences, workshops, and celebrations. Its formal English parterre garden and maze, fragrant rose garden, historic herb garden, apple orchard, and 12-acre ArbNet-recognized arboretum provide a setting shaped by centuries of garden design. An 1882 Carriage House and a tented reception area alongside the gardens offer distinct settings for ceremonies and receptions. Wedding guests are invited to explore the mansion's historic rooms through guided tours while festivities are underway.

• Spaces for 40-750 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Event Space
• 3 Total Spaces

Montclair Wedding Sanctuary occupies a historic Neo-Gothic church in Montclair, New Jersey, designed by architect Bertram Goodhue and dedicated in 1916. Soaring vaulted ceilings, a cathedral-length aisle, intricate stained glass windows, and original oak woodwork give the main Sanctuary one of the more architecturally distinctive ceremony settings in northern New Jersey. The congregation behind it — a ministry of First Congregational Church of Montclair — has championed inclusive values for nearly 150 years, hosting Montclair's first same-gender marriage in October 2013 and explicitly welcoming interfaith, unaffiliated, same-gender, and non-traditional couples. Three spaces serve different moments of the day: the Sanctuary itself, accommodating ceremonies from 25 to 450 or more guests; the Courtyard Garden, an outdoor setting with stonework and a central lawn suited to gatherings of up to 40; and the Guild Room, a high-ceilinged, heavy-beamed reception hall for up to 85 seated or cocktail-style guests. On-site coordinators, ordained officiants, professional musicians, live-streaming, and decor packages are available to support every element of the celebration.

• Spaces for 400 Guests

More than 50 years of culinary heritage are celebrated at Nanina's as part of a magnificent multimillion-dollar refurbishment project. During your outdoor ceremony and cocktail hour, our beautifully landscaped grounds will offer the perfect backdrop for your special day. Nanina's famed cherry blossom gardens, combined with the architecture of a Tuscan house, provide a picture-perfect environment that must be seen to be believed. All of this, together with our award-winning cuisine and superb service, has helped to establish Nanina's In The Park as a Landmark Renewed. Nanina's In The Park is located on the outskirts of Branch Brook Park in New Jersey, which is known for its beautiful cherry blossom trees that bloom each spring. Nanina's Restaurant has been in the same location for more than 50 years and is proudly family owned and run. It is easily accessible from all major roads and is just three minutes from the Garden State Parkway. Nanina's provides the ideal environment for amazing catered events, including beautiful weddings, distinguished business gatherings, and all of your family festivities. Contact us now to learn more. Our Ballroom, which can accommodate up to 400 seated guests, is reserved exclusively for one event at a time and is available for rent.

• Spaces for 100-750 Guests
• 5 Hotels
• 2 Ballrooms
• 3 Meeting Spaces

The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Newark Airport houses 14,692 square feet of flexible event and meeting space across 18 rooms, supported by a dedicated on-site events team. The Garden State Ballroom — the hotel's largest event space at 7,480 square feet — accommodates up to 625 guests for seated dinners and 750 for receptions. A third-floor atrium terrace serves as a pre-function space for cocktail receptions and dinners. For groups of varying sizes, the Essex Ballroom, Camden Room, Hudson Room, Monmouth Room, and additional breakout spaces provide configurable options for receptions, banquets, and conferences. The hotel's 502 guest rooms allow attendees to stay on-site, and a complimentary shuttle to Newark Liberty International Airport is available for arriving and departing guests.

• Spaces for 375 Guests

The aim of New York Edge is to assist students from underserved neighborhoods in closing the opportunity gap by delivering programs that increase academic achievement, health and wellbeing, self-confidence, and leadership qualities that will prepare them for success in life. The work of New York Edge has been acknowledged by major companies as well as other financial partners. It is because of these collaborations that we are able to close the opportunity gap for thousands of children each and every day. Through academic performance, health and wellness, self-confidence, and leadership skills development, New York Edge closes the opportunity gap that kids in underinvested neighborhoods experience in order to achieve success in school and beyond. It is our mission to serve as a non-profit organization that is one of the major providers of afterschool programs in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area. In grades K-12, we have an impact on approximately 40,000 kids from over 100 sites who are primarily from underprivileged communities. Year-round, programs are offered before or after the school day (including Saturdays, over the summer, and holiday periods).

• Spaces for 100-500 Guests
• 1 Landmark
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Historic Space

Weddings at Union is the wedding program of Union Congregational Church, a century-old stone church on a wide residential street in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. The sanctuary seats up to 400 guests beneath timbered ceilings lit by iron chandeliers and surrounded by Tiffany stained glass windows — an architectural setting uncommon outside historic houses of worship. For smaller celebrations, the Assembly Room accommodates up to 100 guests and comes equipped with 60-inch round tables and chairs. The manicured grounds surrounding the building, with shaped topiary and open lawn, offer additional space for wedding photographs. A Director of Music is available to play organ and piano and can help arrange additional instruments for the ceremony. The church makes no requirements of faith: interfaith couples, same-gender couples, and those who haven't attended services in years are equally and explicitly welcome.

• Spaces for 375 Guests

With its renowned 19th Century architecture and magnificent grounds, in addition to superb cuisine prepared by our renowned Chef and impeccable service, the Park Savoy Estate is the perfect setting for a grand country home wedding. The Park Savoy Estate is located in the middle of New Jersey. It was built in the 18th century. It is private and easily accessible, and it is at a handy location for you and your visitors. Our venue is the ideal setting for New Jersey weddings as well as corporate functions and fundraisers, banquets, and other celebrations. For more than 50 years, The Park Savoy Estate has been one of the most prestigious and most sought-after wedding venues in New Jersey, as well as a popular place for corporate gatherings, fundraisers, and other special events of all kinds. The Park Savoy Estate's timeless house and gardens, nestled in a historical garden setting, provide you with a picture-perfect and distinctively exquisite setting for your wedding day.

• 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.