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The Madison Sales Team
The Madison Sales Team
Manager

Woman-owned

45 years in business

We speak English and Spanish

Small team (2-10 members)

The Madison is an elegant venue in Covington, KY, conveniently nestled in the historic downtown area right next to Hotel Covington. With over 30 years of experience, you can trust our team with any event or celebration.

The Madison offers several ceremony spaces and reception venues of various sizes and styles; you'll have to see them in person! We absolutely love touring each space and imagining how every detail you've dreamed of can be brought to life. With a capacity of 375 guests, the Grande Ballroom is the largest of our spaces and is perfect for celebrating with loved ones. Featuring contemporary decor and an impressive staircase, this space will certainly bring the wow factor to your event. Alternatively, The Royale can seat up to 100 people in a more intimate setting. With large windows and a built-in bar, this space is cozy and inviting. We are just scratching the surface, and together, we will find the perfect event space for your wedding events!

At The Madison, our goal is to make your wedding experience seamless. We offer all-inclusive wedding packages covering everything from bar and catering services to table decor and linens. Our professional team will be at hand to take care of all the important details, allowing you to relax and enjoy the celebrations.

Our team is excited to connect with you, please call or text us at 859-261-1117 or send us an email at reception@madisoneventcenter.com

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FAQ

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

No

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?

$1,800

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

$1,800

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

Bridal Suite
Chairs
China
Clean Up
Event Planning
Flatware
Glassware
Lighting/Sound
Linens
Set Up
Tables

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

Cake Cutting
Server(s)

What is the starting price per person for bar service?

$18

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

Bartender(s)
Champagne Toast
House Beer
House Liquor
House Wine
Open Bar
Premium Liquor
Signature Drink

What is the minimum number of guests required to book your venue?

5

How many event spaces or rooms does your venue offer?

6

Describe your venue:

Ballroom
Banquet Hall
Historic 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
Rehearsal Dinner

What event services do you offer?

Accommodations
Bar Services
Catering Services
Clean Up
Event Planner
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 Beer
House Liquor
House Wine
Liquor License
Open Bar
Premium Liquor
Signature Drink
Specialty Beer
Specialty Wine

What event items are available?

Altar/Arch
Audio Equipment
Centerpieces
Chairs
Chair Covers
Dance Floor
Decor
Furniture
Lighting
Photo booth
Tables

What food and beverage items are available?

Barware
China
Flatware
Glassware
Linens

What transportation and access is available?

Parking
Valet
Wheelchair Access

What months are included in your peak season?

April
May
June
September
October
November

What months are included in your off-peak season?

January
February
March
July
August
December

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Reviews of The Madison Event Center

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The Madison Event Center and adjacent Hotel Covington are praised for transparent pricing, thorough planning support, and attentive day‑of captains who keep events running smoothly. Guests loved the beautiful ballrooms, ceremony lawn, convenient hotel blocks, and tasty food. Minor hiccups—timing miscommunications and an unexpected room renovation—were resolved and didn’t spoil the overall experience.

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The Madison Event Center and adjacent Hotel Covington are praised for transparent pricing, thorough planning support, and attentive day‑of captains who keep events running smoothly. Guests loved the beautiful ballrooms, ceremony lawn, convenient hotel blocks, and tasty food. Minor hiccups—timing miscommunications and an unexpected room renovation—were resolved and didn’t spoil the overall experience.

Weddingwire
4.7/5 223 reviews
Google
4.4/5 401 reviews
Aya
Aya Sent on 08/29/2025
5 out of 5 rating

5/24/25 Wedding

The Madison Event Center was absolutely wonderful for our wedding venue! We felt like we got on a personal basis with Zoe and Riley. They helped us book our venue and showed us plenty of different halls between Hotel Covington and Madison Center. They were also very transparent about their prices and showed us how much each hall would be depending on how many people we could have. They even printed off all the pricing. Compared to other wedding venues; this is the most transparent upfront pricing I’ve gotten so far and we have toured 5 different venues. If you book with the Madison center you will most likely not need a day of coordinator as they assign you someone that plans the whole day for you ahead of time and that was Riley. She was very detailed, concise, and extremely helpful. The day of the wedding they provided us with captains that basically run the show for the rehearsal, ceremony, and reception. We were extremely impressed with how professional they were on our wedding day. We seriously cannot thank them enough for making this absolutely the best day of our lives. Myself, the bride, got sick at the reception and they were extremely helpful and flexible with the timeline being out of wack. It’s been 3 months since the wedding and anytime I talk about our wedding day I don’t shut up about how seriously amazing our wedding day went due to The Madison Center and their crew. We can’t thank you guys enough for making our day so special. Also - the halls are beautiful. We picked the Grande Ballroom for the reception and the Loft for our ceremony and it’s such a classic elegant wedding. But all their rooms are beautiful in their own way! If you can dream it, Madison Center can do it. Thank you Madison Event Center.
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Briana Sent on 12/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The absolute best!!!

Our wedding day was literally so perfect and everything we dreamed of!! I wish I could relive it all over again! Dylan (our day of captain) was the best!! He was always there when we needed him and made sure everything ran smoothly!

The planning team was also amazing and makes the process so easy for you! I was rarely stressed during the wedding planning process because they handle almost everything and are the best at communicating if you have any questions!

There is a wide variety of food that was delicious as well and the service was amazing! I would choose hotel Covington and the Madison over and over again!!
K
Kristen Sent on 03/19/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Best Night Ever

Planning and day of was amazing! We throughout enjoyed the entire process and the assistance we received along the way, even from out of town. The staff was friendly and observant, the venue was beautiful and everything pieced together perfectly. Vendors are very familiar with the venue which makes that planning seamless. Using Hotel Covington also allowed guests to have simple travel (walking) to their rooms.
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Zoe M. Sent on 12/07/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Highly recommend The Madison & Hotel Covington!

The Madison Event Center was the perfect venue for our Wedding Day! From start to finish, The Madison team took such great care of all our needs and made us feel so special. The planning process was very easy and stress free because they offer an all-inclusive package and handle everything on site, so we didn’t have to do much. We enjoyed working with the Details Specialist, Riley. She made sure no detail was missed while offering great advice too! It was nice having Hotel Covington next door, we took advantage of the Wedding Room Block offerings, Suites to get ready in on the day of, and we even hosted our Rehearsal Dinner and Welcome Reception at the Hotel! Our family and friends loved the convenience of it all! When it came to the night of our Wedding, everything was truly perfect! The Madison provides a Banquet Captain to take care of everything throughout the night, our Captain went above and beyond our expectations. We have such beautiful memories to carry with us and are beyond thankful for The Madison & Hotel Covington bringing our dream Wedding to life!
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231F81C1B3D6093Feb15Fdde86706C78100Ff248 Sent on 09/21/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect Day

Our day was perfect and we had no issues at all, everyone at the Madison Event Center was super helpful and very nice, couldn't have asked for a better time!
C
Cindy Sent on 06/19/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful Experience with Madison Event Center

The Madison Event Center and their staff were extremely professional. Timely in response to every request, very pleasant, beautiful facility (we had the Emerald Room). Food and drink were wonderful. They gave us hints and ideas I would not have thought of and provided very detailed information on seating charts and room layout and alternative menus for guests that don't eat meat. They had everything in place as they said they would. There was no last minute scramble for anything. We had a sit down and the food was delivered to each guest very timely and cleared away just as quickly. I don't know where they found such terrific and thorough staff, but everyone was wonderful to work with. We only have one daughter, so only one chance to host a wedding, but I would hire The Madison Event Center again if I could!
J
Jaylen Sent on 04/18/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely anazing!

Our wedding day was absolutely PERFECT! It was way more than I imagined. The day went so smoothly for me. Our captains were amazing!

I brought my decorations in labeled boxes, I had a vision in my mind of what I thought the decor would look like, but they BLEW MY MIND!! Our rooms were absolutely beautiful and our head table was chefs kiss!!

Our food was so good! The service from start to finish was 100% 5 stars. I am so happy with the turnout. Communication was great as well! Riley Clark helped me every step of the way!
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Therese Sent on 02/22/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Best Experience

We had the best experience from Madison Event Center for my daughter’s wedding. From Ashley, Riley and Amy the Captain our time on Saturday was perfect. We had the ceremony in The Loft and the reception in The Galleria. The ability to have everything in one place was so helpful. The communication was always quick. They helped with every aspect of the reception. The bartenders were fantastic and the servers were helpful throughout the night. We loved having a venue that knew what they were doing and obviously communicated in-house so well. We went into that day without a worry because of them and we thank you!
Katie
Katie Sent on 11/08/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Great all-inclusive package

Our wedding day was perfect!! In no small part because of Janet C, our event captain. She checked in with us several times through the morning in the bridal suite, walked blocks to my (now) husband’s car with him to help move parking barriers due to the “great bridal chase” run happening so he could park in the 8th Street lot, the sound system was stuck on Sirius Radio and she worked to fix it so we could connect our device playlist, our photo booth printer wouldn’t recognize The Madison Wi-Fi so she spent well over 30 minutes helping us troubleshoot it and finally got it connected and working.
Our guests had a wonderful time and Jason and I couldn’t have been happier with how everything turned out. The room was decorated exactly how we imagined, the food and drinks were delicious, and the staff were so kind and gracious. The Madison sells itself as being as an all-inclusive venue and that is 100% what you delivered!! From decor and linens, food and bar options, choices of ballrooms, ceremony spaces and bridal suites, and your impeccable service, The Madison was absolutely the “the complete package” for us! Thank you again for all your help in making our wedding perfect for us!
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Tori Sent on 08/30/2022
5 out of 5 rating

10/10, everything went perfect

They made our dream come true!
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Team

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The Madison Sales Team
Manager
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Sales Manager
Zoe Cornett
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Sales Manager
Riley Clark
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I not only work with the Madison Event Center, I have been on the other end and have planned events here as well. The staff is amazingly helpful and they go above and beyond to make every detail of your wedding day PERFECT. Everything from the Chef's to the drinks are top notch. I love working with Madison Brides, they are overall less stressed out due to the coordinators at the Madison that make the hectic wedding process so much easier.

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The Madison Event Center frequently asked questions

The Madison Event Center includes the following items and services for wedding events in its starting site fee:
  • Bridal Suite
  • Chairs
  • China
  • Clean Up
  • Event Planning
  • Flatware
  • Glassware
  • Lighting/Sound
  • Linens
  • Set Up
  • Tables
The Madison Event Center includes the following items and services in its wedding catering costs:
  • Cake Cutting
  • Server(s)
The bar service starting price at The Madison Event Center includes:
  • Bartender(s)
  • Champagne Toast
  • House Beer
  • House Liquor
  • House Wine
  • Open Bar
  • Premium Liquor
  • Signature Drink
The space offered by The Madison Event Center for wedding events is known for:
  • Ballroom
  • Banquet Hall
  • Historic Building
The Madison Event Center offers the following indoor/outdoor options for weddings:
  • Indoor
  • Uncovered Outdoor
The Madison Event Center offers the following types of wedding events:
  • Ceremony
  • Reception
  • Bridal Shower
  • Engagement Party
  • Rehearsal Dinner
The Madison Event Center offers the following services for wedding events:
  • Accommodations
  • Bar Services
  • Catering Services
  • Clean Up
  • Event Planner
  • Event Rentals
  • Get Ready Rooms
  • Liability Insurance
  • Outside Vendors
  • Wifi
The Madison Event Center offers the following furniture and decor items for weddings:
  • Altar/Arch
  • Audio Equipment
  • Centerpieces
  • Chairs
  • Chair Covers
  • Dance Floor
  • Decor
  • Furniture
  • Lighting
  • Photo booth
  • Tables
The Madison Event Center is recommended by 95% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 4.7 out of 5 with the following breakdown: 4.8 in quality of service, 4.8 in average response time, 4.8 in professionalism, 4.7 in flexibility and 4.7 in value.
The Madison Event Center currently offers 1 discount promotion for wedding services.
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