Couples in the Acadiana region of the state of Louisiana, or even those from other areas who just love the area, are sure to find the perfect wedding venue in and around Lafayette, Louisiana for a truly unforgettable wedding celebration.
Abacus Banquets & Receptions
The Abacus specializes in banquets and receptions and captures the grandeur and essence of the classic architecture of the 1940’s. Embellished, renovated, and restored with all of the modern conveniences of today, the Lafayette event venue provides everything needed for making special events memorable, no matter what the size. The Abacus is able to accommodate hundreds of guests for events, with space for up to 350 for cocktail party-style receptions. The second floor of the venue offers space for the bridal party to use or for additional seating for guests. There is also plenty of on-site parking available.
Abacus Banquets & Receptions, 530 West Pinhook Rd, Lafayette, LA 70503, Phone: 337-232-5300
Acadiana Center for the Arts
The Acadiana Center for the Arts offers several different spaces for events in the middle of downtown Lafayette. With its professional event staff and services, along with world-class architecture, the venue is able to host a variety of different events, including weddings of nearly any size. The Atrium and Cafe area at the Acadiana Center for the Arts is an open, stunning space with a glass front, grand staircase, and marble floors, providing a picturesque space for wedding receptions. The James Devin Moncus Theater is ideal for larger weddings, with space for up to 300 seated guests, or 500 for standing receptions.
Acadiana Center for the Arts, 101 W. Vermilion St, Lafayette, LA 70501, Phone: 337-233-7060
Cajun Mansion Event Venue
The Cajun Mansion strives to be an event venue that specializes in “being special,” hosting events that are filled with excitement and fun and made unique by the venue’s Southern hospitality. Lavish floral accents and beautiful visuals help to create a picturesque setting for an unforgettable wedding day. There is a large event area outdoors at the Cajun Mansion as well, featuring a pool, covered verandah lounge, and signature landscaping. The Cajun Mansion event venue is able to accommodate up to three hundred and fifty guests for weddings and other special events, and provides a professional staff and vendor team.
Cajun Mansion Event Venue , 4304 Decon Rd, Youngsville, LA 70592, Phone: 337-223-4722
Cajundome Convention Center
The Cajundome Convention Center boasts more than seventy-two thousand square feet of event space across two levels. With the massive amount of space and a professional and experienced event team to handle every little detail, the venue is easily able to accommodate wedding ceremonies and receptions of any size, from 50 to more than 2,000. The Cajundome Convention Center’s open floor plan provides a blank canvas for couples to personalize as they wish, allowing for more personal touches and choice of a variety of reception styles, such as passed hors d’oeurves or a seated, more formal dinner reception.
Cajundome Convention Center , 444 Cajundome Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70506, Phone: 337-265-2104
City Club at River Ranch
The City Club at River Ranch is one of the premier wedding venues in the city of Lafayette. This beautifully decorated venue features plenty of unique options for event spaces for hosting wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions, bridal luncheons, rehearsal dinners, bridal showers, and other special occasions. Two different outdoor spaces are available for wedding ceremonies at the City Club at River Ranch: the Townsquare and the Courtyard. As for wedding receptions, couples can choose between either 1100 or the Fleur De Lis Ballroom. Customized reception menus with a variety of options are offered at River Ranch through The Grill and Bar.
City Club at River Ranch , 1100 Camellia Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70508, Phone: 337-216-6558
Cypress Grove Wedding Venue
The Cypress Grove Wedding Venue is housed inside of the historical cypress building from the early 1890’s, offering couples in the Lafayette area a rustic or vintage setting for their wedding day. Both outdoor and indoor options for event spaces are available at Cypress Grove, including a wrap-around covered porch that can be used as a backup space in case of inclement weather. The front area of the Cypress building will make guests feel like they’ve stepped back in time with its original counters that work well for reception serving lines. The back of the store open out to a spacious hall.
Cypress Grove Wedding Venue , 150 Seale Ln, Eunice, LA 70535, Phone: 337-304-1727
Esprit de Coeur
The Esprit de Coeur venue is one of the premier event venues in Lafayette, Louisiana, situated behind Parc International in the downtown area. Constructed in 1890, the venue is also one of the city’s first bed-and-breakfast homes. This historic setting of the large “Southern Home” offers an idyllic atmosphere for wedding receptions, parties, and other special gatherings and events. The bridal party has exclusive use of lavish suites upstairs, and there is also a honeymoon suite for the newlyweds. The professional staff at the Esprit de Coeur make sure every detail is carefully planned and thoughtfully executed.
Esprit de Coeur, 402 Garfield St, Lafayette, LA 70501, Phone: 337-962-5215
Evangeline Shrine Club Banquet Hall
The Evangeline Shrine Club Banquet Hall in the city of Lafayette, Louisiana is able to comfortably accommodate a maximum of two hundred and fifty people for a variety of different special events, such as weddings, anniversary parties, birthday parties, graduation parties, reunions, and much more. In addition to the spacious banquet hall space for receptions, which totals approximately 4,500 square feet, the venue also contains a playground and a patio that can be rented out as well. The Evangeline Shrine Club Banquet Hall boasts a convenient central location and allows for outside catering for events held at the facility.
Evangeline Shrine Club Banquet Hall, 328 Guilbeau Rd, Lafayette, LA 70506, Phone: 337-984-3640
Feed & Seed Lafayette
The Feed and Seed Lafayette could be called “a modern Cajun shack” and is perhaps the most authentic rustic venue for weddings and other events in the Acadiana region of Louisiana, a place where rustic charm meets modern convenience. The iconic feed store of Lafayette has been outfitted and modernized to become an ideal Cajun wedding venue for small, intimate wedding celebrations. The venue acts as a blank canvas, allowing couples to personalize the space for their wedding ceremony and/or wedding reception. Bentwood chairs and rustic farm tables fill the space or can be cleared for more space for dancing.
Feed & Seed Lafayette , 106 North Grant St, Lafayette, LA 70501, Phone: 337-330-4860
Glory Court, Reception & Banquet Hall
The Glory Court, Reception and Banquet Hall is a place where couples can bring the vision of their dream wedding to life. The picturesque space for wedding receptions aims to offer everything couples need to create an unforgettable event that both they and their guests will remember for the rest of their lives. First opened in 2000, the Glory Court, Reception and Banquet Hall is popular full-service event venue that can handle all of the details of the wedding planning process, from flower arrangements to customized menus and everything in between. The venue also has connections and services for special requests.
Glory Court, Reception & Banquet Hall , 1413 W Willow St, Lafayette, LA 70506, Phone: 337-319-0225
LARC's Acadian Village
LARC's Acadian Village provides a true Southern Louisiana cultural experience blended with rustic views that provides a memorable setting for a wedding celebration. The New Hope Chapel is a replica of an Acadian-style chapel from the 1850’s located in the heart of Acadian Village, offering an idyllic destination for a couple to exchange their vows in front of friends and family. Guests can stroll through the venue’s scenic grounds, taking in the property’s natural beauty between the ceremony and the wedding reception. The spacious Pavilion allows for barn-style receptions, boasting a romantic and elegant setting for an unforgettable wedding.
LARC's Acadian Village , 200 Greenleaf Dr, Lafayette, LA 70506, Phone: 337-981-2364
Le Pavillon at Parc Lafayette
Le Pavillon at Parc Lafayette is one of the city’s premier reception venues, popular for corporate events, weddings, and other special events. There are three different elegant venues for wedding ceremonies and wedding receptions, all with a grand French-style design. The two smaller, more intimate event spaces are perfect for ceremonies or small receptions, while the Grand Ballroom is excellent for large wedding celebrations, offering enough space for as many as six hundred guests and featuring a unique elegance, European ambiance, and stunning chandeliers. For outdoor weddings, there is also the Parc Lafayette Colonnade, which is considered a “photographer’s dream.”
Le Pavillon at Parc Lafayette, 1913 Kaliste Saloom Rd, Lafayette, LA 70508, Phone: 337-371-1076
Madison Hall
Madison Hall is a unique and stunning wedding venue that is considered by many to be one of Acadiana’s best kept secrets. Couples can dance their first dance out on the longleaf pine 1930’s dance floor, toast beneath the twinkling chandelier and 35-foot ceilings, and make a grand exit across the picturesque courtyard. The classic features of The Madison have been restored, as well as modern amenities incorporated, such as high tech capabilities, wrought iron features, and granite accents. Couples have the chance to create a stylish and stunning setting for their wedding day, with space for up to 250 seated guests.
Madison Hall, 406 E Madison St, Broussard, LA 70518, Phone: 337-988-7474
Magnolia Court Reception Hall
The Magnolia Court Reception Hall boasts that it’s the area’s only reception halls that allows people to bring in their own beverages and food. The venue features an indoor event space with a full kitchen, chairs, tables, a dance floor, ballroom, bridal dressing room, and a stage, along with a pergola, outdoor deck, and a walkway to the gardens and gazebo. Couples can also choose to rent the Honeymoon whirlpool cottage. The Magnolia Court Reception Hall is able to accommodate up to 350 guests for weddings and other special events. There is also free parking available on site.
811 E Gloria Switch Rd, Lafayette, LA 70507, Phone: 337-264-9616
Oakbourne Country Club
The Oakbourne Country Club offers an amazing country club setting for wedding events in Lafayette, Louisiana. Established back in 1955, the country club is one of the area’s oldest member-owned private clubs, as well as the home course for Jay and Lionel Hebert, well-known Ryder Cup Players and PGA Champions. The Oakbourne Country Club offers facilities for couples and their wedding guests to use for wedding celebration as well. After the wedding ceremony, the golf course grounds provide a great backdrop for lifelong memories and wedding photos, made up of meticulously maintained landscaping, large trees, and lush greenery.
Oakbourne Country Club, 3700 East Simcoe, Lafayette, LA 70501, Phone: 337-235-6426
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum
The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum provides a distinctive venue for weddings and other special events in Lafayette, Louisiana. There are several different event spaces available, such as the Great Lawn, the Cypress Room, and the Town Building. The lawn is perfect for larger weddings since it’s able to accommodate for hundreds of guests, along with a backdrop of both modern and classic architecture and an illuminated water wall. The University Art Museum’s Cypress Room provides a cozier setting with a fireplace and built-in bookcases. The first floor of the Town Building is able to host events with 75 to 100 guests.
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, 710 East St. Mary Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70503, Phone: 337-482-1368
Petroleum Club of Lafayette
The Petroleum Club of Lafayette is a Louisiana event venue specializing in providing delicious food and an inviting environment for weddings. The wedding venue offers a feeling of elegance from a bygone era to the wedding day, with vintage decor, chandeliers, and mahogany wood details that create an air of timelessness and tradition. There fifteen configurable rooms available for events at the club, offering more than 44,000 square feet of event space for couples to choose from for their big day at the Petroleum Club of Lafayette. The venue also boasts an award-winning culinary team and a full-service bar.
Petroleum Club of Lafayette , 111 Heymann Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70503, Phone: 337-232-2582
The Palmetto Club
The Palmetto Club, formerly known as A’La Carte, is one of the most popular event venues in Lafayette, Louisiana, and has been for several decades. Boasting more than five thousand square feet in space, there is plenty of room for events both small and large. The renovated and beautifully appointed venue is able to accommodate between 100 and 300 guests for events, with room for up to 200 for seated receptions or up to 300 for standing events. Several room configurations are possible for the Palmetto Club ballroom and annex, allowing the space to be as spacious or intimate as needed.
The Palmetto Club, 307 Heymann Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70503, Phone: 377-534-4701
Tim & Tia’s
Tim and Tia’s in the bustling city of Lafayette, Louisiana is a popular dessert and wine bar that also specializes in providing a space for all types of private events, including wedding receptions, engagement parties, bridal showers, family reunions, business meetings, holiday parties, birthday parties, and more. The event space at Tim and Tia’s is able to host events both small and large, with space for accommodating up to one hundred and fifty guests any day of the week, both during the day and in the evening. The staff at the venue are also always ready to help with anything needed.
201 Setters Trace, Lafayette, LA 70503, Phone: 337-406-9630
Vermilionville
Vermilionville in the middle of the city of Lafayette is a folklife park and living history museum with nineteen attractions that is committed to the preservation and representation of the culture of the Creole, Native American, and Acadian cultures between the years of 1765 and 1890. Vermilionville spans across twenty-three acres on the Bayou Vermilion and offers a captivating and charming destination for hosting wedding ceremonies and wedding receptions. A quaint, climate-controlled building is able to accommodate a maximum of 350 guests for events. For smaller weddings, La Cuisine de Maman can hold up to seventy-five people for receptions.
Vermilionville, 300 Fisher Rd, Lafayette, LA 70508, Phone: 337-233-4077
Warehouse 535
The Warehouse 535 is nestled away from bustling downtown Lafayette, Louisiana in the city’s Freetown neighborhood, offering a singular event backdrop for weddings and other special events. The venue is great for couples who are looking for a space they can personalize to be unique to their event. The more than seventy-five years old Warehouse 535 is a unique blend of elegant and rustic decor, providing a unique and welcoming Southern Louisiana wedding venue. Situated within the venue is a fully stocked, cozy bar known as the Rhum Room. The venue also features an experienced staff to help with all the details.
Warehouse 535, 535 Garfield St. Lafayette, LA 70501, Phone: 337-534-4507
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