Top Tennessee Wedding Venues

• Spaces for 350-950 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 1 Historic Space

The Cadre Building is a 36,000-square-foot historic landmark in downtown Memphis, built in 1928 at the height of the Art Deco movement and open for events year-round. Its rooms carry the architecture of that era throughout, with crystal chandeliers, hand-painted gold-leaf molding on the columns, a wall of large gold mirrors, and a grand staircase setting a classic tone for weddings, corporate galas, quinceañeras, and other celebrations. Every booking includes access to all three of the venue's levels: the 13,000-square-foot grand ballroom, the overlooking 2,500-square-foot mezzanine, and an additional landing area, giving planners room to shape ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception across distinct spaces in the same building. Cocktail hour is most often held on the mezzanine, with views down into the ballroom below. The Cadre Building's in-house team handles setup and breakdown, and rentals include gold chiavari chairs, table options, linens, and a green room alongside separate bridal and groom suites for getting ready. A dedicated pool of TABC-certified bartenders staffs events, and an on-site manager and WiFi are included with every rental.

• Spaces for 150-400 Guests
• 3 Outdoor Spaces
• 3 Event Spaces
• 1 Waterfront

Johnston Woods sits on 375 wooded acres about 20 minutes north of Chattanooga, in McDonald, Tennessee. The property traces back to the 1940s, when the Johnston family donated 400 acres of woodland, before Broad Street United Methodist Church transformed it into a retreat and event center in the 1980s. The grounds combine forest, trails, and a lake, giving weddings, retreats, corporate events, and reunions a natural, faith-centered backdrop. Several venues on the property serve different event sizes. Hurt Lodge is built with wood beam construction, stained concrete floors, and a rock fireplace, and can be paired with its outdoor deck for larger gatherings. The Woodland Center, the newest facility at 4,500 square feet, opens onto a back deck facing the field and sunset, making it suited to large weddings and receptions. Lakeside, set at Hurt Lake, hosts ceremonies and photos against the water, with paddle boarding, canoeing, fishing, and swimming available nearby. Catering is handled in-house by chef Ceasar Thomas, with outside caterers also permitted, and the venue does not allow alcohol on the property. Guests can also make use of hiking and biking trails, fire pits, and lodge-style accommodations that sleep up to 100 people.

• Spaces for 50-150 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Barn
• 3 Total Spaces

Bluff Mountain Inn is a five-acre private estate in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Bluff Mountain Weddings collection, which has hosted weddings in the area for nearly 20 years. The property is built around a full-weekend destination wedding experience, giving couples exclusive access to the entire estate rather than a single room or day. The centerpiece is the Barn, a 2,400-square-foot covered space with open-air windows on three sides and sides that roll down for weather protection, making it suited to both indoor and outdoor-style receptions for up to 150 guests. It's outfitted with a serving station, chairs, tables, linens, audio equipment, outdoor heaters, ceiling fans, a vintage chandelier, and a stage area for a DJ or band. For ceremonies, the Country Chapel offers a more traditional setting: built in 2007 and modeled after the vintage chapels of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains, it seats around 75 people in pews imported from a church in West Virginia. Smaller gatherings of 50 or fewer can use the climate-controlled Garden Reception Room, which opens through large doors onto a deck that can double as a dance floor. Beyond the event spaces, the estate includes a private bridal suite for hair and makeup, a groom's lounge with a bar, game room, and pool table, and on-site lodging with six bedrooms and six bathrooms so the wedding party can stay through the weekend.

• Spaces for 20-400 Guests
• 3 Ballrooms
• 2 Meeting Spaces

The Manchester Events & Visitor Center is a central gathering place for Coffee County and southern Middle Tennessee, created through a partnership between the City of Manchester and Coffee County to support tourism and strengthen community connections. It sits just off Interstate 24 between Nashville and Chattanooga, with on-campus hotel accommodations that make it convenient for both local and traveling guests. With more than 13,000 square feet of flexible event space, the Center regularly hosts weddings and receptions, concerts and live performances, conferences and professional meetings, community celebrations and civic events, and trade shows. A team of certified event planning professionals guides organizers from concept to completion, and the venue offers free high-speed Wi-Fi, ample on-site parking, modern audiovisual capabilities, preferred catering and culinary partners, and direct access to the on-campus hotels. Beyond hosting events, the Center also serves as a visitor hub for Coffee County, welcoming guests exploring the region alongside those attending an event on site.

• Spaces for 40-300 Guests
• 1 Barn
• 2 Event Spaces
• 1 Historic Space

The Museum of Appalachia sits on 60 pastoral acres in Clinton, Tennessee, where founder John Rice Irwin spent half a century gathering the everyday tools, tools, and stories of Southern Appalachia into a living pioneer village. Some three dozen historic log structures, including cabins, barns, churches, and schools, stand alongside gardens and free-range farm animals behind split-rail fences, and three exhibit buildings house over 250,000 folk-art, musical, and textile artifacts. The Museum became a Smithsonian Affiliate in 2007. That rolling, historic backdrop makes the grounds a distinctive setting for weddings and private events. Couples can choose from several outdoor ceremony and reception sites, among them the Grist Mill Field, the Cantilever Barn Field, and the Hall of Fame Lawn, or move indoors to a barn-style reception hall with a full-prep kitchen and antique serving bars. For smaller, more intimate ceremonies, the Museum's 19th century log chapel offers an authentic alternative to its larger outdoor fields. The venue also hosts corporate meetings, trade shows, and group outings against the same rustic backdrop.

• Spaces for 8-300 Guests
• 1 Ballroom
• 3 Outdoor Spaces
• 7 Total Spaces

Ramble Creek is a private estate wedding venue in the East Tennessee Valley, at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, roughly an hour from both Knoxville and Chattanooga. Built in 2016, the property centers on an 8,000-square-foot Grand Hall built with wood harvested and milled on-site, and its grounds include a Muscadine vineyard, a pond, and a covered bridge. Four ceremony sites give couples a mix of indoor and outdoor settings: the Vine Arbor, tucked among natural muscadine vines; the Upper Lawn, set beside the vineyard with sweeping valley views; the Lower Lawn, a quiet forest setting suited to more personalized layouts; and the Grand Hall itself, which doubles as a climate-controlled backup for outdoor ceremonies. Ramble Creek operates as an all-inclusive venue, handling catering, cake and desserts, floral design, DJ and sound, hair and makeup, coordination, an ordained officiant, guest shuttles, and décor all with its own in-house teams, including a full-time Executive Chef who prepares every dish in a dedicated on-site kitchen. The Bridal Suite offers six styling stations along with a lounge and private bathroom, while the Groom's Quarters sits beneath the Grand Hall with its own lounge, games, and private restrooms. Couples and their guests can also stay on the property: The Manor, The Villa, and The Cottage together sleep up to 42 guests within steps of the celebration, each with its own hot tub, and The Manor adds a pool with a grotto and waterfall. The venue accommodates up to 300 guests overall and has hosted more than 500 weddings.

• Spaces for 80-200 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Event Space
• 2 Total Spaces

River Hall at the River Inn is an event venue in Harbor Town, on Mud Island in Memphis, set beside the Mississippi River within view of the Hernando de Soto Bridge. The venue hosts weddings, receptions, rehearsal dinners, bridal luncheons, and post-wedding brunches, along with celebrations such as birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations, and corporate functions including retreats, seminars, and business dinners. The venue's interior seats up to 80 guests banquet-style or 60 with round tables, and accommodates up to 120 for a standing cocktail reception. Just outside, the Courtyard seats up to 120 for a wedding ceremony and holds up to 200 guests for a standing reception, making it suited to larger gatherings. Buffet, plated, and hors d'oeuvres menus are available for events in either space. River Hall is part of the River Inn family of properties, alongside Paulette's Restaurant, Tug's Casual Grill, and the Terrace at the River Inn, and works with the neighboring River Inn of Harbor Town to arrange group room blocks for guests attending an event.

• Spaces for 20 Guests
• 1 Outdoor
• 1 Waterfront
• 1 Park

Above the Mist Weddings performs personalized ceremonies at a handful of scenic locations in and around Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Couples choose from settings that include a mountain overlook, a gazebo, a vineyard and barn, and a riverside site framed by cascading water, with additional options for cabin and national park ceremonies. The riverside setting is one of the venue's signature ceremony locations, hosting couples and up to 20 guests along a rushing mountain stream for a cascading river ceremony surrounded by wooded, natural scenery. Packages here pair the ceremony with an hour of unlimited photography, an online gallery for viewing and ordering prints, and a bridal bouquet and boutonniere. Ceremonies across all of the venue's locations can be personalized, from custom vows to add-on live guitar or violin, and the team also arranges cabin accommodations, florals, and reception options for couples who want to build out their day beyond the ceremony itself.

• Spaces for 50-400 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 4 Event Spaces
• 1 Garden

Set on 300 acres of natural Tennessee wetlands along the Cumberland River in Old Hickory, just 20 minutes from downtown Nashville, Hermitage Golf Course has served as a golf and event destination since 1986. The property is anchored by two 18-hole courses — the President's Reserve, designed by Denis Griffiths and stretching to 7,200 yards, and the General's Retreat, designed by Gary Roger Baird and a former host of the LPGA Sara Lee Classic — and is known for more than 40 Scottish Blackfaced sheep that roam the grounds year-round as a nod to golf's Scottish origins. For weddings and private events, the grounds offer a range of spaces built around the same river and course views: an open-ceiling Pavilion with market string lights and a stone fireplace, a landscaped Garden ceremony site, an indoor Banquet Hall, and The Gallery for buffet-style receptions. Hermitage Golf Course prepares all catering in-house and also offers on-site lodging in eight cottages and two lodges for guests staying to celebrate or play a round.

• Spaces for 50-500 Guests
• 2 Outdoor Spaces
• 6 Event Spaces
• 6 Total Spaces

Tucked away in the heart of metropolitan Memphis, Lichterman Nature Center is a 65-acre urban wildlife oasis of lake, meadow, and forest, with nearly three miles of hiking trails and a tradition of environmental education. The property includes a Visitor Center with interactive exhibits, a Backyard Wildlife Center home to more than 50 native species, and a greenhouse where plants are grown for an annual spring sale. With spectacular lake and woodland views, the Nature Center accommodates from two to 250 guests across a variety of indoor and outdoor event spaces, making it suited to wedding ceremonies and receptions, corporate events, celebrations of life, and family reunions. The Williams R. Loewenberg Visitor Center offers expansive windows and large decks with panoramic views of the lake, while the open-air Davidson Special Events Pavilion sits at the forest's edge with a fieldstone fireplace, serving kitchen, and lawns available for ceremonies. Visitor Center rentals include use of a large catering kitchen with prep tables, commercial warming ovens and refrigerator, an ice machine, and a three-compartment sink, giving hosts the flexibility to bring in outside catering for their event.

• Spaces for 30 Guests

Butterfly Hollow Bed and Breakfast sits on 82 secluded acres in the Cumberland Plateau foothills near Gordonsville, Tennessee, about seven miles from Gordonsville and Carthage and fifteen miles east of Lebanon. The property is built around an 1899 farmhouse, renovated beginning in 1996 using timber and stone from the land along with reclaimed antique lumber and materials. The bed and breakfast offers three private guest rooms, each with its own bathroom, plus a separate two-bedroom, two-bathroom vacation cabin built in 2017. A hot breakfast with juices, breads, and seasonal fruit is included with a stay, and guests can explore the property's hiking trails or nearby Caney Fork River, Center Hill Lake, and Cordell Hull Lake. For weddings and elopements, Butterfly Hollow specializes in small, intimate gatherings of 30 guests or less. Couples can choose a ceremony at the Hillside Gazebo, Field Arch, or Hillside Deck, with the Open-Air Barn serving as both a reception setting and an indoor-weather backup. All-inclusive celebration and elopement packages are available, and overnight accommodations for the wedding party can be arranged on-site.

• Spaces for 225-250 Guests
• 1 Event Space

The Pick Inn is a family-owned event venue in Gallatin, Tennessee, about 40 minutes north of Nashville and directly across the street from Bledsoe Creek State Park. The property was purchased from Joy and Jesse McReynolds of the bluegrass duo "Jim & Jesse" — the venue's name is a nod to Jesse, since a fiddle player is traditionally called a "picker" in bluegrass music. Father-daughter owners Don Mercer and Amanda Jackson took over and renovated the property in 2015 after Amanda was married there in 2014, and have since hosted more than 250 weddings on site. The venue offers three areas to choose from, including a covered and heated pavilion, making it suited to both rustic and elegant celebrations in any season. A rustic log cabin on the property gives wedding parties space to get ready before the ceremony. Beyond weddings, The Pick Inn hosts receptions, corporate events, company picnics, reunions, showers, and birthday parties, with in-house services spanning catering, floral design through Pick Inn Petals, DJ services, and full setup and teardown coordination.

• Spaces for 120 Guests
• 1 Event Space
• 1 Historic Space

Located on Historic Lebanon Square in Lebanon, Tennessee, The Historic Arcade occupies a building originally constructed in 1909, following a fire that destroyed the McClain Brothers' department store on the same site. A comprehensive 2016 renovation preserved the building's architectural character, including original raw brick walls that now serve as a backdrop for events. The venue offers a single indoor Banquet Room spanning 2,083 square feet and accommodating up to 120 guests, available for booking 365 days a year. Its versatile layout suits weddings, rehearsal dinners, business meetings, staff training sessions, class reunions, and retirement parties alike. As one of the oldest commercial buildings on Lebanon's town square, The Historic Arcade pairs its early-20th-century architecture with a central location in the heart of the city's historic district.

TownePlace Suites Clarksville offers event spaces for your next celebration in Clarksville, Tennessee.

• Spaces for 350 Guests