The Venue is a large, vintage-style wedding event venue located in the center of downtown Asheville, North Carolina. With a spacious floor plan of over 13,000 square feet, this space gives you lots of freedom in terms of how you might like to design your event. The space also has characteristics of a French-style cottage, containing exposed brick walls, barn ceilings, and vintage tile floors. All of these features create a truly warm and inviting atmosphere that you and your guests will be sure to enjoy. Offering a touch of uniqueness to wedding couples, The Venue offers services that will make any wedding celebration an exceptional experience for the guests as well as the host.
Facilities and Capacity
The Venue boasts 13,000 square feet of customizable event space with three levels for wedding events. First is The Market Level, which is and event space at street level and boasts 2,956 square feet. You can provide accommodations for 200 guests at a cocktail reception and 100 guests for a sit-down dinner in this space. Next is The Mezzanine Level, which is a few steps up from The Market Level and boasts 3,400 square feet and large windows with beautiful views of downtown. You can provide accommodations for 350 guests at a cocktail reception and 250 guests for a sit-down dinner in this space. Finally, the Second Level with Balcony of The Venue is an ideal space with a bridal dressing room and a large balcony that overlooks the Blue Ridge Mountains and downtown Asheville. This space with the balcony is 3,425 square feet. You can provide accommodations for 200 guests at a cocktail reception and 120 guests for a sit-down dinner in this space.
Services Offered
The Venue offers a wide variety of exceptional services to wedding couples and their guests. Services encompass everything from equipment rentals, staffing services, bar and catering services to event planning services. For services not offered by The Venue, there is a list of preferred vendors that have been recommended to previous clients. Services offered by The Venue include:
Cuisine
The Venue provides wedding couples with delicious cuisine options that are presented in a variety of ways and adhere to specific dietary needs and concerns. Food presentations and services include buffet, cocktail reception, hors d'oeuvres, plated options, food stations, and pre-event tastings. Their cuisine styles include:
76 Reviews for The Venue
Recommended by 97% of couples
24 User photos
Jane · Getting married on 10/08/2021
Rehearsal Dinner At The Venue
Working with The Venue was THE MOST FABULOUS experience! The venue, food, and service were excellent. I had to cancel our rehearsal dinner at the last minute at another restaurant due to restrictions and Marta and Amanda were so accommodating. Their facility was beautiful, food was spectacular, and our guests are still talking about it! I would use them again in a heartbeat!
Sent on 09/02/2020
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Jane,Karen V. · Getting married on 09/11/2021
Superb experience!
We found The Venue to be the perfect place for a wedding reception. Convenient location, EXCELLENT food, beautiful facilities, and extraordinary communication and professionalism. Amanda handled our requests and rescheduled reception without a hitch and with complete attention to every detail. The flexibility at The Venue under pandemic times was unparalleled and we appreciate their cooperation in helping us put the reception together under these unusual circumstances! Highly recommend to anyone looking for the right place for a perfect event
Sent on 12/12/2020
The Venue's reply:
Karen, thank you so much for your kind words! We always strive to create experiences that our clients and their guests will remember for years to come. It means so much to know that we were able to help make the overall experience an easy and memorable one. We know this has been a very weird and difficult year for everyone, so we greatly appreciate the recognition of our flexibility, level of cooperation in rescheduling the event date, and our tending to every detail. Thank you again for the rave review!
Kathy H. · Getting married on 06/07/2021
Best in the business!!
We had a Welcome Party for my daughter's wedding at The Venue in July. Deandra was fantastic to work with. She walked us through it and everything came together so beautifully. The setting is gorgeous with the exposed brick, beams, candles, and lights. We also received so many compliments on the food. I cannot thank the staff enough for making such a memorable evening for our guests. I would highly, highly recommend The Venue for any wedding event.
Sent on 11/04/2020
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Team of The Venue
Marta Santamaria
Owner
In The Words Of Marta's Management Team:
We like to call her our fearless leader! She is the definition of a team leader. A fireball mix of passion and creativity mixed with resiliance and drive, sprinkled with heart and talent that are galxey sized. We asked Marta so give us some facts so you can get to know her like we do!
Amanda Hartzell-Fensterer
Event Manager & Magic Maker
In The Words of Her Fellow Management Team:
Amanda...what a GEM!! She has been a part of our team for 7 years now and we couldn't imagine a day without her. The glue to our wonderful Venue family and we've never met someone as organized, kind, calm, and absolutely brillant as her. Basically a warm hug! We asked her to share a few facts so you can get to know her like we do!
Deandra Bodenhorst
Event Manager & Magic Maker
Written By Her Fellow Magic Makers:
SOULFUL. She's been a part of this magic making team for 6 years now, and is the light in every room. A natural born leader and dreamer with a big personality who celebrates every little thing. We asked her to give us a few facts so you can get to know her like we do!
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8 Endorsements
My best friend (who was also a client of mine) had her rehearsal dinner here. Everything was wonderful! Being her MOH and hair/makeup artist I needed to make sure everything went off without a hitch and it did. Everything was perfectly decorated and food was amazing. The staff was very helpful any time we needed anything. The location for this venue is perfect too! You will not be disappointed!
A great place. every need is met and so very beautiful.
The Venue is a beautiful site for a wedding in downtown Asheville. It encompasses all Asheville is, The staff is a joy to work with.
