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The Janesville Conference Center at the Holiday Inn Express Janesville offers a welcoming and versatile setting for couples looking to celebrate their wedding day in Janesville, Wisconsin. With a collection of elegant ballrooms and banquet spaces, the venue can be beautifully customized to reflect your unique style—creating the perfect backdrop for both intimate moments and grand celebrations. From your first toast to the final dance, you and your guests can enjoy exceptional food, drinks, and seamless hospitality—all in one convenient location, with comfortable overnight accommodations just steps away.

Facilities & Capacity

Featuring over 15,000 square feet of flexible event space, the venue offers nine distinct indoor spaces and can host celebrations of up to 800 guests. Thoughtfully designed for convenience, all event areas are located on the first floor and are fully wheelchair accessible. Private get-ready rooms provide a relaxing space for you and your wedding party to prepare before the festivities begin.

Guests will appreciate the ample on-site parking and the option to stay overnight at the hotel, where amenities include complimentary Wi-Fi, a hot breakfast, and a fitness center—making it easy to turn your wedding day into a full weekend experience.

Services Offered

From ceremonies and receptions to rehearsal dinners, bridal showers, and engagement parties, the experienced on-site team is dedicated to bringing your vision to life. Setup and cleanup services are provided, along with professional bartenders and attentive service staff to ensure every detail is handled with care. The venue also offers essential event items, including linens, china, flatware, glassware, and barware.

Cuisine

Catering is designed to delight, with customizable menu options to suit your tastes and wedding style. Couples can enjoy tastings in advance and choose from a variety of service styles, including plated dinners, buffets, family-style meals, cocktail receptions, and elegant hors d’oeuvres. Desserts can be provided, and outside wedding cakes are welcome.

Bar service is equally flexible, with options for open, cash, or limited bars, as well as the opportunity to create a personalized signature cocktail. Champagne toasts add a celebratory touch, and the bar can feature house selections, premium liquors, and specialty wines or beers to perfectly complement your celebration.

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Frequently asked questions

Do you have a site fee for wedding receptions at your venue?

Yes

What is the starting site fee for wedding receptions during peak season?

$2,500

What is the starting site fee for wedding receptions during off-peak season?

$2,000

Do you have a site fee for wedding ceremonies at your venue?

Yes

What is the starting site fee for wedding ceremonies during peak season?

$750

What is the starting site fee for wedding ceremonies during off-peak season?

$500

Which of the following are included in the starting site fee?

Chairs
China
Clean Up
Glassware
Lighting/Sound
Linens
Parking
Set Up
Tables

Which of the following are included in the cost of wedding catering?

Server(s)

Which of the following are included in the starting price for bar service?

Bartender(s)

How many event spaces or rooms does your venue offer?

9

Describe your venue:

Ballroom
Banquet Hall
Hotel

What kind of settings are available?

Indoor

Which of the following wedding events does your venue service?

Ceremony
Reception
Bridal Shower
Engagement Party
Rehearsal Dinner

What event services do you offer?

Accommodations
Bar Services
Catering Services
Clean Up
Event Rentals
Get Ready Rooms
Liability Insurance
Outside Vendors
Wifi

What catering services do you offer?

Buffet
Cocktail Reception
Dessert
Family Style
Hors d'oeuvres
Outside Cake
Plated
Server(s)
Stations
Tastings

What bar services do you provide?

Bartender(s)
Cash Bar
Champagne Toast
House Wine
Limited Bar
Liquor License
Open Bar
Premium Liquor
Signature Drink
Specialty Beer
Specialty Wine

What event items are available?

Audio Equipment
Centerpieces
Chairs
Chair Covers
Dance Floor
Drapery
Furniture
Tables

What food and beverage items are available?

Barware
China
Flatware
Glassware
Linens

What transportation and access is available?

Parking
Wheelchair Access

What months are included in your peak season?

March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

What months are included in your off-peak season?

January
February

Reviews of Janesville Conference & Event Center - Holiday Inn Express

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Lynnette Sent on 05/29/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent Venue

Staff was extremely helpful choosing our menu, designing a table layout that worked best for us and the room was beautiful!!
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Danielle Sent on 05/19/2010
4.9 out of 5 rating
Chris & Shelly were super helpful in the planning process. They were always available to answer questions by either phone or e-mail. The reception went so smoothly, the food was excellent & everything was set up just the way I wanted it to be. Awesome!
Patti
Patti Sent on 05/21/2019
4.8 out of 5 rating

Excellent job from start to finish.

My Sons wedding and reception was at the Janesville Conference Center at Holiday Inn Express. I could not have been any happier. I
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Dana Sent on 09/04/2008
4.4 out of 5 rating
Beautiful Venue. Gave us the space we needed for a large wedding
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Lindsay Sent on 08/16/2008
4.3 out of 5 rating
Christine Dohner and Shelly Bell provided exceptional service for our wedding reception. They were always available for any questions I had.
The reception hall itself is just "nice," nothing spectacular, but there was plenty of room and the way it was set up was excellent. All the linens, tables, and other rentals were really nice.
They don't allow outside catering, but their food was EXCELLENT. We did a buffet, and we got a lot of choices and variety for the cost. The cake that they provided with the buffet was the best part of the meal, and having the cake included really helped with our budget. The have a free taste testing which really helped in our decision making.
I would highly recommend this venue, they were awesome.
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Heather Sent on 10/26/2022
1 out of 5 rating

Horrible experience drunk staff, stolen items, room issues! Lies!

If you plan to have your wedding/event here, DON'T. My Dad and Step Mom had their wedding there this past weekend. They had gone in 4 times prior to this weekend to figure out the room situation because the hotel shut down their hotel block a month early, their were people that booked in our block that didn't even know us and my Dad was supposed to have a suite and they kept saying they would figure it out, and the coordinator even came in said "we got it figured out you will be in this room, it is being cleaned now" and then the other girl comes in and tells my Step Mom (the bride) there is no suite and blames her..and when my step mom says just go I don't want to talk to you about this the girl proceeded to get shitty with her. There was absolutley no help in set up, they tried charging them for rooms that they were told would be complimentary, they walked up to the Bride on the wedding night handing her a bill for another $1400 over and above the $10,000 they already paid..the coordinator along with her brother (who was a bar tender) and the other bar tender were all drunk, the bartenders were not dressed appropriately for a wedding. They had food and totes of our locked up and nobody could find it. They said they would have all the centerpieces and what not packed up for us to just load on Sunday and they had done nothing, there were still food plates with food on them on the head table Sunday morning, garbage everywhere. It is as if there was no staff at the event at all. it was a shitshow from day 1 and everyone there wanted to blame everyone but themselves. Horrible experience adding WAY more stress to an already stressful day. The whole point of a coordinator and hiring on a place like this is to have less stress. If you plan to use them I strongly suggest not to and if you still do GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING & VERIFY EVERYTHING! I have never seen a place be so disorganized and unprofessional. Coordinator was late multiple times, things were not locked up so a radio, debit card and check book were stolen and everyone was lied to consistently. LIES LIES LIES!!!
Tarah
Tarah Sent on 11/21/2019
1 out of 5 rating

Unprofessional

I was excited to host our wedding at this location and was extremely disappointed. During the year and a half working with them they had constant turnover for the conference center coordinating department. Staff was rude and caused unneeded stress days before the wedding. When setting block of rooms I also book myself a room and was told I didn’t have one while checking in. Management was terrible to deal with and extremely ignorant when asking simple questions. Please please do not set your event with them I promise you if we could have changed our venue we would have!
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Janesville Conference & Event Center - Holiday Inn Express frequently asked questions

Janesville Conference & Event Center - Holiday Inn Express includes the following items and services for wedding events in its starting site fee:
  • Chairs
  • China
  • Clean Up
  • Glassware
  • Lighting/Sound
  • Linens
  • Parking
  • Set Up
  • Tables
Janesville Conference & Event Center - Holiday Inn Express includes the following items and services in its wedding catering costs:
  • Server(s)
The bar service starting price at Janesville Conference & Event Center - Holiday Inn Express includes:
  • Bartender(s)
The space offered by Janesville Conference & Event Center - Holiday Inn Express for wedding events is known for:
  • Ballroom
  • Banquet Hall
  • Hotel
Janesville Conference & Event Center - Holiday Inn Express offers the following indoor/outdoor options for weddings:
  • Indoor
Janesville Conference & Event Center - Holiday Inn Express offers the following types of wedding events:
  • Ceremony
  • Reception
  • Bridal Shower
  • Engagement Party
  • Rehearsal Dinner
Janesville Conference & Event Center - Holiday Inn Express offers the following services for wedding events:
  • Accommodations
  • Bar Services
  • Catering Services
  • Clean Up
  • Event Rentals
  • Get Ready Rooms
  • Liability Insurance
  • Outside Vendors
  • Wifi
Janesville Conference & Event Center - Holiday Inn Express offers the following furniture and decor items for weddings:
  • Audio Equipment
  • Centerpieces
  • Chairs
  • Chair Covers
  • Dance Floor
  • Drapery
  • Furniture
  • Tables
Janesville Conference & Event Center - Holiday Inn Express is recommended by 73% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 3.6 out of 5 with the following breakdown: 3.8 in quality of service, 3.8 in professionalism, 3.7 in average response time, 3.6 in flexibility and 3.3 in value.

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