Durham Wedding Venues
A guide to Durham wedding venues
The Bull City is full of gems. Durham wedding venues are no exceptions. From ballrooms to converted mills to bars and restaurants, Durham, NC has got probably got your dream wedding venue.
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All of the wedding venues listed are welcoming to the LGBTQ+ community!!
And while you’re picking a wedding venue, make sure to check out the Kivus & Camera wedding guide:
The Cotton Room
The Cotton Room is a former textile mill, and it features huge windows and exposed brick. This large venue is just outside of the Durham downtown loop in the Golden Belt campus. In addition to the main ceremony/reception space, The Cotton room has large getting ready suites.
More information and real weddings at The Cotton Room
The Cookery
This Durham venue boasts two courtyards and two ballrooms. There are multiple ways to utilize those spaces. Indoor ceremony and reception. Outside for both. Mix and match. The Cookery is your oyster. It also means The Cookery works great for weddings with 300+ and for smaller, intimate affairs.
More information and real weddings at The Cookery
The Rickhouse
The Rickhouse is just blocks from the heart of Durham, in the same section of town as Motorco Music Hall, Geer St. Garden, and Boxcar Barcade. The back patio looks out over the historic, original Durham Bulls ballpark. Inside the venue, a glass wall shows off neighbor Liberty & Plenty’s distillery.
Heidi & Keith’s wedding at The Rickhouse
The Rickhouse website
21C Museum Hotel
It’s a museum. It’s a hotel. It’s a museum hotel. The 21C boutique hotel company has 7 locations in the country and one of them is in our very own Durham, NC. The 21C building used to be a bank, and the vault remains in the basement. In addition to galleries on the first few floors, and hotel rooms above, there’s the Counting House restaurant and a large ballroom perfect for weddings.
Stephanie & Roscoe’s 21C wedding
The 21C website
Duke Chapel / Duke Gardens / Duke Lemur Center
Duke University hosts several Durham wedding venue options.
Duke Chapel is iconic, the Sarah P. Duke Gardens are lovely, and the Duke Lemur Center is SO COOL.
Yes, you can get married at the Duke Lemur Center – see Samantha & Cesar’s wedding and engagement photos. And here’s the Lemur Center’s website.
Learn more about Duke Chapel | Learn more about Duke Gardens
Durham Armory
The Durham Armory is a large event space operated by Durham Parks & Rec. It’s across the street from the Durham convention center. It’s basically a big ballroom-cum-community center. And it’s in the heart of the downtown loop, so you’ve got so much that everyone loves about the Bull City within a stones throw. There’s a stage too, so this would be a great spot for someone excited about having a band.
Check out Haley & Clark’s Durham Armory wedding
Durham Armory website
Durham Arts Council
Not very far from the Durham Armory is the Durham Arts Council. This venue is about as Durham as it gets. Art galleries. In the heart of downtown. Community minded. They are a nonprofit supporting triangle area artists. Their building in the Durham downtown loop includes an atrium area with two-story floor to ceiling windows. It makes a stunning ceremony backdrop.
Danielle & Mary’s Durham Arts Council wedding
DAC website
Museum of Life & Science
There’s not much I love more than a museum wedding, and the Museum of Life & Science is both a wonderful museum and a wonderful wedding venue. The butterfly house makes a stunning ceremony site and there are endless lovely backdrops. You can even have animal encounters at your wedding!
Rachael & Andrea’s Museum of Life & Science wedding
Museum website
Windy Hill Farm
Windy Hill farm is technically in Cedar Grove, not Durham. But it counts because it’s very close and I wanted to include something that wasn’t so very indoors.
Windy Hill wedding inspiration
Windy Hill Farm’s website
Additional Durham wedding venues:
Arrowhead Inn
Bay 7
Durham Central Park
The Durham Exchange
The Durham Hotel
Hope Valley Country Club
Mystic Farm & Distillery
Washington Duke Inn
Plenty of restaurants/bars will host weddings as well, especially if you’re having a more intimate wedding. Good examples are Namu and Ponysaurus.
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