Wild West Retreat

Wild West Retreat is a family-run wedding and event venue in Escalante, Utah, minutes from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, and Capitol Reef National Park. Owners Shannon and Jennifer Steed, who met while working at the Bryce Canyon Lodge, have hosted weddings, reunions, and retreats on the property since 2001. The retreat offers two distinct event spaces. The Outdoor Patio & Orchard sits among fruit trees on the property and accommodates up to 200 guests for warm-weather celebrations. For colder months, the Historic Escalante ShowHouse — a 1938 movie theater renovated over two years and reopened in 2015 — provides a climate-controlled, Western-themed setting for up to 120 guests. Wild West Retreat's adjoining Cowboy Cookouts catering business prepares Dutch oven meals for weddings, rehearsal dinners, and other gatherings at both venues, with menus that can be customized to the celebration.