Top Yakima Venues

• Spaces for 12-300 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 3 Resorts
• 3 Total Spaces

Set within an 18-hole golf course community in the Yakima Valley, Apple Tree Resort pairs fairway views with all-inclusive event services — a combination the resort notes is rare in the region. A dedicated event coordinator guides couples and hosts through every step of planning, while the on-site culinary team provides full-service catering, from a Grand Buffet featuring signature Applewood Smoked Prime Rib and salmon to a Western Barbecue with ribs and homemade mac and cheese. Celebrations of nearly any scale find a fit here. The Board Room hosts intimate meetings of up to 12, the Banquet Room welcomes up to 150 guests including deck seating overlooking the course, and the West Lawn accommodates outdoor gatherings of up to 300. Beyond weddings and receptions, Apple Tree hosts corporate meetings, golf tournaments, holiday parties, and private celebrations, with amenities including a dance floor, projector, flat-screen TV, and cordless microphone.

• Spaces for 24-250 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 2 Event Spaces
• 1 Garden

A pergola strung with market lights shades the brick patio of Founder's Courtyard, where rows of chairs face a fountain on Jewett Pond — one of several settings spread across the Yakima Area Arboretum's 46 acres of display gardens, tree collections, and natural areas. Established in 1967 by the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs, the arboretum holds more than 1,000 specimens of trees, forbs, grasses, and shrubs, and hosts weddings, business meetings, and private events alongside its year-round classes and tours. Indoors, the Jewett Interpretive Center holds the Gardenview Room, which seats up to 80 for a banquet, and the smaller Solarium, which seats up to 24, connected by a glass-walled Atrium; together the center accommodates up to 150 guests. Outdoors, Founder's Courtyard opens onto views of Jewett Pond and holds up to 250 guests, suited to an evening of dining and dancing. Free parking is available on-site.

• Spaces for 80-350 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Garden

Cascade Garden is a wedding and private event venue on nearly five private acres in Yakima, Washington, just minutes from Yakima Air Terminal. The property has been named Best Wedding Venue by Yakima Herald-Republic readers multiple times since 2017, and its landscaped grounds combine mature trees, seasonal gardens, and several distinct settings for a ceremony and reception. Outdoor spaces include a ceremony pavilion with a greenery-draped bridal arch, a covered pergola reception lawn bordered by a white birch grove, and a historic lath house wrapped in decades-old wisteria overlooking a tiered pond. The timber-framed Stone Lodge, built from reclaimed old-growth lumber with a granite fireplace, offers an indoor gathering space for up to 80 guests, while the open-air Cantina Bar and a private Garden Bridal Suite round out the grounds. The venue's standard wedding package covers up to 100 guests over a 15-hour rental and includes an in-house catering credit through Lion Chef Africa, under the ownership of Gilbert and Beth Kalombo.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

Gilbert Cellars Winery is a fifth-generation family winery in the Yakima Valley, set on a working vineyard with views of the Ahtanum Ridge, the Sunrise Vineyard, apple orchards, cattail-lined ponds, and rows of French lavender. The property sits about 20 minutes west of downtown Yakima and roughly two hours southeast of Seattle. The winery farms organically where microclimates allow and follows Washington State's Sustainable WA certification, taking a low-intervention approach to both the vineyard and the winemaking. Its tasting room welcomes daily visitors, while private event rentals draw on the same rural scenery for weddings and celebrations, and its Music in the Vines series brings live bands to the property throughout the summer alongside rotating food vendors. Run by the Gilbert family, the winery describes itself as a neighborhood wine garden built around community, hosting everything from weddings to casual weekend visits.

• Spaces for 220-250 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Vineyard
• 1 space at this venue

Set in Washington's Yakima Valley near Naches, Fontaine Estates occupies a renovated 1920s apple-packing warehouse that Marcus and Amy Robert restored into a rustic yet elegant event venue beginning in 2005. The result is a dynamic space suited to weddings, showers, corporate gatherings, and celebrations of nearly any kind. The venue hosts up to 220 guests year-round, with indoor rooms opening onto outdoor terraces that overlook the surrounding vineyard. Rentals include exclusive use of the property, along with 220 chairs and tables that the staff sets up and takes down. Getting-ready spaces include a bridal suite with a private restroom and a separate groom's suite, while a prep kitchen supports the caterer of a couple's choosing — Fontaine Estates welcomes any outside catering company or self-catering. The vineyard grounds double as a backdrop for photography throughout the seasons.

• Spaces for 250 Guests

Established in 1896 in the Naches River Valley, The American Homestead is a historic mountain venue in Naches, Washington, now owned by the Forgey family. The property is bordered by the Naches River to the east, green valley to the north and south, and high-desert hills to the west, with a single bridge over the river as the only way in and out — a setting that keeps the retreat quietly secluded. The homestead specializes in rustic weddings and mountain getaways, offering both indoor and outdoor event spaces. Its deluxe wedding and event package includes use of all spaces from Friday through Sunday, along with overnight lodging in the property's two houses. The restored 1896 cabin features five themed bedrooms that sleep ten, a fully furnished country kitchen, a living room with a fireplace, and a wraparound deck with an inset hot tub overlooking a rock-walled fire pit. The bunkhouse, built in 2018, also sleeps ten and offers a fully stocked kitchen with a large twelve-stool island, two full bathrooms with indoor and outdoor accessibility, and an outdoor dining area with valley views. A friendly, professional staff is on hand to answer questions about the cabin and event center, and several restaurants sit within five to fifteen minutes of the property.