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  W Philadelphia

  1439 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19110, USA

  • Spaces for 5-500 Guests
  • 3 Event Spaces
  • 1 Restaurant
  • 3 Total Spaces

  Discover a bold new side to the “City of Brotherly Love.” W Philadelphia is a luxury hotel offering unforgettable amenities and eye catching designs in the heart of Center City. Escape the status quo with our 295 guest rooms, featuring floor-to-ceiling windows and panoramic city views. Nods to traditional Pennsylvania craftsmanship can be seen in detailed tilework and décor. Experience next-level luxe with our six suite categories featuring oversized soaking tubs, ornate details and the only private guest balconies of any luxury hotel in the city. The WOW and Extreme WOW Suites push the unexpected even further with custom foosball and billiard tables as well as in-room DJ booths. Our 45,000 square feet of event space is inspired by the brand’s passion for music. Each of our 37 meeting rooms flow with natural light from floor-to-ceiling windows. Our Great Room features abstract floral carpeting and high-design lighting fixtures that, in the evening, resemble the stars in the night sky. From welcome reception to morning-after brunch, celebrate under one roof at W Philadelphia. Wedding parties can enjoy handcrafted cocktails and a vibrant scene in the Living Room. Book Stevens’ Prophecy, our VIP room tucked away behind the bar, for intimate gatherings. Make it a complete wedding weekend with luxury and beauty treatments at AWAY Spa or kick-back in a poolside cabana at WET Deck. There are captivating photo moments around every corner, making your wedding weekend unforgettable.

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  Arts Quest

  101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA

  • Spaces for 60-400 Guests
  • 4 Event Spaces

  ArtsQuest owns and operates the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks and the Banana Factory Arts Center The ArtsQuest Center is the perfect location for your special event! Our team is experienced with a variety of milestone events, including Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Sweet Sixteens, Retirement Parties, Celebrations of Life, Bridal/Baby Showers, Reunions, and much more! The floor-to-ceiling windows on each level of the building overlook the spectacular Bethlehem Steel Blast Furnaces, giving your guests a unique view only found at SteelStacks! SteelStacks: On the site of the former Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, PA, SteelStacks is a re-imagination of an industrial brownfield that uses the arts to rebuild and revitalize a post- industrial, urban community. SteelStacks is an arts & cultural campus... the heart of the campus is at 1st & Founders Way, at the Air Products Town Square and the ArtsQuest Center. Located at the base of the old blast furnaces, the campus features numerous different indoor and outdoor venues, including: In the months leading up to your wedding day, our hospitality professionals will work with you to review all details, including wedding timelines, menu selections, diagrams, vendor information, and more! The week of your wedding, you will work with our hospitality professionals to confirm your final guest count, review your wedding timeline and details and drop off your personal items, including décor, favors, etc. On your wedding day – relax and enjoy every moment! Our team will be by your side through it all!

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  Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium

  Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium - Education Complex, 7340 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA

  • Spaces for 30-10,000 Guests
  • 5 Event Spaces
  • 1 Museum
  • 9 Total Spaces

  Founded in 1898 in Pittsburgh's Highland Park, the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is one of only six major zoo and aquarium combinations in the United States, home to more than 8,000 animals representing over 600 species. The zoo's AquaZoo, opened in 1967, was the first public aquarium in Pennsylvania and remains a defining feature of the grounds today, with exhibits including sharks, stingrays, jellyfish, and polar bears. For weddings and private events, the zoo offers several distinct settings among its animal habitats. The PPG Aquarium hosts up to 200 seated guests or 500 for a cocktail-style reception, surrounded by sharks, stingrays, jellyfish, and penguins, with views into the polar bears' outdoor exhibit from the lower patio. Water's Edge is a subterranean event space offering underwater views of polar bears, sea otters, and sand-tiger sharks. The 7,200-square-foot Garden Tent, set among the botanical gardens, accommodates up to 300 guests for a wedding ceremony and reception. Every private event rental includes planning support from an onsite events team, along with full setup and teardown, tables and chairs, linens, silverware, glassware, and china. An exclusive onsite caterer works with hosts to customize menus and design tablescapes to match their event.

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  Convene Two Commerce Square

  2005 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA

  • Spaces for 140-250 Guests
  • 3 Event Spaces
  • 3 Meeting Spaces

  Convene Two Commerce Square offers a contemporary, purpose-built setting in Center City Philadelphia for board meetings, corporate offsites, conferences, trainings, and receptions. The 42,000-square-foot venue is arranged on one level and features 11 meeting rooms, with spaces including the Sullivan Hub, Welles Hub, Weber Hub, Annenberg Hub, and Boyer Hub. Flexible layouts allow multiple programs to take place simultaneously, while a full venue buyout can accommodate up to 866 guests. Built-in audiovisual technology, natural light, catering, and dedicated hospitality support complete the experience, creating a polished backdrop for professional gatherings near 30th Street Station.

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  Colonial Industrial Quarter

  459 Old York Rd, Bethlehem, PA 18018, USA

  • Spaces for 30-350 Guests
  • 3 Event Spaces
  • 4 Landmarks
  • 4 Total Spaces

  The Colonial Industrial Quarter is a historic site within Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites, set on a hillside below Central Moravian Church extending to the Monocacy Creek in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Known as Americas earliest industrial center, the site is part of the Historic Moravian Bethlehem National Historic Landmark District and the Moravian Church Settlements UNESCO World Heritage Inscription. By 1747, the Moravian settlement here operated 35 different crafts and industries, including mills, tanneries, and textile operations powered by the creek. For events, the Colonial Industrial Quarter pairs outdoor ceremony space among its historic buildings with cocktail hours and receptions inside the Luckenbach Mill, creating a rustic, historical backdrop for weddings, parties, and corporate gatherings. The Mill offers climate-controlled space across two floors, while the nearby Springhouse provides a smaller, more intimate indoor option. Outdoor tented functions can accommodate larger gatherings on the grounds.

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  1756 Uwchlan Meeting House

  5 N Village Ave, Exton, PA 19341, USA

  • Spaces for 75 Guests
  • 1 Event Space
  • 1 Historic Space

  The 1756 Uwchlan Meeting House is a fieldstone building in Lionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, built by the area's Quaker community after John and Sarah Cadwalader donated the land in 1716. The stone structure that stands today replaced an earlier log meeting house, and it has witnessed more than two centuries of local history — including service as a makeshift hospital under Dr. Bono Otto during the Revolutionary War, when soldiers who died there were laid to rest in the adjacent burial ground. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After the original Quaker congregation relocated to Downingtown in 1900, the meeting house took on new roles over the decades as a library and a school before the Woman's Community Club began restoring it in 1963. It has been owned and preserved by the Uwchlan Conservation Trust since 1976. Today the Meeting House is available to rent for meetings, weddings, family parties, memorial services, and other functions for up to seventy-five people, offering a small, historic setting with roots in the community dating back to the colonial era.

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  Kirkridge - Farmhouse

  2281 Fox Gap Rd, Bangor, PA 18013, USA

  • Spaces for 24-150 Guests
  • 1 Event Space
  • 1 Historic Space

  Dating from 1815, the Farmhouse is one of the rental facilities at Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, perched on the Kittatinny Ridge in the Pocono Mountains of Bangor, Pennsylvania. The building pairs original farmhouse details with a dining room warmed by a large stone fireplace and a meeting room offering panoramic views of a nearby pond, trees, and meadow. The Farmhouse accommodates 12 to 24 guests and can be booked for day use or overnight stays, with 12 guest rooms available on-site. Guests can walk to the property's peace garden, pond, and stone labyrinth, or visit the neighboring Columcille Megalith Park. The Farmhouse can also be rented together with Kirkridge's barn event space for larger gatherings. Kirkridge offers optional services for events held at the Farmhouse, including wedding officiation and ritual planning. The property sits on 230 acres, much of it protected in partnership with the Nature Conservancy, with marked hiking trails and a section of the Appalachian Trail running through the grounds.

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  Arcadia University

  450 S Easton Rd, Glenside, PA 19038, USA

  • Spaces for 70-2,200 Guests
  • 2 Event Spaces
  • 1 Ballroom
  • 6 Total Spaces

  Grey Towers Castle sits at the heart of Arcadia University's 76-acre campus in Glenside, Pennsylvania, just 12 miles north of Center City Philadelphia. Built in 1898 as the family home of sugar baron William Welsh Harrison, the Castle was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer, who drew inspiration from England's Alnwick Castle and later designed the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985 and has been named among the most beautiful castles in the U.S. by Architectural Digest. Weddings and private events unfold across the first floor of the Castle, where guests enter the three-story Great Hall beneath a gilded, barrel-vaulted ceiling before moving into the Dining, Rose, and Laura Minerva Korman Mirror rooms. The Mirror Room was crafted in France and features a painted ceiling by Francois Lafon depicting the four seasons, while the Rose Room reflects the ornamentation of Louis XV-era architecture. Two outdoor patios flank the Castle, along with wraparound porches and turrets, offering additional space for photos and cocktail hours. Beyond the Castle, Arcadia's campus offers further event space, including the Commons Great Room and the Kuch Center Gymnasium, suited to conferences, graduations, and large gatherings. Event packages include in-house audio/visual options, a day-of event services coordinator, dedicated parking, and on-site catering through Metz Catering.

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  Futules' Harmar House

  1321 Freeport Rd, Cheswick, PA 15024, USA

  • Spaces for 500 Guests
  • 1 Event Space
  • 1 Ballroom

  Futules' Harmar House is a banquet facility in Cheswick, Pennsylvania, led by Executive Chef and Co-Owner Nicholas W. Futules. The venue hosts weddings, bridal and baby showers, sports banquets, anniversaries, graduations, retirement dinners, funeral luncheons, class reunions, company holiday parties, trade shows, weekday business meetings, and fundraising and political events, with floor plans that scale from as few as 50 guests up to 500. A range of pre-set floor plans, from 144 up to 400 seats, gives planners flexibility in laying out tables for a given group size, including configurations with a designated DJ area or a separate back room. After a wedding reception, guests can move to Futules' Lower Lounge to continue the celebration. The kitchen offers an extensive menu lineup for events, including grand and special-event buffets, a sit-down dinner menu, a sports banquet menu, a showers and memorial luncheon menu, a Lenten menu, and bar packages that can be customized to fit a couple's budget. The venue also runs winter wedding specials in January, February, March, and before Easter, along with Friday and Sunday discount pricing, and extends wedding packages an hour past the bar's closing time.

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  Tyler Gardens

  275 Swamp Rd, Newtown, PA 18940, USA

  • Spaces for 30-350 Guests
  • 2 Event Spaces
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 3 Total Spaces

  Tyler Gardens is a four-tier formal garden estate in Newtown, Pennsylvania, just outside Tyler State Park along the Neshaminy Creek. The gardens were built in 1931 by George F. and Stella Elkins Tyler as the formal landscape setting for their estate, Indian Council Rock, and draw their design from French and Italian garden traditions. Terraced lawns, stone walls and staircases, gravel pathways, fountains, and bronze sculptures give the grounds a park-like, treehouse-like setting surrounded by tall trees. The property offers three main spaces for events. Tyler Hall, an elegant mansion setting with exclusive use of the first floor and a wrap-around patio, suits gatherings of up to 75 guests as a ceremony space, cocktail hour location, or rehearsal dinner venue. The Garden Tent hosts 100 to 350 guests between April and November, with private use of the gardens for a five-hour event plus two additional hours for photography. The Orangery is a bright, versatile space for micro events of up to 30 guests, or up to 100 when paired with an add-on package, suited to rehearsal dinners, social celebrations, or cocktail hours. Tyler Gardens is managed exclusively by Open Aire Affairs, which provides on-site event coordination, and hosts weddings, micro-weddings, birthday parties, supper clubs, bridal showers, bar and bat mitzvahs, corporate events, fundraisers, and rehearsal dinners.

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  Historic Acres of Hershey

  3425 Old Hershey Rd, Elizabethtown, PA 17022, USA

  • Spaces for 50-260 Guests
  • 1 Event Space
  • 1 Ballroom
  • 3 Total Spaces

  Historic Acres of Hershey is a wedding and event venue set on seven acres in the rolling hills near Hershey, Pennsylvania. The property blends preserved farmland character with modern amenities, pairing a climate-controlled reception hall of wood beams and glass walls with outdoor ceremony sites along a pond and manicured gardens. The grounds hold three distinct event spaces built for different scales of celebration. The Pavilion, with its high wooden vaulted ceilings and chandeliers, hosts up to 260 guests and anchors the venue's full wedding packages, while The Barn offers rustic charm for gatherings up to 100 and The Coop suits smaller showers, rehearsal dinners, and parties up to 50. A four-bedroom farmhouse on the property gives wedding parties a place to prepare or stay overnight. Couples choose their own caterer for weddings, and the venue maintains a large paved lot for guest and vendor parking. Historic Acres of Hershey operates year-round, with all spaces temperature-controlled for four-season events.

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  Riverside Landings & Greek Orthodox Social Hall By Elegant Catering

  12 Washington Ave, Oakmont, PA 15139, USA

  • Spaces for 150-350 Guests
  • 2 Event Spaces
  • 1 Ballroom
  • 1 Waterfront

  Riverside Landings Event Center sits along the Allegheny River in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, offering two distinct halls for weddings, receptions, and other celebrations. The Grand Ballroom is an elegant space with chandeliers, a full bar, and an expansive dance floor, accommodating 100 to 350 guests for large-scale events. The Riverside Landings hall offers a more intimate setting for 50 to 150 guests, with a wrap-around bar, dance floor, and an outdoor porch that overlooks the river year-round. Both halls include a large parking lot and are fully accessible, and the Grand Ballroom adds a private bridal suite for wedding parties. The venue works with a roster of caterers to handle food and beverage for events held in either hall.

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  Pittsburgh Botanic Gardens

  799 Pinkerton Run Rd, Oakdale, PA 15071, USA

  • Spaces for 40-225 Guests
  • 1 Event Space
  • 1 Barn
  • 3 Total Spaces

  Pittsburgh Botanic Garden hosts weddings, ceremonies, and private and corporate events across 65 acres of cultivated gardens and woodlands showcasing native plants of the Allegheny Plateau ecoregion, located about 10 miles from Downtown Pittsburgh. Indoor and outdoor spaces on the property accommodate up to 220 guests. The Davidson Events Center, a renovated 1870s barn, pairs rustic chandeliers and a stone fireplace with a wall of windows overlooking the woodlands, and adjoins the Peirce Celebration Garden and a plaza for dancing and mingling. The Welcome Center offers the Bob & Joan Peirce Event Room, with floor-to-ceiling windows opening onto the Peirce Courtyard Garden, alongside the Canopy Café. For ceremonies, couples can choose the woodland gardens, the Lotus Pond, or the Margaret Lawrence Simon Dogwood Meadow, which includes a wooden gazebo. The Garden's Events Department arranges on-site services such as table and chair rentals and alcohol contracts, and works alongside approved outside vendors for catering, tents, and linens. Evening events with alcohol service include a day-of venue manager and on-site security, and a stone fireplace with complimentary firewood is available for evening use. A 20% discount is offered to 501(c)3 organizations booking corporate events.

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  Creekside Grove

  PA-374, Nicholson, PA 18446, USA

  • Spaces for 200-250 Guests
  • 1 Event Space
  • 1 Outdoor

  Set on 10 landscaped acres in the Endless Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania, Creekside Grove is an outdoor wedding and event venue near Lenoxville, about 20 minutes north of Scranton and easily reached from I-81. The property centers on a pond, mature trees, and open green space, giving couples a countryside backdrop for ceremonies and receptions alike. The venue's open-air pavilion anchors the grounds, with field stone walls, a vaulted wood ceiling, and an oversized fireplace; it can be enclosed and heated for cooler-weather events and holds up to 200 guests. Couples can also choose from a pond-front gazebo for ceremonies, a pergola for photos, and a private deck for cocktail hour, with a bride's she shed available for getting ready. Creekside Grove gives couples control over how they celebrate: caterers can be chosen freely, self-catering is permitted, and a dedicated caterer prep area with refrigeration, a sink, freezer, and warming cabinet supports whichever vendors are brought in.

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  General Warren

  9 Old Lancaster Rd, Malvern, PA 19355, USA

  • Spaces for 28-125 Guests
  • 5 Event Spaces
  • 1 Restaurant
  • 5 Total Spaces

  Operating since 1745, the General Warren Inn is a historic tavern-turned-inn in Malvern, Pennsylvania, in the heart of Chester County's Great Valley. The property began as the "Sign of Admiral Vernon" and later took its current name in honor of Dr. Joseph Warren, a Revolutionary War figure killed at Bunker Hill; over the centuries it has served as a stagecoach stop on the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, a Seventh-Day worship gathering point, and a temperance hotel before its 1984 restoration brought back its 18th-century character. Today the inn combines eight guest suites with several distinct event settings, including a main dining room, the Warren Tavern, and the Spring House Terrace, a secluded outdoor space built around a 275-year-old springhouse. The terrace's lower level is partially enclosed and heated for year-round use, while "Table 1745," set inside the historic springhouse itself, offers intimate seating for up to six guests with full bar and restroom access nearby. The General Warren hosts weddings, rehearsal dinners, private parties, and corporate events, with an on-premise pastry chef available for custom dessert and wedding cake menus. Larger receptions can be arranged as formal sit-down banquets or stations-style events, and smaller parties may order from the full dinner menu in one of the inn's dining rooms.

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  Bashore Scout Reservations

  160 Moonshine Rd, Jonestown, PA 17038, USA

  • Spaces for 150-350 Guests
  • 2 Event Spaces
  • 1 Outdoor

  Bashore Scout Reservation is a 400-plus acre Scouts BSA camp set in the foothills of Pennsylvania's Blue Mountains, near the Appalachian Trail and within driving distance of Hersheypark and Amish Country. Established in 1947, the reservation has grown into one of the Northeast Region's noted summer camp properties, and it opens its grounds to weddings and private events outside of its summer Scouting season. The camp's rustic, wooded setting has made it a popular choice for weddings, along with school field trips, church picnics, retreats, and club gatherings. Ceremonies are typically held in the Camp Chapel, seating up to 150 guests, with receptions moving to the Dining Hall, which seats up to 350 and features a stone fireplace and an on-site sound system and projector available for an additional cost. Beyond its event spaces, the reservation offers a 5.5-acre lake for paddle-boarding, sailing, kayaking, canoeing, rowing, and fishing, an Olympic-sized pool, shooting sports ranges, a climbing gym, and miles of hiking trails. Three cabins and lodges, accommodating 22 to 40 people each, are also available to rent for camping weekends.

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  Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve

  1635 River Rd, New Hope, PA 18938, USA

  • Spaces for 50-200 Guests
  • 1 Event Space
  • 4 Outdoor Spaces
  • 5 Total Spaces

  Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve is a 134-acre native plant sanctuary in Bucks County's Pidcock Creek Valley, near Washington Crossing Historic Park, where over 700 species native to Pennsylvania grow across roughly 4.5 miles of trails through forest, meadow, and streamside habitat. Established in 1934 as a memorial to the Revolutionary War patriots who camped in the area with George Washington's army, the preserve has grown into an accredited botanical garden built almost entirely around native plantings first established under botanist Dr. Edgar T. Wherry. For weddings and private events, the grounds offer several distinct outdoor settings, from the timber-framed Moore Pavilion, which seats up to 200 with picnic tables and a wood-burning fireplace, to the stone-patio Pond area, the wooded Gazebo, and the Stone Bridge over Pidcock Creek for smaller ceremonies. Tent rentals through the preserve's event partner can accommodate gatherings of up to 350. Special events at the preserve are managed by its exclusive event partner, Open Aire Affairs.

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  Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack

  777 Harrah's Blvd, Chester, PA 19013, USA

  • Spaces for 140-3,000 Guests
  • 6 Event Spaces
  • 1 Bar
  • 6 Total Spaces

  Harrah's Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack sits along the Delaware River in Chester, Pennsylvania, pairing a full casino floor and live harness racing with dedicated event space for weddings, galas, and corporate gatherings. Its Event Center occupies a separate floor from the main casino, with a private balcony overlooking the racetrack and the river, and can be arranged for anywhere from small meetings to receptions of over 1,000 guests. The Event Center's Grand Ballroom spans more than 11,000 square feet and can be used as a single room or divided into smaller sections, including the Harrah's, Horseshoe, and Caesars rooms, to suit events of different sizes. The Block offers additional state-of-the-art meeting and event space built for conferences, workshops, and presentations. For weddings, the venue's team offers assistance with florals, décor, seating charts, room reservations, audio-visual, and menu planning. In-house catering and banquet staff design customized menus, and an in-house audio-visual team supplies equipment such as lighting, projectors, and staging. Beyond the Event Center, groups can also book space at the Philly Tap & Tavern, the Riverview Terrace, and the seasonal outdoor Harrah's Backyard.

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  Springwood Manor

  1000 Indiana Rd, Verona, PA 15147, USA

  • Spaces for 100-300 Guests
  • 2 Event Spaces
  • 2 Mansions
  • 2 Total Spaces

  Springwood Manor is a renovated century-old stone estate set on wooded hills just outside Pittsburgh in Verona, Pennsylvania. The property began as a farmhouse built around 1870 and was later home to horticulturist Herbert Hoechstetter, whose landscaping business shaped the grounds and whose additions—a sandstone facade, cherry wood paneling, and a fireplace mantle built from an old barn's support beams—still define the house today. A three-year renovation transformed the property into the event venue it is now, framed by Japanese larch, maples, pin oak, chestnut, holly, copper beech, and bamboo. The Manor hosts indoor and outdoor wedding ceremonies, receptions, and corporate events for up to 270 guests. Ceremony sites include Garden Square, with its pergola and separate entrances for the bridal party; the Stone Patio; the Gazebo nestled among the trees; and the Glass Atrium, used for winter ceremonies. The vaulted-ceiling Pavilion, with its scissor trusses and chandeliers, serves as both a reception space for music and dancing and the venue's rain plan. A wooden, three-tier rear deck wraps the back of the stone house and connects to the surrounding grounds. Receptions include an on-site event manager, in-house chef and wait staff, full catering, and access to the entire facility—Manor House, Atrium, Pavilion, Rear Deck, and grounds—with no facility fee for events of 100 or more guests. The same grounds and structures also host business meetings, corporate retreats, and holiday parties.

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  Olive or Twist

  140 6th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA

  • Spaces for 200 Guests
  • 1 Event Space
  • 1 Bar

  Olive or Twist is a martini bar and event center in Pittsburgh's Cultural District, serving classic martinis, craft cocktails, wine, beer, and a scratch kitchen menu with a Pittsburgh twist. Founded in 2001, it sits near the Benedum Center, Heinz Hall, and The Byham Theatre, with parking garages next door — a natural stop before a show, a game, or a night out downtown. Upstairs, the venue's Lounge & VIP Room can hold up to 200 guests, giving planners an elegant, stylish setting for wedding receptions, holiday parties, business meetings, rehearsal dinners, cocktail parties, and mixers. The space draws on the same cocktail and dining program that anchors the bar downstairs, along with live music that's part of the regular Olive or Twist experience.

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