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  Davis Center At The University Of Vermont

  Burlington, VT 05405, USA

  • Spaces for 32-800 Guests
  • 6 Ballrooms
  • 1 Event Space
  • 3 Meeting Spaces

  The Dudley H. Davis Center is the University of Vermont's central conference and event venue in Burlington, Vermont, built in 2007 as a 186,000-square-foot, environmentally conscious facility. Vaulted ceilings trimmed in local maple wood and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Green Mountains or Lake Champlain give the building its character. The center holds four ballrooms, more than seven meeting rooms, and additional smaller spaces, giving planners a range of room sizes for conferences, meetings, and campus gatherings. Rentals include tables and chairs, standard AV equipment such as podiums, microphones, projectors, and screens, flipcharts and whiteboards, and free WiFi for guests, with events able to draw on UVM Dining's catering services. The Davis Center sits on UVM's campus close to Burlington's Church Street Marketplace, Lake Champlain, and the Green Mountains.

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  West Hill House B&B

  1496 W Hill Rd, Warren, VT 05674, USA

  • Spaces for 16-50 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 1 Barn
  • 3 Total Spaces

  West Hill House B&B is a historic 1850s farmhouse turned Vermont inn set on nine peaceful acres in Warren, in the state's Green Mountains. Nine guest rooms are joined by "The Commons" — three spacious shared rooms — along with gardens, meadows, ponds, and wooded grounds that create a quiet, secluded backdrop for gatherings. Owned and run by innkeepers Eric and Teresa Meadow, the inn is a member of Select Registry and the Association of Lodging Professionals, and has received TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice award each year from 2020 through 2025. For weddings and private events, the property's Handsome Red Barn and surrounding outdoor settings — a gazebo, gardens, meadows, and pond-side spots — host elopements, micro-weddings for up to 16 guests, and intimate weddings, receptions, and dinners for up to 50. In-house catering is available for smaller groups of 6 to 18, while the Handsome Red Barn accommodates larger stand-up receptions or seated dinners for up to 50 guests, with round or rectangular table setups and space for dancing. The same barn space converts to a retreat and meeting venue for groups of up to 24, complete with WiFi and projection equipment, while the B&B's boardroom, Sun Room, and covered Garden Terrace offer additional space for smaller meetings and gatherings.

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  Bliss Ridge

  5660 Moretown Common Rd, Moretown, VT 05660, USA

  • Spaces for 225-500 Guests
  • 1 Barn
  • 1 Farm
  • 1 Historic Space

  Set on 88 private acres above Vermont's Mad River Valley, Bliss Ridge is a working organic farm that has hosted one-of-a-kind weddings since 2011. The property welcomes only one wedding per weekend, giving each couple exclusive use of the farm's 360-degree panoramic views and photo opportunities. At the heart of the property sits a restored, hand-hewn post-and-beam barn from the 1800s, with 35-foot ceilings and seating for up to 225 guests. Couples can also book two artisan-built treehouses for lodging and getting-ready space: a fully insulated, four-season treehouse built in 2023, and the original Bird's Nest treehouse, built in 2020 over a babbling brook and open May through October. Beyond the ceremony and reception spaces, Bliss Ridge offers an artesian well-fed swimming pond with a sandy beach, a wood-fired sauna, and a cedar barrel cold plunge. The farm holds a full liquor license and creates custom bar menus, and its flower and vegetable gardens supply florals for weddings on-site. Owner Jordan brings 20 years of event planning experience, from private yacht parties to large corporate conferences, to each wedding hosted at Bliss Ridge.

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  The Green Mountain Inn

  18 Main St, Stowe, VT 05672, USA

  • Spaces for 4-125 Guests
  • 1 Hotel
  • 1 Historic Space

  The Green Mountain Inn is a historic inn set on Main Street in Stowe, Vermont, spanning 101 guest rooms, suites, apartments, and townhouses across eight buildings. The property has been voted Best Hotel/Inn in Stowe and is ranked the #1 resort in Stowe on TripAdvisor. For weddings and private celebrations, the inn offers several distinct settings. 18 Main pairs a crackling fireplace with hardwood floors and windows overlooking Main Street, suiting wedding dinners and receptions. The Village Room, tucked in a quiet corner of the Main Inn with vintage brass chandeliers, antique sconces, and French doors, works as both a ceremony space and a dance-floor-ready reception room with its own built-in bar. Outdoors, Mansfield Gardens offers a private lawn with a stone pathway and garden arbor for ceremonies and cocktail hours amid seasonal blooms. Couples planning something smaller can exchange vows in the Library and Living Room, an intimate setting suited to elopements, or book the inn's Country Inn Elopement Package for a couple and up to four guests. Beyond weddings, the inn accommodates corporate retreats, team meetings, birthday celebrations, and family reunions, with catering and event planning support throughout.

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  West Dover Inn and 1846 Tavern & Restaurant

  108 VT-100, West Dover, VT 05356, USA

  • Spaces for 200 Guests

  The 1846 Inn & Tavern (formerly the West Dover Inn) occupies a stagecoach stop and tavern originally built in 1846, restored under longtime family ownership in Vermont's Green Mountains near Mount Snow. The inn continues a hospitality tradition its owners trace back more than 150 years, and it keeps a written record of that history alive through a poem passed from innkeeper to innkeeper, each adding a verse to the property's story. The property offers 12 accommodations alongside the 1846 Tavern, where a chef-driven menu, a raw bar, and rotating craft beers anchor the dining side of the operation. The tavern is open daily on a first-come, first-served basis. For private events, the inn hosts gatherings in its outdoor tent with dedicated servers, on an outdoor patio with fire pits, or in its indoor dining space for smaller groups, with event details and pricing arranged directly with the innkeeper's team.

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  Arrowhead Golf Course, Milton

  350 Murray Ave, Milton, VT 05468, USA

  • Spaces for 100 Guests

  Arrowhead Golf Course is a nine-hole, par-3 public golf course in Milton, Vermont, set in a countryside landscape of gently rolling hills just minutes from the highway and about 20 minutes from Burlington. The course welcomes golfers of all skill levels, with three sets of tees per hole, a driving range, a practice chipping area, and both power and pull carts available. Beyond golf, Arrowhead's clubhouse and expansive deck host a range of celebrations, including weddings, bachelor and bachelorette parties, birthday parties, family reunions, fundraisers, and employee appreciation outings. In summer, the deck also hosts Friday Night Live Music & Buffet evenings. Arrowhead was recently recognized as one of the top five public golf courses in Vermont in Seven Days' Daysies poll.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Northshire Civic Center

  410 Hunter Park Rd, Manchester Center, VT 05255, USA

  • Spaces for 500 Guests

  Set on Hunter Park Road in Manchester Center, Vermont, the Northshire Civic Center is a nonprofit civic center built around Riley Rink, home to hockey, figure skating, and learn-to-skate programs each winter. In spring the rink surface gives way to turf for field sports and training, and by summer the grounds transform again into what the venue calls Southern Vermont's premier festival venue. Every July, the property hosts the two-day Dead of Summer Music Festival, and each year it is also home to the three-day Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots festival (GMBR), which draws more than 3,000 people to camp, dance, and take in performances from regional artists. The Northshire Civic Center also welcomes craft fairs and community gatherings on its grounds throughout the season. Just minutes from downtown Manchester and within easy reach of Bromley and Stratton mountains, the Northshire Civic Center describes itself as more than an ice rink or event venue — a community gathering place where neighbors, families, and visitors come together to play, compete, and celebrate throughout the year.

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  The Inn at Manchester

  3967 Main St, Manchester Center, VT 05255, USA

  • Spaces for 170 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 1 Barn

  The Inn at Manchester is a historic bed & breakfast in Manchester Village, Vermont, built in 1890 and welcoming guests as an inn since 1978. Over more than a century, the property passed through several stewards — from Mrs. Mathilda Shepard, who built the original house, to the Rosenberg family, who opened the Inn at Manchester in December 1978 and renovated it with the Vermont Division of Historic Preservation in 1985. In 2015, the Hanes family, then owners of the Inn, added the Celebration Barn as a dedicated event space alongside the property's Carriage House suites. The Celebration Barn offers 2,500 square feet of floor space plus an outdoor terrace and fire pit, with seating configurations that can be tailored to a couple's style. It accommodates gatherings from small, intimate ceremonies to celebrations for up to 170 guests, and also hosts corporate meetings. The Inn at Manchester additionally offers an elopement package for couples planning a simpler, more spontaneous wedding. Since 2018, the Inn has been owned and operated by the Maggiotto family, who continue its tradition of hospitality in the Green Mountains of Vermont.

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  The Woods Lodge

  100 Camp Wihakowi Rd, Northfield, VT 05663, USA

  • Spaces for 50 Guests

  Tucked into the natural beauty of central Vermont, The Woods Lodge offers indoor and outdoor spaces for weddings, private parties, corporate retreats, and celebrations of life. The Lodge's versatile grounds suit both an intimate indoor gathering and a sun-drenched outdoor celebration, with breakout areas and expansive grounds that also lend themselves to corporate retreats and team-building sessions. Weddings at The Woods Lodge range from an outdoor ceremony surrounded by nature to a cozy indoor reception, with the Lodge providing a flexible canvas for both ceremony and celebration. On-site catering includes grazing tables, passed hors d'oeuvres, stationary appetizer displays, and banquet or buffet service, alongside a private chef option for smaller gatherings — all built around vegan, vegetarian, and other dietary accommodations. A well-stocked bar offers spirits, wine, and Vermont craft beer, with outdoor bar service available on fair-weather days and a mobile bar option for events held off-site. Beyond event hosting, The Woods Lodge also operates cottages and apartments for nightly and extended stays, each with a full kitchen, giving guests a place to settle in before or after their event in Northfield, Vermont.

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  The Lilac Inn

  53 Park St, Brandon, VT 05733, USA

  • Spaces for 240 Guests

  The Lilac Inn occupies an 11,000-square-foot Georgian Revival mansion in Brandon, Vermont, originally built in 1909 as a summer residence known as "The Arches" and designed by Chicago architect George Perkins. The estate's history includes a philanthropist owner who gave Brandon its town library and later donated what is now Branbury State Park, and decades of stewardship by four cousins, among them an opera singer and a pair of well-traveled bookstore owners. Michael and Melanie Shane purchased the property in 1991, renamed it The Lilac Inn, and restored its Gilded Age architecture and grandeur. Today the inn hosts weddings year-round, from intimate elopements to celebrations of up to 200 guests, supported by a personal wedding coordinator who guides couples through planning. The on-site chef builds menus around each couple's own "food story," and the inn provides a Vermont wedding resource guide connecting couples with local florists, salons, and other services. Guests can extend their stay in the inn's on-site guest rooms, and the property is dog-friendly.

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  Riverside Farm Vermont

  3178 VT-100, Pittsfield, VT 05762, USA

  • Spaces for 100-500 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 2 Barns
  • 4 Total Spaces

  Riverside Farm is a 700-acre wedding and event venue set against Vermont's Green Mountains in Pittsfield. The property's history dates to the mid-1800s, when its barns and outbuildings were first built; a couple discovered the abandoned farm in 2001 and undertook a restoration that preserved its New England architecture while adding modern amenities, eventually holding their own wedding there before opening it to other couples. The farm is now owned by Joe and Courtney De Sena, founders of Spartan. Riverside Farm's grounds include the Red Barn and the Stonewell Barn, both restored post-and-beam structures furnished with country antiques, along with the Stone Cellar for more intimate gatherings and a 40-acre meadow for ceremonies and receptions with panoramic mountain views. The property can host up to 500 guests and combines ceremony and reception into a single seamless event. Overnight guests can stay on-site in accommodations that include the Bridal Suite, the Groom's Cabin, the River Studio, the Caretaker's Cottage, and The Stables. Riverside Farm is a member of the Vermont Association of Wedding Professionals.

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  EB Strong's Prime Steak House

  16 Church St, Burlington, VT 05401, USA

  • Spaces for 12-35 Guests
  • 1 Restaurant

  E.B. Strong's Prime Steakhouse is Vermont's first USDA Prime Steak House, located on Church Street in downtown Burlington. The restaurant serves USDA Prime Grade steaks, a distinction earned by less than 2% of the beef produced in the United States, alongside fresh seafood and a wine list drawn from both well-known and lesser-known producers across the New and Old World; wine lockers are available by request. For private gatherings, E.B. Strong's offers the Mezzanine, a semi-private room off the main dining room that accommodates 10 to 12 guests and offers privacy and distance from the rest of the dining room. Multi-course dinner menu options are available for guests booking the space. Larger groups can be hosted in The Cellar at E.B. Strong's, the restaurant's dedicated event space. E.B. Strong's is owned by Tim Halvorson, whose family also operates its sister restaurant, Halvorson's Upstreet Cafe, on the top block of the Church Street Marketplace.

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  The Trailside Inn

  115 Coffeehouse Rd, Killington, VT 05751, USA

  • Spaces for 115 Guests

  Set on five acres in the Green Mountains of Vermont, The Trailside Inn is a farmhouse-style property in Killington that hosts wedding weekends, corporate retreats, and family gatherings with exclusive use of the grounds. Couples exchange vows by a brook lined with birch and maple trees, then move to the deck and backyard for cocktail hour before dinner and dancing under a 2,400-square-foot event tent illuminated by paper lanterns. At the heart of the inn is the Great Room, where a wood fire warms guests during welcome parties, rehearsal dinners, and farewell brunches, and multiple fire pits on the property host nightly bonfires and s'mores. A renovated lower-level game room, with foosball, pool, Giant Jenga, and cornhole, keeps the celebration going after the reception ends. The property's 42 bedrooms, spread across a 28-room main inn, a 9-bedroom guesthouse, and a 5-bedroom Farmhouse, sleep up to 102 guests, allowing wedding parties to book out the entire inn for the weekend. The Trailside Inn has been named to The Knot's Best of Weddings Hall of Fame for 2018 through 2023.

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  Intervale Center

  180 Intervale Rd, Burlington, VT 05401, USA

  • Spaces for 110-150 Guests
  • 1 Outdoor
  • 1 Barn
  • 1 Farm

  The Intervale Center sits on 180 Intervale Road in Burlington, Vermont, a floodplain landscape along the Winooski River that the nonprofit has shaped into farmland, gardens, and public trails. At the heart of the property is a rustic barn dating to the 1860s, renovated and set on two landscaped acres with gardens, a willow tree, and a frog pond, about a mile from downtown Burlington. The Community Barn hosts weddings and celebrations from mid-May through mid-October, seating up to 110 guests indoors or up to 200 with an outdoor tent. Tables, chairs, a portable PA system, bistro lighting, and on-site staff support are included with the rental, and a charcoal grill is available for licensed caterers. The Intervale Center itself is open to the public 365 days a year, with recreational trails running along the Winooski River toward the Ethan Allen Homestead for biking, birding, walking, and winter skiing. Proceeds from barn rentals support the organization's work building a local food economy in Burlington.

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  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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  Higher Ground

  1214 Williston Rd, South Burlington, VT 05403, USA

  • Spaces for 450 Guests

  Higher Ground is a live music venue in South Burlington, Vermont, presenting touring and local acts across genres from indie and folk to rock, reggae, and electronic music through its Higher Ground Presents concert series. The venue is built around two rooms, the Ballroom and the Showcase Lounge, supported by three full-service bars — two in the Ballroom and one in the Showcase Lounge — pouring a selection of domestic and craft beer, cider, wine, and spirits. Beyond concerts, Higher Ground opens its rooms for private events, having hosted occasions ranging from full-service seated banquets to small birthday parties, with rental rates varying by day of week and season. On-site catering is handled by Encore Catering, available both on and off premises.

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  The Inn at Burklyn

  East Burke, Burke, VT 05832, USA

  Allow us to provide a breathtaking backdrop for your special day. The Inn at Burklyn is perched atop a hill with breathtaking views in every direction. Our large grounds and gardens, which span 86 acres and include an exclusive greenhouse and private orchards, are spread out over 86 acres. We believe in creating beautiful events with ease, so we've put together a list of trustworthy vendors to meet each client's demands. This is what we refer to as our "little White Book." These companies will assist you and your event planner in finding the ideal rentals, such as tents, tables, and chairs, to help you realize your vision. Please keep in mind that each customer will need to hire a full-service event planner. From the historic Inn at Burklyn's large windows and wrap-around porch, watch the sunrise and sunset over Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. With your hands curled around a warm mug in the parlor, watch the mist travel out of the valley. After a peaceful stroll through the orchards, stop by Darlings for a glass of wine. The Inn at Burklyn is a historic Neo Classical mansion built in 1904 as Elmer Darling's private residence. It has been meticulously repaired and updated to provide luxurious rooms with picturesque views of Vermont. Relax in the warmth of our sitting rooms, which include original fireplaces and 360-degree views of Vermont's unique beauty through the inn's enormous windows. Imagine strolling along our wrap-around porch or sitting on the sun porch with a cup of coffee and a good book in hand, gazing into our ancient greenhouse. You should feel at ease. Be true to yourself. Be present at this stunning venue with us.

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  Vermont Grange Center

  308 West St, Brookfield, VT 05036, USA

  • Spaces for 120 Guests

  Vermont Grange Center is a rural community center in Brookfield, Vermont, set on five acres in the state's farm country and available for private rental from May through October. The property centers on the Butler Building, a recreation hall with a stage, tables and chairs, and a large commercial kitchen suited for weddings, meetings, and celebrations, alongside a historic mansion with three meeting rooms, bedrooms that sleep 15, and a covered porch. Eight rustic cabins provide 96 beds for overnight guests, complemented by a shower building, a Nurse's Cabin with its own bathroom, and nine camper hookups with electric, water, and sewer service. Outdoors, an open-air chapel with a podium and benches offers a quiet setting for ceremonies, and a recreation area with a firepit, picnic tables, and swing sets rounds out the grounds. Rental includes access to all of the property's facilities, and renters may self-cater in the on-site commercial kitchen or bring in an outside caterer.

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