Top Virginia Beach Opening Party Venues
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JOY INC VENUES
1416 Atlantic Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, USAVenue includes the Cuisine, Catering Staff, Linens, Lighting, and valet parking at specific locations. Action Food Stations, Buffet, and Served Plated Meals Cocktail Hour appetizers and Charcuterie is available Beverages etc.

Lesner Inn Catering Club
3319 Shore Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, USA- Spaces for 200-400 Guests
At The Lesner Inn, we specialize in making your dream wedding a reality. Nestled along the picturesque waterfront, our venue offers breathtaking views and a warm, inviting atmosphere that sets the perfect backdrop for your special day. Not only do we provide a beautiful venue, but we also offer exceptional food & beverage services, ensuring that your guests will enjoy a delightful culinary experience. Our dedicated team of experienced professionals is committed to delivering exceptional service and taking care of every detail. Whether you're planning an elegant ceremony or a lively reception, we recognize the significance of crafting memorable experiences for you and your guests. To enhance your celebration, we provide in-house day-of coordination packages, as well as partial and full wedding design and planning services, allowing you to fully enjoy your special day while our experts manage all the details. Our versatile spaces can accommodate both intimate gatherings and grand celebrations. We take pride in curating bespoke events tailored to your unique vision, ensuring that your wedding reflects your style and love story. When you choose us, you’re not just selecting a venue; you’re partnering with a team that truly cares about your happiness. We can’t wait to help you celebrate your love and create lasting memories! Looking forward to being a part of your special day!

Country Villa Inn Weddings
2252 Indian River Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA- Spaces for 250-4,000 Guests
Avg response time 4-6 hrsVeterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
3550 Cellar Door Way, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA- Spaces for 250-400 Guests
- 1 Outdoor
Featuring outdoor setting and soaring views, Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach is the perfect location for your next conference, corporate event, fundraiser, private concert or graduation. With access to the world’s greatest musical entertainment, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, custom menus and mixology, our talented staff handles every detail, so you don’t have to. Accommodating up to 20,000 guests, and located 11 miles from Virginia Beach Convention Center and 11.6 miles from Downtown, this unique venue will exceed expectations.

Delta Hotels Virginia Beach Waterfront
2800 Shore Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, USA- Spaces for 50-150 Guests
Sunset Ballroom Size & Capacity: 3,120 sq ft; accommodates up to 300 guests' reception-style or 150 banquet-style. Panoramic Views: Floor-to-ceiling windows frame breathtaking Chesapeake Bay vistas and the area's best sunsets. Dune Deck Access: A private outdoor space that seamlessly extends your event into the natural beauty of the bay. Chic Décor: Elegant chandeliers, gold Chiavari chairs, and a sophisticated neutral palette elevate the ambiance—perfect for weddings and upscale celebrations. Carter Hall Ballroom Spacious 3,584 sq ft room with a capacity up to 350 (reception/theater) or 240 (banquet), Modular layout that divides into three sections, ideal for larger events or breakout events. Monitor, Vella, and Oak Hill — Flexible midsize rooms seating 20–180, well-suited for breakout sessions or reception.
Avg response time 1-2 hrs- featured

Town Point Club
101 W Main St, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA- Spaces for 8-450 Guests
- 1 Restaurant
- 1 Ballroom
- 8 Total Spaces
Overlooking the Elizabeth River in the heart of downtown Norfolk, Town Point Club offers a setting that is as breathtaking as it is memorable. With sweeping waterfront and sunset views, chef-driven cuisine, and elevated hospitality, the Club transforms every gathering into an experience, whether it's a board meeting, corporate reception, milestone birthday, wedding celebration, or private dinner. With 12,000 square feet across nine distinct event spaces, the Club accommodates everything from intimate executive meetings to standing receptions of up to 400 guests. The Harbor Room offers panoramic river views and seats up to 100-130 guests, while Buoy 36, James/Willoughby, and Craig's on the River provide versatile backdrops for celebrations of different sizes. A balcony with unparalleled sunset views of the Elizabeth River is available for outdoor ceremonies and cocktail receptions. Led by our Executive Chef, our culinary team crafts fresh, seasonal menus tailored to every occasion. Members receive a waived room rental fee. Your Occasion. Our Club. You do not need to be a member to book an event.
Pricing Details AvailableAvg response time 12-24 hrs 
The Ghent Rooftop Bar & Event Space
319 W 21st St, Norfolk, VA 23517, USA- Spaces for 88-120 Guests
- 2 Event Spaces
The Ghent offers both indoor and outdoor spaces to accommodate up to 190 guests for any style of celebration. Our rooftop space has been fully renovated to provide comfort during any season, including heaters and fire pits for the colder months, and our indoor spaces are also newly renovated and perfect for celebrating special occasions with family and friends. Whether it’s a birthday celebration, a holiday party, a rehearsal dinner, or a corporate event, we offer a customizable menu and a comfortable atmosphere for you and your guests. Come enjoy our state-of-the-art self-pour draft system that allows you to pour and sample any beer, wine or seltzer that you can think of. Contact us to celebrate at The Ghent with our delicious libations and good times!
Est. $82/guest$2,800 minAvg response time 1-2 days
The Venue @ NCC
5112 Godwin Blvd, Suffolk, VA 23434, USA- Spaces for 150 Guests
The Venue @ NCC is a fully renovated event venue at 5112 Godwin Blvd in Suffolk, Virginia, open to the public. Choose The Fireside Room, a bright indoor room with arched windows and a fireplace wall (up to 100 guests); The Stage Hall, an auditorium with rows of seating facing a raised stage (up to 100); or The Pine Garden, an outdoor setting with a patio and lawn among tall pines (up to 150). The Fireside Room and The Pine Garden can be booked together. Tables, chairs and on-site parking are included with every rental. We host weddings, banquets, holiday parties, showers, birthdays, repasts, meetings, graduations, reunions and community events. Rates: from $250 an hour in high seasons, up to 4 hours; flat rate package from $2,500 for up to 6 to 8 hours; full day or evening from $2,995 to $3,995+ per event. Food and decoration are not included. Rates vary by season and day. Minimum hours: Monday to Thursday 2 hours, Friday 4 hours, Saturday 5 hours (Saturdays are package or full day only). A reservation plus a non-refundable deposit holds your date. Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to midnight. Closed Sunday. Book at https://venueatncc.org/book/ or call (948) 205-2934.

Francis Land House
3131 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23452, USA- Spaces for 50-300 Guests
- 1 Outdoor
- 2 Historic Spaces
- 2 Total Spaces
The Francis Land House is a historic Georgian-style residence in Virginia Beach, built circa 1804 for Francis Land VI, a wealthy plantation owner from a prominent Princess Anne County family. The home's Federal-period interiors and furnishings interpret the era of roughly 1805–1819, and exhibits throughout the house explore plantation life, the roles of the household's free and enslaved members, and the property's later history through Prohibition and World War II. The house's cellar and its landscaped grounds are available for private events, from intimate dinners and corporate retreats to weddings and receptions. The cellar accommodates smaller gatherings, while the grounds can host tented events for up to 300 guests, making the setting suited to both a quiet celebration and a larger outdoor reception. Rentals include use of the restrooms and kitchen, and hosts are free to bring in their own caterers, including food trucks.


Princess Anne Country Club
3800 Pacific Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, USA- Spaces for 300 Guests
Founded in 1916 by a group of Norfolk businessmen, Princess Anne Country Club has grown into one of the premier private clubs in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Set in Virginia Beach, the club's grounds include a golf course that winds through stands of pines and live oaks along narrow waterways, an extensive tennis facility with indoor and outdoor courts, and a modern swimming pool complex. The clubhouse hosts private parties for members and their sponsored guests, from rehearsal dinners and wedding receptions to milestone celebrations and business gatherings. Full-service catering, overseen by the club's Director of Catering and Special Events, manages every detail of an event, with the clubhouse's restaurant, bars, and function spaces providing the backdrop. The club's stylish, understated character has been carried forward by generations of member families since its founding, giving events at Princess Anne a sense of longstanding tradition.

Blue Horizon
2584 Sandfiddler Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA- Spaces for 75 Guests
Blue Horizon is an oceanfront estate on Sandbridge Beach in Virginia Beach, listed among Sandbridge Realty's Event Homes for weddings, receptions, and private celebrations. The completely refurbished property spans three levels of living space with sweeping ocean views, ten bedroom suites with private bathrooms, and twelve bathrooms in all. The ground floor is built for gathering, with a video arcade room, an exercise room, and a media room with an 80-inch screen and surround sound, alongside an indoor heated pool. Outside, an expansive paved deck holds a bar, two seating areas, and the largest pool patio on the oceanfront, with more than 5,300 square feet of space, plus a regulation pickleball court. The second floor's central gathering area, with its wet bar and card table, and the third floor's floor-to-ceiling window views over the kitchen and main living room, give groups multiple settings to spread out across an event. The state-of-the-art kitchen features a Wolf six-burner range, two full ovens, two refrigerators, and two dishwashers, and the property is equipped with an elevator, high-speed WiFi, and 18 televisions throughout. Its house rules explicitly allow meetings and events.


The Attic at Waterman's
415 Atlantic Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, USA- Spaces for 83-130 Guests
- 1 Restaurant
- 1 Waterfront
The Attic at Waterman's occupies the second floor of Waterman's Surfside Grille, at the intersection of 5th Street and Atlantic Avenue on the Virginia Beach oceanfront. A wall of 16 windows offers panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean, giving the space an elegant, yet rustic coastal character suited to weddings, rehearsal dinners, business meetings, and private celebrations. The Attic seats up to 83 guests with a dance floor, or accommodates up to 130 guests in a cocktail-style layout blending seating and high-top tables. Smaller gatherings of 10 to 45 guests can also be hosted in the main dining areas of Waterman's Surfside Grille on the first floor. The Attic holds a full ABC license and provides in-house bar service, and Waterman's culinary team prepares menus for events of all sizes, so hosts do not need to arrange outside catering. The venue is about seven minutes from the Virginia Beach Convention Center and roughly 30 minutes from Norfolk International Airport.

North Star
2468 Sandfiddler Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA- Spaces for 100 Guests
North Star is an oceanfront eight-bedroom home in Sandbridge Beach, Virginia Beach, VA, set behind two levels of decks that overlook the beach. The house is suited to family vacations, reunions, and special events, with six of its eight bedrooms featuring king beds, private baths with custom tile, and individual TVs. Guests gather in an open kitchen that seats more than eighteen people, or spread out across the living room, recreation room, and theater room. Outdoor entertaining continues at the private pool, hot tub, and covered oceanside cabana, with a pool table and ping pong table in the recreation room.

Military Aviation Museum
1341 Princess Anne Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23457, USA- Spaces for 600-5,000 Guests
- 2 Museums
- 1 Outdoor
- 1 Event Space
The Military Aviation Museum sits on a private grass airfield in Virginia Beach, home to one of the world's largest collections of flying vintage military aircraft from the WWI and WWII eras. Originally the private collection of Virginia Beach businessman Gerald Yagen, the museum opened to the public in 2008 and today welcomes more than 85,000 visitors a year to see warbirds maintained in operational, flying condition rather than kept as static displays. The campus blends museum galleries with authentic historic structures relocated from overseas, including the Goxhill Watch Office, a former U.S. 8th Air Force control tower from England, and Halle 6 Cottbus, a German airfield hangar that still bears battle damage from 1945. Two 15,000-square-foot hangars, each accommodating up to 600 guests, offer climate-controlled indoor space for weddings, corporate events, and holiday parties, while the historic WWI Hangar and the open museum grounds provide rustic and outdoor alternatives for events as large as 5,000 with tents and staging. The museum can also add a private aircraft demonstration to an event rental, giving guests a warbird flyover as part of their evening.

DoubleTree by Hilton Virginia Beach
1900 Pavilion Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, USA- Spaces for 16-700 Guests
- 12 Hotels
- 3 Ballrooms
- 9 Meeting Spaces
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Virginia Beach sits adjacent to the Virginia Beach Convention Center in the city's ViBe Creative District. The hotel is home to The Cardinal Restaurant & Bar, a bright, mural-lined space featuring artwork by local artist Jeff Tarkenton, serving dishes such as seafood chili nachos, tangy tamarind salmon, and braised short ribs alongside handcrafted cocktails, a dozen draft beers, and live weekend entertainment. For events, the hotel offers 12,040 square feet of function space spread across twelve rooms, from the expansive Grand Ballroom down to smaller salons suited to breakout sessions, together able to host up to 700 guests. A dedicated events team helps plan each occasion. Overnight guests can also make use of a heated indoor pool with an adjacent outdoor deck and an on-site fitness center.

Atlantic Resort
2952 Sandfiddler Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA- Spaces for 100 Guests
This 12 bedroom, oceanfront home is a nice place to getaway to for a birthday party or get together. It is bound to be a great weekend after spending time poolside with drinks and friends. Additionally, the home provides spectacular views of the ocean and sunset in the evening making it an ideal spot for photos. If you are looking for a fun, relaxing, and affordable weekend away, then this is the place for you. There are plenty of activities walking distance from the home, like a backyard pool and the beach. The whole family is bound to be entertained here.

The Regency South
2856 Sandfiddler Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA- Spaces for 75 Guests
The Regency South is a twelve-bedroom oceanfront home in Sandbridge Beach, Virginia Beach, set on the dune line with private back-gate beach access. Walls of windows and multiple decks look out over the Atlantic, and the property includes three pools — a year-round heated indoor pool, a large outdoor pool, and a smaller covered pool connected by a waterfall feature. The home is built for entertaining large groups. Its gourmet kitchen has two full-size refrigerators, two gas stoves, and two dishwashers, and the granite dining table seats 28, with extra tables available for additional seating. Evening gathering spaces include a pub-style sports bar with a margarita machine and tabletop poker game, a billiard room, a wine bar, an arcade room, and a theater room with stadium and bar seating. Additional amenities include a whole-house sound system reaching 24 smart TVs, a covered outdoor grilling station with two gas grills, and EV and golf cart chargers. The Regency South is managed by Siebert Realty as part of its Sandbridge Beach oceanfront rental collection.

Festival Center on 8th
708 Atlantic Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, USA- Spaces for 150-250 Guests
- 1 Bar
- 1 Outdoor
- 1 Event Space
Located at 8th and Atlantic in the heart of the Virginia Beach oceanfront, Festival on 8th is a newly renovated event venue with a modern, industrial feel. Polished concrete floors, vaulted ceilings, vintage stained glass, an exposed brick accent wall, a gas fireplace, and a granite bar set the tone for its versatile floor plan, which can be kept open as one large room or divided into two spaces to suit the event. Festival on 8th accommodates up to 160 guests for a seated dinner or 225 for a cocktail-style reception, hosting wedding ceremonies and receptions, rehearsal dinners, social gatherings, and corporate events. The venue offers full on-site catering, and guests can also reserve the adjacent outdoor Shack area, complete with its own private bar, for a cocktail hour before moving inside. Festival on 8th shares an events team with its sister venue, The Attic at Waterman's, also located along the Virginia Beach oceanfront.