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Brea Community Center
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Why couples loved this venue
- Quality catering
- Unique aesthetic style
- Guests comfort
- Amenities
About this venue
Brea Community Center is a wedding venue in Brea, California. This classic banquet hall venue offers a choice of several lovely event spaces. It is perfect for weddings great and small; it also hosts engagement parties, showers, and other special occasions. You and your loved ones are invited to experience a day of wonder and delight. The venue's experienced and dedicated team want to help make your wedding a joyous day to remember. They can't wait to meet you and begin the planning process.
Facilities and Capacity
Brea Community Center affords the flexibility you need to celebrate your day your way. The Arts Garden and Community Hall are particularly suited to wedding celebrations. The recently renovated Arts Garden measures 4,100 square feet. It hosts ceremonies and receptions and has sufficient space to seat up to 300 guests. The magnificent and spacious Community Hall measures 5,000 square feet. It seats up to 450 people; the Hall is also divisible into smaller rooms, perfect for more intimate gatherings. The Community Hall features a landscaped patio, a terraced entrance, and lovely hardwood flooring. There is also a pre-reception area and a catering kitchen, both of which you are welcome to use.
Services Offered
Brea Community Center has everything you need to turn your wedding dreams into reality. Tables and chairs are available for use; the venue also has a sound system and WiFi. Outside vendors are welcome. Whatever you need, you can be sure that the venue's friendly and attentive staff will be there for you every step of the way. They encourage you to contact them for further details and to discuss what they can do for you.
FAQ
Do you have a site fee for wedding receptions at your venue?
Yes
Do you have a site fee for wedding ceremonies at your venue?
Yes
Which of the following are included in the starting site fee?
Chairs
Parking
Set Up
Tables
How many event spaces or rooms does your venue offer?
3
Describe your venue:
Banquet Hall
Government Building
What kind of settings are available?
Indoor
Uncovered Outdoor
Which of the following wedding events does your venue service?
Ceremony
Reception
Bridal Shower
Engagement Party
What event services do you offer?
Event Rentals
What event items are available?
Chairs
Tables
What transportation and access is available?
Parking
Wheelchair Access
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Reviews of Brea Community Center
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The Brea Community Center offers a beautiful and affordable venue for weddings and events, with the Arts Garden providing a charming garden setting for ceremonies. Reviewers appreciated the helpful and prompt staff members like Heather, Rebecca, and Mike, who ensured a smooth planning process. The on-site facilities, including tables, chairs, and lighting, received praise, making it easy for hosts to create a lovely atmosphere for their events. The hourly rental basis and flexibility in budgeting, along with the accommodating staff and various amenities, make it a highly recommended choice for couples seeking a picturesque yet cost-effective wedding venue.
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Alexandra Sent on 06/20/2025
5 out of 5 rating
April Wedding Ceremony
We hosted our ceremony at Brea Community Center in the Arts Garden in April 2025 for about 50 guests. The space is absolutely beautiful and helped us achiever our garden wedding dreams on a budget. The team at Brea community center was super helpful, easy to work with, and answered all of our questions promptly! Due to budget constraints, we had very minimal decoration for the ceremony, but the blooming flowers and greenery helped make the space feel so beautiful with no money or effort on our part. And the pictures turned out so beautifully!
Alexandra Sent on 04/24/2025
5 out of 5 rating
Beautiful and Affordable Outdoor Space!
We hosted our wedding ceremony at the Brea Community Center and it was a wonderful experience! We communicated with Heather from start to finish and she was so prompt in answering all our questions and organizing the ceremony space per our requests. We hosted fifty guests here in April and it was absolutely beautiful with the flowers and greenery in full effect, which made for so many wonderful photos. It was also so affordable for us, which is hard to find in OC. While we didn’t have our reception there, we have no doubt that could have been handled by the Brea team. If you are looking for a beautiful and affordable venue, definitely check out the community center 🥰
Jen Sent on 12/09/2023
5 out of 5 rating
Local Gem with in the heart of Brea
We recently hosted a baby shower in the Arts Garden in Dec 2024 and our guests were truly blown away at how gorgeous this space was. They mentioned that we really went all out when really a lot of the wow factor was already included! The bistro/market lighting was superb making the whole space well-lit for guests to enjoy, and the facilities included tables, white folding chairs and trash bins that were fully set up before our rental period began.
We love that these spaces are rented out on an hourly basis with gave us a lot of flexibility from a budget standpoint. Rebecca from the venue was so kind to schedule our site walk through so quickly and really was there to help set us up for success as we approached the event date, permits and all!
On the day of, we had a really stellar experience with Austin and team who checked in on our party. They were incredibly kind and helpful throughout the event to make sure we felt taken care of. Load in was a piece of cake for our vendors and breakdown was easily just as much of a breeze considering the layout.
Thank you Rebecca and team at the Brea Community Center for giving us such a wonderful experience from start to end. We can't wait to return for more fun!
We love that these spaces are rented out on an hourly basis with gave us a lot of flexibility from a budget standpoint. Rebecca from the venue was so kind to schedule our site walk through so quickly and really was there to help set us up for success as we approached the event date, permits and all!
On the day of, we had a really stellar experience with Austin and team who checked in on our party. They were incredibly kind and helpful throughout the event to make sure we felt taken care of. Load in was a piece of cake for our vendors and breakdown was easily just as much of a breeze considering the layout.
Thank you Rebecca and team at the Brea Community Center for giving us such a wonderful experience from start to end. We can't wait to return for more fun!
Sarah Sent on 07/09/2023
5 out of 5 rating
Awesome, easy, well structured, helpful
We had a wedding for 60 and 18 in the bridal party! Rebecca and Mike were amazingly kind, helpful and professional! All the staff was great!
The Arts Garden was beautiful and intimate, perfect location for an outdoor wedding!
The banquets hall was spacious, all the tables and black chairs were provided ( don’t worry about covering the chairs, the size is unique and trying to find covers wasn’t easy so we did without and it still turned out WONDERFUL!!
Plenty of free parking, separate private entrance to the ceremony space plus if you want to do the reception in the same Garden area they have great lights hanging over the space. It’s a one stop shop for your wedding and reception, look no further! Plus they have meeting rooms you can rent for your bridal party to get ready. Just be sure to cover the glass on the doors for more privacy.
The best part is every space is rented by the hour, just be sure to include Vendor hours to set up and tear down. The initial deposit I paid was $500 and one day after the wedding they refunded me since we left everything clean and trash removed to outdoor cans. They have a full kitchen inside the banquet hall space that is spacious! Just bring your own dish soap and sponge if you need to wash any dishes… They have an ice machine, two huge refrigerators and freezers to store all your food, drinks, cake etc! Lastly they have a wonderful patio area outside the banquet hall that was perfect to serve our food and cocktail hour.
It’s a great space for any event!
If you have a tight budget, trust me, I did! This place saved me sooo much money!
I highly recommend Brea Community Center!
The Arts Garden was beautiful and intimate, perfect location for an outdoor wedding!
The banquets hall was spacious, all the tables and black chairs were provided ( don’t worry about covering the chairs, the size is unique and trying to find covers wasn’t easy so we did without and it still turned out WONDERFUL!!
Plenty of free parking, separate private entrance to the ceremony space plus if you want to do the reception in the same Garden area they have great lights hanging over the space. It’s a one stop shop for your wedding and reception, look no further! Plus they have meeting rooms you can rent for your bridal party to get ready. Just be sure to cover the glass on the doors for more privacy.
The best part is every space is rented by the hour, just be sure to include Vendor hours to set up and tear down. The initial deposit I paid was $500 and one day after the wedding they refunded me since we left everything clean and trash removed to outdoor cans. They have a full kitchen inside the banquet hall space that is spacious! Just bring your own dish soap and sponge if you need to wash any dishes… They have an ice machine, two huge refrigerators and freezers to store all your food, drinks, cake etc! Lastly they have a wonderful patio area outside the banquet hall that was perfect to serve our food and cocktail hour.
It’s a great space for any event!
If you have a tight budget, trust me, I did! This place saved me sooo much money!
I highly recommend Brea Community Center!
Rebecca Sent on 06/14/2023
5 out of 5 rating
Perfect Venue!
Brea Community Center was the perfect venue for our wedding! We held the ceremony in the outdoor Arts Garden which gave the beautiful garden fairytale vibe we were looking for without us having to do much decorating. For our wedding of 120 we used the Patio Room (2/3 of the community hall) which was plenty of space for all our tables and an open dance space. Rebecca Hart was excellent to work with! She was very communicative and answered all our questions. We got so many comments from guests about how beautiful the venue was! Definitely recommend, especially if you're looking to save some money and DIY!
Maria Sent on 08/27/2022
5 out of 5 rating
Beautiful outdoor space!
We are so glad that we chose Brea Community Center for our wedding reception. We used their Arts Garden outdoor space and it was perfect for what we needed. It's a great size for weddings with 100 people or less and the hanging lights and greenery add alone add a lot to the space, meaning we didn't have to spend a lot on decorations. Since they don't have a dressing room we rented out one of their "meeting rooms" and that was perfect for what we needed to change outfits in the middle of the reception. The pricing was super affordable and Rebecca, the Community Services Specialist, was super easy to work with.
Leticia Sent on 03/16/2020
5 out of 5 rating
Beautiful venue and awesome staff
We used the Brea community Center art garden for our April wedding. The staff was amazing from the very first email.On my day it rained and everything was set up outside, they did not hesitate to move everything into the art room at No charge. I love the Art garden so much!
Kara Sent on 04/30/2019
5 out of 5 rating
Perfection
My now husband and I used the Brea Community Center as our wedding venue. We had such a fantastic experience working with Tianna N. We knew we were going to have a large wedding and wanted to bring our own caterer and we were looking around at various community/senior centers. Tianna was the most responsive, thorough, and friendly contact we met, so we went with the center. She answered all of our crazy questions and helped us stay on track to make the process as stress free as possible. We used the Arts Garden for our ceremony space (and didn't need any additional decorations as all of the flowers were in bloom) and the Grand Hall for the reception. We had about 170 people in attendance and everyone was comfortable. The biggest thing to keep in mind is you can't really set up the day/night before. For us, it wasn't a big deal because we didn't want an elaborate wedding, but it may raise your costs with other vendors that will need to do pickup/drop off same day. Some pluses that really swayed us: We could bring our own alcohol, the security was a fantastic deal, we could bring our preferred caterer (In-N-Out truck), if you live, work, or go to school in Brea, you get a discount (I work in Brea), and they set up all of the tables and chairs for you (if you choose to use what they have). I highly recommend using this venue and you will not be disappointed.
Marisela Sent on 04/12/2018
5 out of 5 rating
We booked Brea Community Center for our wedding on March 31, 2018. When I first heard about the community center through a caterer I had been talking to I didn’t picture it being a place for our wedding. But when my now husband and I decided to go take a look one night we both knew it was the right place for our wedding. It is a great space to hold a wedding. I really loved that it had both a ceremony and reception area on site. I didn’t want to worry about guests having to drive from one venue to another between the ceremony and reception. And there is plenty of parking for everyone. There is also a cute spacious patio that was perfect for our cocktail hour. I loved that the venue provided the table and chairs and set it up the day of. We did rent chairs for the reception area because I wanted chairs that matched our decor but we used their chairs for our ceremony. Another thing we liked about Brea Community Center is that we were able to pick our own vendors and bring our own alcohol as long as we had a licensed bartender to serve. The events coordinator, Melissa Davis was very helpful and answered any questions I had throughout my whole wedding planning process and the staff members were all helpful the day of. Thank you Brea Community Center for making our day so special! I highly recommend having your wedding there.
Ana Sent on 10/27/2017
5 out of 5 rating
We are 100% happy with the outcome of our wedding! Melissa is amazing, she helped us through the whole process from the booking all the way to the day of our wedding. We booked the Garden for our Ceremony and the Main Hall for our reception. We researched for a long time and this was the most affordable place we found if you are planning on booking all the vendors yourself. The booking includes tables and chairs, however the rest of the booking (DJ, Caterer, Photographer, Rentals, etc.) is all up to you. We had to change our contract a few time and Melissa was flexible and understanding. Our guests loved the location (there was ample parking), they loved the hall, and the garden was absolutely perfect!
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Brea Community Center frequently asked questions
Brea Community Center includes the following items and services for wedding events in its starting site fee:
- Chairs
- Parking
- Set Up
- Tables
The space offered by Brea Community Center for wedding events is known for:
- Banquet Hall
- Government Building
Brea Community Center offers the following indoor/outdoor options for weddings:
- Indoor
- Uncovered Outdoor
Brea Community Center offers the following types of wedding events:
- Ceremony
- Reception
- Bridal Shower
- Engagement Party
Brea Community Center offers the following services for wedding events:
- Event Rentals
Brea Community Center offers the following furniture and decor items for weddings:
- Chairs
- Tables
Brea Community Center is recommended by 100% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 5.0, with the same score awarded for quality of service, flexibility, value, professionalism and average response time.