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Wedding Venues in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

623 places to get married in and around Philadelphia, in 146 towns: churches, banquet halls, barns and wineries, hotels and clubs, and parks for your wedding photos and video.

23rd Street Armory, Philadelphia
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Appleford Estate, Villanova
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Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia
Arch Street Meeting HousePhoto: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Planning a wedding around Philadelphia means choosing between colonial churches and a cathedral basilica in Center City, museums, ballrooms and hotel rooftops downtown, Fairmount Park mansions and boathouses along the Schuylkill, Main Line estates and country clubs, and inns, barns and wineries out in Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware counties. This guide covers 623 wedding venues in 146 towns across the city and its four suburban counties. You'll find churches, halls, hotels and clubs, barns and estates, and the parks and gardens where couples go for their wedding photos and video.

Many couples here hold a church wedding ceremony in the afternoon and a reception at a hotel, club or estate that evening. Others want everything in one place, and plenty of the venues on this list can host your ceremony, your pictures and your reception on the same property. City traffic and the expressways can be slow on Saturdays, so check drive times between your ceremony and your reception.

Use the county filter or the county pages to narrow the list, or filter by type of venue and town. Each venue has its own page with a description, contact details and directions, and real wedding photos and videos from local photographers and videographers as they add their work.

Church wedding venues in the Philadelphia area

A church wedding ceremony is a strong tradition around Philadelphia. In the city, the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Christ Church, Old St. Joseph's, St. Peter's and Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') carry centuries of history, and parishes, synagogues and meetinghouses across the suburbs add their own. Many Catholic parishes ask you to get in touch at least six months ahead and complete marriage preparation, and some ask that the bride or groom be a registered member, so call early and ask.

Banquet halls and event centers for your wedding reception

Philadelphia's halls give a wedding reception a real sense of place. Couples choose museums and libraries on the Parkway, restored banks, theaters and industrial lofts downtown and in Fishtown, the Fairmount Park mansions, the Water Works on the river, and banquet halls in the Northeast and the suburbs that handle dinner and dancing for large guest lists.

BOK WED

Philadelphia, PA

Ceremony · Reception

Barn, farm and winery wedding venues

For a country wedding, head out to the farms, estates and wineries of Bucks County, the Brandywine Valley in Chester County and the rolling countryside of Montgomery County. Barns, historic estates and vineyards host ceremonies on their grounds and receptions in restored barns and tents, often with everything on one property.

Hotel, club and resort wedding venues

Hotels, inns and clubs keep the day easy for guests coming from out of town. Center City's grand hotels and rooftop ballrooms, the inns along the Delaware in New Hope, and country clubs across the Main Line and the suburbs handle the ceremony, reception and guest rooms in one place, and some clubs ask for a member sponsor, so ask early.

Parks and gardens for your ceremony and wedding photos

Parks and gardens give your wedding photos room to breathe. Fairmount Park, the Azalea Garden and the Water Works, Shofuso, Valley Forge National Historical Park, Longwood Gardens and the county parks offer water, gardens and old stone. Most need a permit for ceremonies or professional photos, and some allow photos only, so check before you plan.

Glen Foerd

Philadelphia, PA

Ceremony · Photos · Reception

Next: find someone who has worked at your venue

Once you have a venue in mind, look for photographers and videographers who have already worked there. They'll know where the light falls in the church, how long the drive across the city really takes, and which spots on the grounds work best for wedding photos and video. Every venue page shows the local photographers and videographers with work from that place.

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