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  Racine Zoo

  2131 N Main St, Racine, WI 53402, USA

  • Spaces for 24-100 Guests
  • 10 Outdoor Spaces
  • 2 Theaters
  • 11 Total Spaces

  Set on the shores of Lake Michigan in Racine, Wisconsin, the Racine Zoo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has cared for wildlife since its founding in 1923. Today the Zoo is home to roughly 75 species and more than 300 individual animals, and its campus offers a range of outdoor spaces suited to gatherings of all kinds, from family birthday parties to weddings, corporate functions, and community events. Couples can hold a ceremony and reception on the Zoo's grounds, with venues that take in views of Lake Michigan and the Zoo's flower gardens. The Kiwanis Memorial Amphitheater, home to the Zoo's Animal Crackers Concert Series, overlooks the Lake Michigan shoreline and offers a stage and lawn suited to award ceremonies and performances, while the Racine Rotary West Safari Base Camp pavilion, with garage-door walls that open and close, provides a flexible, rain-or-shine option on the Zoo's north side. For groups seeking an indoor option during inclement weather, the Kiwanis Education Center offers seating on the top level of the Zoo's main building. Each rental includes Zoo admission for a set number of guests, with additional space available across the campus for events ranging from casual picnics to formal fundraisers.

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  Riveredge Nature Center

  4458 County Rd Y, Saukville, WI 53080, USA

  • Spaces for 20-175 Guests
  • 5 Outdoor Spaces
  • 1 Barn
  • 5 Total Spaces

  Riveredge Nature Center is a 485-acre nature preserve and event venue in Saukville, Wisconsin, set among prairies, forests, wetlands, ponds, and frontage along the Milwaukee River. As the first independent nature center in southeastern Wisconsin, founded in 1968, Riveredge has spent more than 50 years restoring native ecosystems and hosting environmental education, and offers more than 10 miles of trails for guests to explore. For private events, Riveredge offers five rental spaces spread across its grounds, from a restored barn to a riverside outpost tucked among woodlands, glacial formations, and historic fieldstone structures. The Barn, the largest of the spaces, seats up to 90 guests and includes a full-service kitchen, while smaller settings like the Coop and Connie's Classroom suit intimate gatherings and birthday parties. Riveredge members and nonprofit organizations receive a 20% discount on rentals, and Corporate Members receive a 50% discount on rentals for meetings and retreats. Riveredge also gives guests the option to engage its professional staff for education, team-building, and environmental programming as part of an event, adding a nature-based element to weddings, retreats, and celebrations on the grounds.

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  The Charmant Hotel

  101 State St, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA

  • Spaces for 12-75 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 2 Restaurants
  • 5 Total Spaces

  The Charmant Hotel is a 67-room boutique hotel in downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin, set on the site of the city's first settlement, a log cabin built by fur trader Nathan Myrick in 1842. The building itself dates to 1898, when it was constructed for the FUNKE Candy Factory; the hotel takes its name from Charmant, FUNKE's premium chocolate line, and pays homage to that history throughout, with original maple wood flooring, wood beams, and exposed brick preserved and reimagined across the historic landmark structure. For meetings and celebrations, the hotel's event spaces include the Serenada, a 613-square-foot meeting room suited to corporate gatherings, classroom sessions, and wedding ceremonies and receptions, and the Royal Crown, a 338-square-foot boardroom outfitted with a 70-inch flat-screen TV for off-site business meetings. The Restaurant, with its Private Dining Room and river views, and the Rooftop Terrace, with gas-burning fireplaces and a wood-fired pizza oven, are also available for social and business gatherings. The Charmant Hotel is within walking distance of La Crosse's convention center, distillery, performing arts venues, and downtown shops and restaurants, and about a 15-minute drive from La Crosse Regional Airport.

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  Green Bay Distillery

  835 Mike McCarthy Way, Green Bay, WI 54304, USA

  • Spaces for 30-325 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 3 Restaurants
  • 3 Total Spaces

  Green Bay Distillery sits directly across from Ray Nitschke Field, within walking distance of Lambeau Field, giving it a natural home-field connection to Green Bay's football culture. The sports-focused restaurant and event space opened in 2011 with a mission to give Green Bay its own signature spirit, and it now produces Green Bay Vodka, including original and cherry-flavored varieties, through a partnership with a Wisconsin distillery. For private events, the venue's 8,000-square-foot banquet room seats up to 325 guests beneath high ceilings hung with antique wooden wall art, and includes a private bar, a stage suited to a DJ or head table, and a 20-foot drop-down projection screen for slideshows and videos. Smaller gatherings can use the indoor/outdoor patio room, which holds 100 guests indoors and opens through large glass garage doors to additional outdoor seating, or the private dining room, which accommodates 30 or fewer guests around a built-in wooden buffet with a 32-inch flat-screen television and laptop hookup. The restaurant menu features sixty-six items with a Wisconsin accent, making Green Bay Distillery a fit for tailgating parties, banquets, and family-friendly celebrations alike.

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  Davians Banquet and Conference Center

  N56 W16300 Silver Spring Dr, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051, USA

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

  For more than 65 years, Davians has served the Milwaukee area, growing from a snack and vending company founded in 1958 into a full-service catering and events business that began hosting events in 1990. The family-owned company operates its Event Center in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, where multiple private rooms and both indoor and outdoor ceremony spaces accommodate groups of 20 to 300 guests. Davians handles every detail of an event in-house, providing tables, chairs, linens, china, and glassware alongside chef-prepared menus built from local, seasonal ingredients and a full bar staffed by its own bartenders and event staff. The venue hosts weddings, corporate meetings and annual gatherings, social celebrations, memorial services, and galas, and its wedding program has been voted Best of Weddings on The Knot for three consecutive years. The venue's team draws on decades of experience in the Milwaukee food and beverage industry to guide clients from planning through execution, working to make every guest feel like family.

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  The Gardens Wedding Center

  7003 WI-175, Allenton, WI 53002, USA

  • Spaces for 50-375 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 2 Historic Spaces
  • 3 Total Spaces

  The Gardens Wedding Center is a family-owned wedding venue set within a historic four-building complex in Allenton, Wisconsin, dating to 1844, before Wisconsin became a state. At its heart is a Gothic Revival chapel built in 1867, with original stained glass windows, cathedral ceilings, and its original church bells still in use for ceremonies. The three-acre grounds are planted as a seasonal garden that blooms from May through November, with a waterfall, reflection pond, wedding bridge, and wedding swing offering changing photo backdrops throughout the season. Couples can host indoor ceremonies and receptions in the historic chapel, dine and dance outdoors under a 30-by-60-foot lighted event tent, or use the Historic Schoolhouse as a bright, private space to get ready before the day begins. Each wedding package includes in-house catering and bar service, a day-of coordinator, and a sound technician with equipment for the ceremony, along with onsite parking and a one-hour rehearsal ahead of the event. The Gardens Wedding Center is now booking weddings through 2028.

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  The Landing 1841

  3640 Bieneman Rd, Burlington, WI 53105, USA

  • Spaces for 200 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 1 Barn
  • 1 space at this venue

  The Landing at 1841 is a restored 1841 barn set on the banks of the White River amid 50 acres of Wisconsin prairie and an onsite vineyard, just outside Burlington. The land was once a gathering place for the Kickapoo Tribe in the early 1800s and later a stop on the Underground Railroad under farmer True Worthy Durgin; the property was purchased by Tim and Renee Richter in 2015, after decades as a studio housing thousands of works by artist and peace activist Matt Lamb. Restored to its original vintage character and outfitted with modern amenities, the whitewashed barn welcomes guests beneath original rustic wood beams and grand chandeliers, with a copper-topped built-in bar and French doors opening onto a deck overlooking the lawn and river. Heating and air conditioning let the space host events year-round, and both indoor and outdoor ceremony sites, along with getting-ready space in the Trueworthy House and The Loft, support weddings for up to 200 guests. The Landing also hosts retreats and small private and corporate events, from banquets to holiday parties.

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  Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center

  1 John Nolen Dr, Madison, WI 53703, USA

  • Spaces for 15-3,300 Guests
  • 2 Outdoor Spaces
  • 1 Ballroom
  • 13 Total Spaces

  Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center sits on the shore of Lake Monona in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, on a site Frank Lloyd Wright first proposed for the city in 1938. Wright reworked the design over two decades before signing off on the final plans shortly before his death in 1959; Madison voters approved construction on the same site in 1992, and the building opened on July 18, 1997, with its exterior built to Wright's design and its interior reimagined by Taliesin architect Tony Puttnam. Today the center spans five levels and roughly 30 rooms, from the Madison Ballroom's Wright-inspired chandeliers to the rooftop gardens overlooking the lake, which the venue describes as the only rooftop lakeside venue in Madison. Nearly 390,000 guests pass through each year for conventions, conferences, weddings, and community events such as Dane Dances. In-house catering is handled by Monona Catering, and the attached Hilton Madison Monona Terrace connects to the building via an indoor skywalk.

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  The Mariner Banquet Hall

  1100 Hyland Ave, Kaukauna, WI 54130, USA

  • Spaces for 150-300 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 1 Event Space
  • 1 Waterfront

  Mariner's Banquet Hall sits on 25 acres in Carlyle, Illinois, with a fishing pond, a private island, and access to the Governor's Run 18-Hole Golf Course. The recently renovated hall offers 6,000 square feet of event space and comfortably accommodates up to 300 guests for weddings, receptions, birthday parties, bridal and baby showers, corporate functions, and church group events. A 1,600-square-foot wooden dance floor gives DJs and live bands room to work, and the hall is equipped with tables, chairs, linens, audio-visual equipment, and a podium for speeches and ceremonies. For an intimate ceremony, the property's private island accommodates 100 to 150 guests amid the fishing pond and surrounding greenery, with couples often moving from the island to the banquet hall for their reception. Renters are free to bring in their own caterer and decorator rather than choosing from a required list, and the venue is within easy reach of Mariner's Village Inn & Suites and log cottages for overnight stays.

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  Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

  227 State St, Madison, WI 53703, USA

  • Spaces for 64-230 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 3 Museums
  • 3 Total Spaces

  The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art occupies a glass-and-steel building designed by architect César Pelli on State Street, in the heart of downtown Madison between the State Capitol and the University of Wisconsin campus. The museum's rotating contemporary art exhibitions surround guests at private events, and its rooftop and lecture spaces are available for weddings, receptions, and corporate gatherings. The Rooftop Sculpture Garden is the museum's most-booked event space, holding up to 175 guests for a standing reception or 100 for a seated dinner amid native Wisconsin plants and sculpture, with views of the Capitol Building, the Orpheum Theater marquee, and the downtown skyline that light up after dark. Just off the garden, the recently renovated Rooftop Lounge offers an indoor alternative on the third floor, furnished with lounge seating and a bar, for up to 80 guests standing or 64 seated. For talks, films, or meetings, the Lecture Hall accommodates up to 230 guests and is built to accommodate guests with mobility limitations, with a separate projection booth and stagehand support available. Downtown State Street's restaurants, entertainment, and shopping sit just outside the museum's doors, adding to the experience for guests attending an event at MMoCA.

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  Mystical Rose Gardens

  5415 890th Ave, Baldwin, WI 54002, USA

  • Spaces for 40-300 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 2 Event Spaces
  • 1 Garden

  Blooming Barrel Event Center sits on land in Baldwin, Wisconsin, formerly home to Mystical Rose Gardens and, before that, the Anderson Plant Farm, a family-run greenhouse operating for more than 30 years. That horticultural history still shapes the property: a former greenhouse now serves as an elegant reception area, and a garden gazebo surrounded by lush landscaping anchors outdoor ceremonies. The grounds accommodate ceremonies and receptions for up to 300 guests, with white garden chairs and tables set among the gardens for the ceremony and a reception area inside the greenhouse. The venue handles setup and teardown of tables and chairs, provides a staging area with refrigeration for caterers, and keeps the celebration going with a dance floor and bar/snack area. Couples and their wedding parties can prepare beforehand in the Rose Room and Rec Room, and rehearsal time is available ahead of the wedding day. Beyond weddings, the Retreat House on the property offers a cozy, home-like space for up to 40 guests, complete with a kitchen, TV, and dining area, suited to rehearsal dinners, showers, corporate retreats, and other intimate gatherings.

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  Heidel House Resort & Spa

  643 Illinois Ave, Green Lake, WI 54941, USA

  • Spaces for 110-350 Guests
  • 2 Outdoor Spaces
  • 5 Hotels
  • 5 Total Spaces

  Heidel House Hotel & Conference Center sits on 12 acres of lakefront property on Green Lake, the deepest lake in Wisconsin, a setting whose history traces back to 1890, when the property began as the private Kelly Estate. Herb and Lucille Heidel purchased it in 1945 and built it into one of Wisconsin's well-known restaurants before adding a ten-room lodge in the late 1950s. After closing in 2019, the property underwent a full renovation by the Lighthouse Hotel Development Group and reopened in 2021 as part of the Choice Hotels Ascend Collection, now a 114-room hotel and conference center with 750 feet of lake frontage. The property offers more than 11,000 square feet of event space, including the Dartford and Sandstone ballrooms and the Pleasant Point space, along with outdoor ceremony sites overlooking the water and among the property's old-growth trees. Couples and planners can also book the Escapade, a private yacht available for rehearsal dinners and cocktail hours. Guests have access to two dining spots, Oakwood Bar & Restaurant and Waves Pub and Grill, along with an indoor pool with two whirlpools and a seasonal outdoor pool.

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  Heritage Hill State Historical Park

  2640 S Webster Ave, Green Bay, WI 54301, USA

  • Spaces for 130-400 Guests
  • 4 Outdoor Spaces
  • 5 Museums
  • 5 Total Spaces

  Heritage Hill State Historical Park is a Wisconsin State Historical Park and living history museum in Green Bay, spread across 56 acres with 27 historic buildings tracing Northeast Wisconsin's cultural history from the 17th century through the early 20th century. Costumed interpreters bring the site to life through demonstrations in a working print shop, a blacksmithing shop, and other period trades, alongside year-round community programming and field trips. The park also hosts weddings and private events, with several ceremony and reception spaces set among its historic grounds. Couples can marry inside or outside the 170-year-old Moravian Church, with its soaring 14-foot windows, or choose an outdoor ceremony at the Garden Patio overlooking the park and Lambeau Field, the countryside Belgium Farm Grounds backed by an 1800s barn, or the lawn-set Victorian Gazebo. Reception packages are held in the two-level Education Center, which offers park views, a warming kitchen for preferred caterers, and space for both dinner and dancing. Heritage Hill also hosts reunions, showers, rehearsal dinners, and holiday parties, with an on-site venue monitor and free private parking included for guests.

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  Celebrations On The River

  2100 Dawson Ave #400, La Crosse, WI 54603, USA

  • Spaces for 275-400 Guests
  • 3 Outdoor Spaces
  • 3 Event Spaces
  • 2 Waterfront

  Celebrations on the River sits along the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin, offering three private, all-inclusive event venues under one roof: Center Court, River Park, and Court Yard. Each venue combines indoor reception space with its own riverside outdoor patio, ceremony altar, bridal suite, and groom suite, giving couples exclusive use of the space from 10am to midnight on their event day. Center Court accommodates up to 400 guests with an outdoor patio bar overlooking the river and a raised ceremony gazebo with glass railings. River Park seats up to 275 guests and features the 3 Seasons Room, with floor-to-ceiling windows and vaulted ceilings framing river views. Court Yard holds up to 325 seated or 400 standing guests, with crystal chandeliers and custom LED lighting indoors and a private patio with a gas fire pit outdoors. Every rental includes in-house catering, full-service bars, decor, and a dedicated wedding and event planning staff, along with a state-of-the-art audio/visual system, WiFi, and free on-site parking. Beyond weddings, the venues also host corporate events, celebrations of life, and holiday parties.

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  Barn at Trinity Peak

  N80W38726 McMahon Rd, Oconomowoc, WI 53066, USA

  • Spaces for 200 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 1 Barn
  • 1 space at this venue

  Barn at Trinity Peak is a renovated dairy barn on five landscaped acres in rural Wisconsin, set among rolling hills, oak tree canopies, and open pastures. The property's original stucco silo, one of the oldest of its kind in the state, has been converted into guest bathrooms, and the barn itself retains its southern yellow pine plank floors and vaulted ceilings alongside modern heat and air conditioning. Couples can choose an indoor ceremony or reception under the barn's high ceilings and natural light, or an outdoor ceremony beneath the property's tree canopy with rustic barn-wood benches and mismatched vintage chairs, with the barn's main floor serving as a rain backup. The venue comfortably accommodates up to 200 guests for dinner, with additional guests welcome afterward. An oversized bridal suite includes a full-service bar, and the grounds feature a wine barrel fire pit with Adirondack seating beneath Edison-style bistro lighting, plus custom color-changeable up-lighting throughout the barn and surrounding trees. Barn at Trinity Peak operates as a full-service venue, holding its own Class B liquor license and providing complimentary wedding pre-planning, day-of coordination, and set-up and clean-up assistance for every event.

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  The Abbey Resort & Avani Spa

  269 Fontana Blvd, Fontana-On-Geneva Lake, WI 53125, USA

  • Spaces for 400 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 1 Hotel
  • 3 Total Spaces

  Set on 90 acres along the shore of Geneva Lake in Wisconsin, The Abbey Resort has welcomed guests since it opened in May 1963. Its iconic 80-foot A-frame building, named for Europe's historic abbeys and their tradition of hospitality, was built from timber and earned the National Lumber Manufacturers Association's Outstanding Wood Design award the year it opened. The resort has been renovated several times since, including a $40 million redevelopment that added the 35,000-square-foot Avani Spa and a later $50 million update to its interiors and exteriors. For weddings and private events, the resort offers the newly renovated Harbor Ballroom, a 10,150-square-foot space with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the harbor, alongside the West Shore Pavilion, with its chandeliers, high ceilings, and views of the landscaped grounds, and the Harbor Lawn, an outdoor ceremony setting shaded by old-growth oak trees along the harbor. Couples can also host welcome receptions, rehearsal dinners, bridal luncheons, and wedding brunches in the resort's other unique settings. Beyond weddings, The Abbey Resort provides more than 40,000 square feet of meeting space for conferences and corporate retreats, along with indoor and outdoor pools, live music, and lakeside dining.

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  Justin Trails Resort

  7452 Kathryn Ave, Sparta, WI 54656, USA

  • Spaces for 200 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 1 Barn
  • 1 Farm

  Justin Trails Resort is a 200-acre farm-turned-recreational retreat in the Driftless Region near Sparta, Wisconsin, run by the Justin family since Don and Donna purchased the property from Don's parents in 1970. What began as a working farm added ski trails in 1985 and grew into a bed-and-breakfast, and today offers private cabins, cottages, and suites alongside more than 14 miles of hiking and snowshoeing trails and two disc golf courses. For weddings and celebrations, the resort's Elegant Barn and outdoor ceremony sites set among rolling hills and gardens host everything from micro-weddings of 50 guests to celebrations of up to 200. Wedding packages can include on-site cabin or suite rentals, and the barn's covered space allows a ceremony to move indoors in case of rain. The resort also hosts business meetings, family reunions, and retreats. A member of Select Registry's Distinguished Inns of North America, Justin Trails Resort pairs rustic charm with amenities such as fireplaces and whirlpool tubs, plus resident llamas and gardens on the grounds.

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• Destination Kohler: Whistling Straits

  N8501 Lakeshore Rd, Sheboygan, WI 53083, USA

  • Spaces for 120-150 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 3 Resorts
  • 3 Total Spaces

  Whistling Straits sits along two miles of rugged Lake Michigan coastline at Destination Kohler in Kohler, Wisconsin, on golf courses designed by architect Pete Dye with Irish and Scottish influences — a windswept, dune-covered landscape where Scottish Blackface sheep graze and where the Ryder Cup and multiple PGA Championships have been played. That same coastal setting doubles as a wedding backdrop, most notably in the Irish Barn, a fieldstone, barn-style reception space with an entirely open east wall overlooking holes No. 9, No. 10, and No. 18 alongside Lake Michigan. Canvas walls and stand heaters allow the room to flex with the weather, and the adjoining Champions' Locker Room offers bridal party changing space steps away. Just three miles from the course, the Straits Chapel gives ceremonies their own lakefront setting, with floor-to-ceiling windows framing panoramic Lake Michigan views and a curved drive-up entrance for arrivals. Couples celebrating at Whistling Straits also have access to the wider Destination Kohler resort, including its restaurants, spa, and accommodations for wedding parties and guests staying on for the weekend.

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• Beach Club at Horseshoe Bay Golf Club

  7151 Horseshoe Bay Rd, Egg Harbor, WI 54209, USA

  • Spaces for 75-400 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 1 Event Space
  • 2 Total Spaces

  The Beach Club at Horseshoe Bay Golf Club sits directly on the shoreline of Green Bay in Door County, Wisconsin, offering wedding and event spaces with water views and Door County sunsets. Open to both members and non-members, the venue pairs an indoor dining room with an expansive outdoor lawn, giving couples and hosts the flexibility to celebrate rain or shine. The Beach Club Dining Room seats up to 75 guests indoors and includes access to an outdoor deck, making it well suited to intimate wedding ceremonies, rehearsal dinners, and welcome gatherings. For larger celebrations, the surrounding green space accommodates seated events for up to 350 guests, with indoor restroom facilities and room for a tented reception along the water. Beyond weddings, the Beach Club hosts engagement parties, farewell brunches, retirement parties, milestone birthday celebrations, reunions, and fundraisers. During the summer season, guests can also take advantage of the adjacent Beach Club pool, complete with a children's mini pool, hot tub, and poolside menu.

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• Milwaukee Yacht Club

  1700 N Lincoln Memorial Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA

  • Spaces for 30-600 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 1 Bar
  • 6 Total Spaces

  Founded in 1871 on the shores of Lake Michigan, Milwaukee Yacht Club is the oldest premier yacht club on the lake, set in the heart of Milwaukee's McKinley Marina. The Club's current clubhouse, built in 1967, is a two-and-one-half story, 9,500-square-foot brick building overlooking the North anchorage of Milwaukee Harbor, with large windows framing panoramic views of Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee skyline. Milwaukee Yacht Club hosts wedding ceremonies and receptions, rehearsal dinners, corporate meetings, award banquets, and other private celebrations across a range of indoor and outdoor settings for up to 200 guests. Spaces include the main dining room, the private Cove banquet room, the Library conference room, and — during boating season — a lakeside patio with a full-service bar overlooking the harbor. The Club is available for non-member event bookings and offers full-service catering for every occasion. Amenities include a heated pool and spa, an outdoor Skylark Bar, and complimentary kayaks and paddleboards, giving events at the Club a lakeside, boating-club character.

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