St. Louis, Missouri

Venue

In St. Louis: St. Louis's venue landscape spans both sides of the river: downtown lofts and historic buildings near the Gateway Arch, leafy estates through Clayton and the inner suburbs, and blank-slate barns and wineries out in the Missouri wine country around Augusta and Defiance -- the oldest American Viticultural Area in the country. Across the river, Edwardsville and the Illinois Metro East add their own venue stock at a genuinely different price point from the Missouri side. Because this region spans two states, confirm early which side your venue sits on, since your marriage license has to come from that same state, covered in full under Officiant & Ceremony below.

12 listings · checked August 2026

Bear Creek Golf Club — Wentzville · bearcreekgolf.com · (636) 332-5018
Clayton Plaza Hotel — Clayton · cpclayton.com · (314) 726-5400
Gothic Heights Inn — St. Louis · gothicheightsinn.com · (314) 900-7110
Sunset Bluffs — Washington · sunsetbluffs.com · (314) 660-2210
The Cheshire — St. Louis · cheshirestl.com · (314) 647-7300
The Kranzberg Arts Center — St. Louis · kranzbergartsfoundation.org/the-kranzberg · (314) 533-0367
The Larimore Wedding Venue — St. Louis · larimoreweddings.com · (314) 868-8009
The Legends Country Club — Eureka · thelegendsgolf.com · (636) 938-6295
The Wildwood Hotel — Wildwood · thewildwoodhotel.com · (636) 733-9100
Tower Grove Park — St. Louis · towergrovepark.org · (314) 771-2679
Trigg Banquet Center — O'Fallon · triggbanquetcenter.com/contact-us · (636) 240-3288
Waterbury Meeting Center — O'Fallon · waterburystl.com · (636) 706-5037

How to think about venue

The venue is the single largest decision on this list and usually the largest line in your budget — it sets your date, your capacity, your whole look, and often which other vendors you're even allowed to bring. Venues fall into two broad families. All-inclusive spaces bundle tables, chairs, a coordinator, and sometimes catering and bar in-house; they cost more up front but fold many line items into one. Blank-slate spaces — a barn, a field, a hall, a family home — are a beautiful empty canvas you build on; they look cheaper until you add the rentals, catering, and staffing they require. When you tour, ask what's truly included, the all-in cost with taxes and service fees, the real capacity, the rain-or-heat backup, noise curfews, parking, accessibility, and which vendors you must — or cannot — use.

Timing — Book by ~12–18 months out · maps to your Venue budget line

Details change constantly — confirm directly before booking. Something wrong? Update or remove a listing.

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