Popular Cincinnati & Dayton Wedding & Reception Venues 2025
May 24, 2024
Comprehensive Wedding Venue Guide For Dayton & Cincinnati
I created a comprehensive guide to the most popular Cincinnati & Dayton wedding & reception venues. In it, you’ll find links to helpful resources, photos from real weddings, wedding day films, and my personal opinions on each venue. I designed this guide to help you plan the wedding of your dreams. After photographing more than 244 weddings, I’ve had the opportunity to experience these incredible venues in Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, and beyond. I’m blown away when I photograph a beautiful and memorable event in these stunning locations.
Driven by my passion for finding the best wedding vendors for you, I’ve photographed many of the top venues in these areas. I’ve compiled a wealth of information to help you choose the perfect ceremony or reception location. My guide includes addresses, tips, parking details, capacity information, booking tips, and my insights into why each venue stands out.
Feel free to use this free guide to Cincinnati and Dayton’s most popular wedding and reception venues—I made it just for you!
The Best Dayton-Area Venues To Have Your Wedding
- America’s Packard Museum (Downtown)
- Benham’s Grove (Centerville)
- Bicentennial Barn (Huber Heights)
- Boonshoft Museum Of Discovery (Dayton)
- Canopy Creek Farm (Miamisburg)
- Carillon Historical Park (Dayton)
- Cedar Springs Pavilion (Tipp City/Vandalia)
- Country Club Of The North (Beavercreek)
- Dayton Arcade (Downtown)
- Dayton Art Institute (Dayton)
- Dayton Masonic Center (Dayton)
- Dayton Metro Library (Downtown)
- Estate At Sunset Farm (Bellbrook)
- Heatherwoode Golf Club (Springboro)
- Magnolia Barn At Magnolia Estate (Miamisburg)
- Moraine Country Club (Moraine)
- NCR Country Club (Kettering)
- Mountain Shadows Resort Scottsdale (Phoenix)
- Polen Farm (Kettering)
- Rosewood Manor At Magnolia Estate (Miamisburg)
- Schuster Center Dayton (Downtown)
- The Brightside Dayton (Downtown)
- The Golf Club At Yankee Trace (Centerville)
- The Grande Hall At Liberty Tower (Downtown)
- The Lift Dayton (East Dayton)
- The Oscar Event Center at Jungle Jim’s (Cincinnati)
- The Steam Plant (Downtown)
- The Willow Tree (Tipp City)
- Timeless Events At High Acre Farm (Piqua)
- Top Of The Market (Downtown)
- University of Dayton Chapel Of The Immaculate Conception (Dayton)
- University Of Dayton Marriott (Dayton)
Unique Cincinnati Wedding Venues
- Rhinegeist Brewery – With the recent resurgence and investment poured into the historic Over The Rhine area and the Cincinnati Streetcar, Rhinegeist boasts a central location and historic building.
- Top Of The Park – Located on the top of a hotel on the east side of downtown Cincinnati, Top Of The Park offers unprecedented views of downtown Cincinnati and the Ohio River.
- American Sign Museum – This location is a museum that specializes in preserving the amazing history of advertising signs in the USA. Enough said.
- Cincinnati Art Museum – Sitting atop Mt. Adams is this historic museum. You can’t go wrong with photographing a wedding in an art museum.
- Newport Aquarium – How could a wedding surrounded by some of nature’s nautical creatures be any better
- Aronoff Center – I had the opportunity to photograph an empty Aronoff Center. There are so many great spaces in this wedding venue.
- PayCor Stadium – Being a Cincinnati Bengals fan, the height of fandom would be photographing a wedding at this Cincinnati stadium.
- Devou Park – This Covington, Kentucky park overlooks Cincinnati and the Ohio River from northern Kentucky.
What Areas Do You Service With Photography And Videography?
- Dayton area
- The Miami Valley
- CincinnatiNorthern Kentucky
- Columbus
- Athens, Ohio
- Seattle Washington
- Destination weddings I have shot: Palm Springs, California, Washington D.C., Indiana, and West Virginia.
Popular Cincinnati & Columbus Wedding & Reception Locations
- Ault Park Pavilion (Cincinnati)
- Cincinnati Museum Center (Cincinnati)
- Cincinnati Music Hall (Downtown)
- Memorial Hall OTR (Downtown)
- The Cincinnati Club (Downtown)
- The Newport Syndicate (Kentucky)
- Vinoklet Winery Cincinnati (Hamilton)
- Pinnacle Golf Club (Columbus)
Other Helpful Wedding Planning Resources And Tips
- How Should A Wedding Photographer Approach My Day
- Six Questions To Ask Before Booking Your Wedding Venue
- How To Hire A Wedding Photographer In Dayton Or Cincinnati
- Here Comes To Guide – A Helpful Wedding Planning Site
- 17 Essential Tips To Have A Successful Wedding
- What Should My Photographer’s Arrival Time Be At My Wedding
- How To Download Your Images From Kevin Lush Photography
- How To Purchase Images With Kevin Lush Photography
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