Top Vermont Opening Party Venues
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Choosing your opening party venue will be one of the most important steps in the planning process. So much goes into finding the perfect venue in Vermont. You’ll want to consider everything from the aesthetics of the space to any in-house amenities and services. Luckily, PartySlate makes it easy with our Find Venues page. Use the filters to narrow your search — taking into account everything from your guest count to specific catering preferences. Once you’ve set your filters, scroll down to search our curated list. Look for the “featured” tag for PartySlate’s top recommendations. With PartySlate, finding your ideal Vermont venue has never been easier.
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Stonehearth Inn & Tavern
698 VT-11, Chester, VT 05143, USA- Spaces for 150 Guests
Stone Hearth Inn & Eatery is set in a Vermont farmhouse with roots dating back to the early 1800s, just outside Chester in the Green Mountains. The property combines eight individually named guest rooms with an on-site eatery and tavern, blending historic character with a relaxed country atmosphere. The eatery serves comfort-driven meals made from scratch in a garden-side setting, with weekly specials, fresh-baked breads and desserts, and a seasonal menu alongside beer and wine. The tavern side of the property has long served as a gathering spot for guests and locals alike. Beyond lodging and dining, the inn hosts weddings, celebrations, memorials, meetings, and retreats, with catering available on-site or elsewhere. Its private dining room and eatery provide settings for gatherings, with additional garden and patio spaces in development. The mix of historic architecture, a working eatery, and flexible event spaces makes the inn a destination for both a quiet Vermont getaway and a hosted celebration.
Hulbert Outdoor Center
2899 Lake Morey Rd, Fairlee, VT 05045, USA- Spaces for 300 Guests
Hulbert Outdoor Center is a lakeside campus in Fairlee, Vermont, established in 1978 as part of the Aloha Foundation. Set on Lake Morey with surrounding forests and mountains, the center has spent decades hosting programs built around community, teamwork, and the outdoors, and it brings that same rustic, natural setting to weddings and private events. As a wedding venue, Hulbert Outdoor Center offers full-service extended weekend rentals as well as single-day bookings, with a historic barn and scenic outdoor ceremony sites along the lake. Rentals include a reception hall, tables, chairs, and tableware, on-site catering, on-site staff, and on-site housing, with premium activities available for couples who want to build outdoor experiences into their celebration. The venue is available primarily in May, June, and August through October, with smaller groups accommodated the rest of the year. Hulbert Outdoor Center was a WeddingWire Couple's Choice Award recipient in 2020.
Windridge Tennis & Sports Camps
1215 Roxbury Rd, Roxbury, VT 05669, USA- Spaces for 200 Guests
- 1 Event Space
Windridge Tennis & Sports Camps sits on more than 250 acres of woods, hills, meadows, and playing fields in Roxbury, Vermont, with the grounds facing west toward sweeping views of the Green Mountains. Known as Teela-Wooket, the property has served as Windridge's home since 1985 and includes a timber-framed dining hall with a fieldstone fireplace and wraparound porch, 21 clay tennis courts, two full-size soccer fields, and an equestrian facility with a 26-stall barn and both indoor and outdoor riding arenas. Beyond its summer camp programs, the property has hosted corporate meetings, weddings, family reunions, and specialty camps. The dining hall seats up to 200 guests for meals and events, and The Inn at Teela-Wooket, a Vermont country inn on the grounds, is available for weddings, reunions, and small corporate gatherings. With extensive lodging in cabins, recreation halls, a field house, and a pool, the campus can support programming and events ranging from a single afternoon to multi-day stays. Located just off Exit 5 on I-89, Windridge is a short drive from Montpelier, Sugarbush, and Waitsfield, with Burlington's airport about an hour away.
The Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm
1119 Quechee Main St, White River Junction, VT 05001, USA- Spaces for 72-200 Guests
- 1 Hotel
- 1 Outdoor
- 2 Total Spaces
Built in 1793 as the home of Colonel Joseph Marsh, Vermont's first lieutenant governor, the Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm is a Georgian-style property listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The inn overlooks Dewey's Mill Pond and the Ottauquechee River, surrounded by spruce and hardwood trees on its Vermont farmstead grounds. Wide pine floors, Queen Anne furnishings, and period antiques carry the inn's 19th-century character through its 22 guest rooms and 3 suites, updated with modern conveniences like wireless internet and air conditioning. The inn hosts destination weddings for up to 200 guests, with full-service catering served in a framed steel tent set on a brick courtyard beside the property's historic red barn, or across the meadows and back fields for ceremonies. Indoors, the Main Dining Room, Porter Library, Common Room, and Gallery Dining Room host smaller receptions and rehearsal dinners, with an adjoining awning-covered patio for cocktail hour. Wedding parties can take over the inn entirely from Friday dinner through Sunday morning. In the afternoons, guests gather in the Common Room for fresh baked cookies and, in colder months, a wood-burning fireplace.
The Woodstock Inn & Resort
14 The Green, Woodstock, VT 05091, USA- Spaces for 36-250 Guests
- 2 Ballrooms
- 3 Museums
- 15 Total Spaces
Set in the heart of Vermont's Green Mountains, the Woodstock Inn & Resort sits along the main street of the village of Woodstock, steps from local restaurants and boutiques. Its guest rooms and event spaces reflect the legacy of Laurance and Mary Rockefeller, whose Woodstock Foundation still owns the resort and has long shaped the town's preservation and character. The resort offers 10,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and banquet space, including the Woodstock Ballroom, the Rockefeller Room, and the Country Club Ballroom, alongside garden and lawn settings such as the South Garden and Kelly Way Gardens. Wedding receptions range from intimate gatherings to celebrations of up to 225 guests, with additional event settings at the Red Barns at Kelly Way Gardens, Billings Farm & Museum, and the Saskadena Six Baselodge. Farm-fresh, seasonal cuisine anchors events at the resort, drawing on ingredients grown in its own 3-acre certified organic Kelly Way Gardens and prepared by its in-house culinary team, alongside on-site catering, floral design, and dedicated event coordinators.
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Bolton Valley
4302 Bolton Valley Access Rd, Richmond, VT 05477, USA- Spaces for 100-200 Guests
- 2 Outdoor Spaces
- 2 Event Spaces
- 2 Total Spaces
Bolton Valley is a year-round mountain resort in Vermont's Green Mountains, roughly 30 minutes from downtown Burlington and Lake Champlain, set among more than 5,000 acres of high mountain forest. Founded in 1966 by Ralph DesLauriers, the resort has remained family-owned for nearly six decades and is now managed by four of his children alongside a dedicated team. For weddings and private events, Bolton Valley offers two mountain venues: The Ponds, a classic outdoor ceremony and reception site overlooking a spring-fed pond with panoramic mountain views, and Timberline Lodge, the resort's newer venue with a slope-side ceremony site, an attached patio, and a reception area with panoramic mountain views. Both venues include tables, chairs, linens, and a day-of wedding coordinator, and host ceremonies and receptions across all four seasons. Couples and guests can extend their celebration with the resort's amenities, including indoor and outdoor pools, a sauna and hot tub, scenic lift rides, mountain biking, disc golf, a golf simulator, tennis and pickleball courts, and skiing and snowboarding in winter.
Brandon Inn
20 Park St, Brandon, VT 05733, USA- Spaces for 220 Guests
Set in the village of Brandon, Vermont, the Brandon Inn has operated as a site of hospitality since 1786, beginning as a one-story tavern run by Captain Jacob Simonds. After a fire destroyed much of downtown Brandon in 1880, the current Dutch Colonial-style building rose in 1892, and the inn remains on the National Register of Historic Places today. The Brandon Inn hosts weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and celebrations of life across three indoor spaces available as standalone rentals: the Ballroom, the Dining Room & Gallery, and the Garden Room & Patio. Its team provides in-house catering and an open bar at the Jacob Simonds Bar, with a champagne toast, wine, and local beer, plus optional decoration, lighting, DJ, live music, and A/V equipment. The property also includes an in-ground pool, brick patio, bandstand, and a large lawn along the Neshobe River, and the Ballroom hosts free live piano music on a Steinway Model B most Friday and Saturday evenings.
Sleepy Hollow Inn Ski & Bike Center
427 Ski Lodge Drive, Huntington, VT 05462, USA- Spaces for 165 Guests
- 1 Barn
Sleepy Hollow Inn Ski, Bike Center & Barn is an 880-acre property in Huntington, Vermont, about 30 minutes from Burlington in the Green Mountains, with views of Camel's Hump. At its center is a distinctive 17-sided round barn with hardwood floors, soaring beams, and 34 windows that fill the space with natural light, making it suited to both barn weddings and other private celebrations. The Round Barn hosts up to 165 guests, with its hardwood floor open for dancing throughout the space and a sound system that reaches the adjoining Pavilion. Couples can hold ceremonies inside the barn, under the covered 40'x40' Pavilion, or outdoors at a seven-sided gazebo beside the property's pond. The venue follows an open vendor policy, and 100% of the electricity used for weddings comes from solar power. Beyond the wedding spaces, the property includes an eight-bedroom Inn that sleeps up to 22 guests, a Butternut Cabin, and camping in Molly's Meadow with four lean-tos. Guests can also take advantage of the property's recreational trails, including groomed Nordic ski and snowshoe trails and mountain biking single track.
The Atrium at The Essex
70 Essex Way, Essex Junction, VT 05452, USA- Spaces for 180-350 Guests
- 1 Resort
- 1 Event Space
The Atrium is an indoor event space at The Essex Resort & Spa in Essex, Vermont, encompassing 3,185 square feet and accommodating up to 350 guests. The room supports several layout styles, including rounds, rectangular tables, and mixed configurations, with a plated dinner seating as many as 180 guests at rectangular tables or 170 at rounds, and buffet-style service seating up to 150. The Atrium's reception package includes five hours of private use, reception tables and chairs, complete setup and breakdown, and a choice of white, ivory, or black linens and napkins. Every event is assigned a dedicated Event Manager, and the resort's on-site culinary team builds customizable menus using locally sourced Vermont ingredients. Couples celebrating in the Atrium can add the Celebration Suite for pre-ceremony preparations.
Killington Resort
4763 Killington Rd, Killington, VT 05751, USA- Spaces for 20-600 Guests
- 1 Restaurant
- 6 Hotels
- 8 Total Spaces
Killington Resort sits in Vermont's Green Mountains, known as "The Beast of the East" and the largest ski resort in the eastern United States, with more than 200 days of lift-served skiing and riding each winter and a full slate of summer activities including mountain biking, golf, and a treetop adventure course. The four-season setting gives couples and planners several distinct venues to choose from: the Peak Lodge, perched atop the mountain with panoramic views of the Green Mountains, hosts up to 200 guests for ceremonies and receptions, while the K-1 Lodge accommodates up to 300 guests with an expansive patio suited to rehearsal dinners and welcome parties. The Killington Grand Resort Hotel anchors the resort's event offerings with 200 guest rooms, a spa, and the Oscar Ballroom, along with a firepit and poolside patio for smaller gatherings. The adjoining Grand Hotel & Conference Center provides configurable meeting and banquet space for gatherings ranging from 25 to 400 guests, supported by on-site AV, catering, and a dedicated event coordinator.
Windsor Mansion Inn
153 Pembroke Rd, Windsor, VT 05089, USA- Spaces for 125 Guests
Windsor Mansion Inn is a Colonial Revival mansion set high on a hilltop above Windsor, Vermont, with views over the Connecticut River Valley, Lake Runnemede, and Mount Ascutney. Built in 1902 with design input from sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a family friend of the original owners, the mansion is recognized as the largest Colonial Revival-style mansion in the United States and is listed on the National Historic Register. Three U.S. Presidents have stayed at the property, and several of its 16 guest rooms and demi-suites carry their names, including the Theodore Roosevelt Suite, the Calvin Coolidge Room, and the Woodrow Wilson Suite. Restored in 2016, the inn sits on 15 acres with a multi-tiered terrace and a 12-person custom firepit overlooking the surrounding hills. More than 5,000 square feet of indoor event space, together with its outdoor terraces and lawn, host weddings for up to 130 guests as well as reunions, corporate retreats, bridal and baby showers, and anniversary parties. Guests also have access to an in-house pub, a private library, a coffee and tea station, and a nearby nature preserve. The property is a short drive from Woodstock, Quechee, and Dartmouth College.
The Cobble House
47 Cobble House Rd, Gaysville, VT 05746, USADevil Takes a Holiday
111 St Paul St, Burlington, VT 05401, USAA relaxed yet sophisticated cocktail lounge with a vintage vibe, eclectic decor, and soft lighting. Devil Takes a Holiday offers parties in the cocktail lounge for up to 50 and (weather-permitting) spritz deck outings for up to 30. Good for company gatherings, welcome dinners, rehearsal dinners, cocktail hours, after-parties, post-wedding brunches, wedding showers, bachelor/-ette parties, engagement celebrations, and more.
The Barn at Boyden Farm
44 State Hwy 104, Cambridge, VT 05444, USAStepping Stone Spa and Bed & Breakfast
1563 Darling Hill Rd, Lyndonville, VT 05851, USA- Spaces for 50 Guests
Waterfront
84 Fyfe Dr, Newport, VT 05855, USA- Spaces for 75-100 Guests
- 1 Event Space
- 1 Waterfront
The Gateway Center is a banquet hall on the shore of Lake Memphremagog in Newport, Vermont, with views across the water toward Owl's Head and the Canadian mainland. Glass doors along the building's north side open onto wraparound balconies, giving guests lake views right from the reception space. Operated by Newport Parks & Recreation, the Gateway Center comfortably holds up to 75 people and is available for rent year-round, making it a fit for business meetings, private parties, and other celebrations. Rental of the space includes use of the facility itself along with tables, chairs, and the on-site kitchen, which is equipped with two refrigerator/freezer units, a propane range, an electric stove and oven, and a stainless steel double sink. The Gateway Center is offered as a basic hall rental: linens, dishware, cutlery, and event staff or planners are not included, and renters arrange these separately.
Taconic Hotel
3835 Main St, Manchester Center, VT 05255, USA