Top California Wedding Shower Venues

• Spaces for 80 Guests

Guitar Merchant is a music retail store, school, and live performance venue founded in 1999 in West Hills, California, serving the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles area. Located at the corner of Fallbrook and Saticoy in West Hills, the business has been recognized as a top-100 music dealer by NAMM for customer service excellence. The venue side of Guitar Merchant — The Stettler Room — hosts weekly open mic nights every Thursday at 7 p.m., live band performances, youth showcases (Kids JAMboree), artist recitals, and album release shows. The space is also available for private rental for recitals, music releases, birthday parties, film shoots, and art shows. Lessons at Guitar Merchant span all instruments and all ages, with instruction available seven days a week. The live venue naturally extends from the school's mission, giving students and community musicians a stage to perform and an audience to play for.

• Spaces for 300 Guests

• Spaces for 10-450 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Theater
• 9 Total Spaces

St. Monica Catholic Community is a Catholic parish located at 725 California Avenue in Santa Monica, California, conveniently situated off the 10 freeway in the heart of the city. The campus offers a range of event spaces that can accommodate gatherings from intimate meetings of 10 to large celebrations of 450 or more guests. The campus includes multiple distinct venues — among them the Grand Pavilion with its adjoining Grand Patio, a full Auditorium, the Learning Commons, the St. Andre Bessette Chapel, and several meeting and community rooms. Spaces are equipped with audiovisual systems, kitchen facilities, and optional add-ons including dance floors, staging, LED lighting, patio heaters, linens, and dinnerware. St. Monica Catholic Community welcomes a wide variety of events including weddings, wedding receptions, quinceañeras, birthday parties, anniversaries, and workshops. All facilities are non-smoking, and the community does not host rentals during Holy Week, Easter, Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day.

• Spaces for 70 Guests

• Spaces for 200 Guests

• Spaces for 80 Guests

• Spaces for 200-2,000 Guests
• 5 Hotels
• 3 Ballrooms
• 5 Total Spaces

Grand Hyatt Indian Wells Resort & Villas is a 45-acre resort in the exclusive desert community of Indian Wells, California, nestled against the San Jacinto Mountains and surrounded by championship golf courses, lush gardens, and shimmering water features. Following a $64 million renovation completed in September 2024, the property relaunched as a Grand Hyatt and now offers 531 refreshed guest accommodations alongside more than 88,000 square feet of reimagined indoor and outdoor event space. The resort's collection of 17 event spaces ranges from grand ballrooms with 24-foot ceilings to intimate garden terraces and open lawns overlooking fairways and mountain panoramas. Gatherings as small as 20 and as large as 2,000 can be accommodated across venues that include the Indian Wells Ballroom, the Grand Salon Ballroom, the Desert Vista Ballroom, and several outdoor spaces such as the Courtyard, The 18th Lawn, and the Cove Lawn. In-house catering, expert event planning staff, and advanced audiovisual capabilities are available across all event spaces. The surrounding resort amenities — nine pools, a 30,000-square-foot spa, two championship golf courses, and multiple dining concepts — make Grand Hyatt Indian Wells a full-service destination for weddings, corporate conferences, and private celebrations of every scale.

• Spaces for 200 Guests

• Spaces for 350 Guests

The Glass Mansion is a private estate set on 6.8 acres on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, just 26 miles southwest of Merced in Los Banos, California. The custom-built property spans nearly 5,300 square feet across thirteen rooms, with over seventy windows that frame sweeping views of the surrounding fields and vineyards. A palm tree-lined driveway and an indoor fountain in the entryway set the tone for events, while soaring ceilings, a sprawling staircase, and marble-clad formal dining spaces carry that same sense of scale throughout the interior. The estate accommodates up to 350 guests across indoor and outdoor settings, with a saltwater pool, manicured grounds, and a wrap-around second-story balcony offering views of the pasture. Rentals include tables and chairs, a dance floor, outdoor lighting, dressing areas for the wedding party, a day-of coordinator, and a prep kitchen. The Glass Mansion hosts weddings, quinceañeras, rehearsal dinners, engagement parties, anniversary celebrations, milestone birthdays, and bridal and baby showers.

• Spaces for 128-175 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Historic Space
• 1 Park

Grace E. Simons Lodge is an outdoor event venue set within Elysian Park in Los Angeles — the city's oldest public park, established in 1889. The lodge is named in honor of Grace E. Simons, the journalist and activist who spent decades fighting to preserve the park as open green space. Situated along a picturesque creek with a small pond and a wooden footbridge, the property offers a tranquil, nature-surrounded setting in the heart of the city. The venue's centerpiece is its outdoor picnic pavilion, which seats up to 128 guests across 16 concrete tables, set against lush landscaping and views of the creek and pond. A stage, BBQ facilities, and a full prep kitchen round out the on-site offerings. Both indoor lodge space and outdoor areas are available for events, accommodating a range of gatherings from intimate celebrations to full receptions. Grace E. Simons Lodge is managed by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and is available for private events including weddings, receptions, and special occasions. Bar service is available through City-contracted vendors.

• Spaces for 300 Guests

• Spaces for 150 Guests

• Spaces for 450 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Country Club

Orchard Creek Lodge is a full-service event venue set within a 68,000-square-foot lodge of steel, stone, and glass in Lincoln, California, situated alongside an 18-hole golf course, manicured grounds, and a lake. The property serves Sacramento and the greater Placer County region and has hosted weddings, galas, corporate retreats, and private celebrations for over 25 years. The centerpiece of the property is the Grand Ballroom, a 15,000-square-foot space accommodating up to 450 seated guests. The ballroom features professional sound, surround-sound speakers, three HD projectors with ceiling-mounted drop-down screens, stage lighting, and ten wireless microphones. The space can operate as a single grand room or divide into the Front Ballroom and three breakout rooms — Heights, Gables, and Oaks — for smaller gatherings. Adjacent to the Grand Ballroom, the Solarium offers an intimate 726-square-foot setting with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the terrace, amphitheater, and golf course. Outdoor ceremony options include a tiered amphitheater accommodating up to 300 guests and a landscaped terrace framed by cascading waterfalls. An on-site culinary team handles food, beverage, and basic rentals, and dedicated event coordinators work with clients through every stage of planning.

• Spaces for 120 Guests

• Spaces for 70 Guests

• Spaces for 350 Guests

• Spaces for 200 Guests

• Spaces for 80 Guests

• Spaces for 18-500 Guests
• 1 Bar
• 2 Ballrooms
• 8 Total Spaces

Belmont Country Club is a private country club in Fresno, California, established in 1956 and situated at 8253 East Belmont Avenue. Set on an 18-hole championship golf course with mature trees, water features, and Champion Bermuda greens, the club offers a scenic backdrop for weddings, corporate events, and private celebrations. The club provides a range of indoor and outdoor event spaces suited to gatherings of nearly any size. The main Banquet Room seats up to 160 guests with a dance floor, or expands with the adjacent Café to seat 300, with standing room for 400. Outdoor areas accommodate 500 or more. Smaller gatherings can be hosted in the Café, Lounge, or Boardroom, while a dedicated Ceremony Area seats up to 150. Event packages include china, linens, glassware, silverware, setup, cleanup, and servers. The Banquet Room is equipped with a dance floor, stage, wireless internet, and a microphone system.

• Spaces for 125 Guests