There are many different wedding venues in San Marcos, Texas and the surrounding region to choose from, making the area a great place to tie the knot. From historic and elegant inns that transport guests back in time to stunning ranches offering the natural beauty of Texas to even a beer garden and rooftop settings, there’s something for just about any taste or them when it comes to the perfect wedding venue for couples looking to get married in the San Marcos area.
AquaBrew
AquaBrew is the home of the San Marcos River HeadQuarters. Along with offering celebrated and refreshingly delicious beer and food, AquaBrew also provides a one-of-a-kind venue in the center of San Marcos for wedding receptions for couples looking for something differet. Located just a couple blocks from the town’s square, the unique venue gives couples an opportunity to celebrate their big day either inside the restaurant in the dining room, outside in the beer garden, or up on the rooftop. The beer garden can accommodate up to 250 guests, while the rooftop can hold up to 150 guests.
110 E MLK Dr Suite 130, San Marcos, TX, Phone: 512-353-2739
Crystal River Inn
The Crystal River Inn is one of the historic wedding venues in San Marcos, consisting of twelve different room across its three buildings. The venue has also been featured in many publications, such as USA Today and Southern Living. Surrounding the 1883 Victoria property is a garden of roses, beautiful trees, and fountains. The Crystal River Inn offers three events spaces for both outdoor and indoor weddings, with a maximum capacity of four hundred guests. The living areas, dining areas, garden, and courtyard are spacious enough to accommodate up to two hundred guests, with fountains and gardens as the backdrop.
326 W Hopkins St, San Marcos, TX 78666, Phone: 512-396-3739
Enchanted Ranch
The Enchanted Ranch in San Marcos is a unique and elegant venue for weddings that boasts a variety of event spaces for couples to choose from and stunning views. Up to 330 of the couple’s closest friends and family can be accommodated at the ranch for rehearsal dinners, wedding ceremonies, and wedding receptions. Weddings can be held in either uncovered or covered outdoor spaces or an indoor setting, including a beautiful and large tent that features glass walls, allowing guests to view the sparkling lake and gorgeous scenery. Ceremonies can be held by the lake for a nature-filled backdrop.
1300 Scull Rd, San Marcos, TX 78666, Phone: 830-351-8886
Geronimo Oaks - Weddings and Events
Geronimo Oaks provides four unique sites for wedding ceremonies and receptions, offering event spaces both outdoors and indoors that can accommodate anywhere between 50 and 500 guests. This idyllic venue offers a destination of traditional elegance and rustic chic nestled within the Texas Hill Country’s natural atmosphere. The Creeks indoor venue includes floor-to-ceiling windows and amazing vistas of the Texas Hill Country, while The Bluff outdoor site offers a beautiful view of the sunset and landscape, perfect for smaller ceremonies. The Oaks is a more secluded and enchanting event space for intimate weddings with scenic vistas and rock water features.
1377 Dietert Rd, Seguin, TX 78155, Phone: 830-391-8685
Harper Hill Ranch
The Harper Hill Ranch spans across eighty-eight acres of Seguin, Texas, just outside of San Marcos. The unique venue, nestled among the hilltop trees, opened in 2018 and now offers an ideal setting for weddings, family reunions, corporate retreats, and other events. Highlights of the temperature-controlled Barn at the Harper Hill Ranch include sparkling chandeliers and stunning stained-glass windows, as well as reclaimed wood doors, tin ceilings, and stamped concrete floors. The Barn also features a covered outdoor patio, silo bathrooms, catering kitchen, groom’s room, and bride’s room. There is also the Ranch House where up to twenty-two guests can stay.
12300 Huber Rd, Seguin, TX 78155, Phone: 512-214-1614
La Estancia Bella
La Estancia Bella is located in the middle of the Hill Country of Texas, set on a picturesque one hundred acres of a cattle ranch turned one-of-a-kind venue for events, including wedding ceremonies and wedding receptions. The venue includes a rustic barn, ample lodging, spacious grand reception hall, dance floor, performance stage, well-appointed dressing rooms, catering kitchen, an outdoor/indoor bar, rustic barn, and beautiful gardens intertwined with meandering trails leading to the stunning site for wedding ceremonies surrounded by terraced seating. Another things La Estancia Bella is known for is its excellent staff with a careful attention to detail.
3401 Lone Man Mountain Rd, Wimberley, TX 78676, Phone: 512-550-6727
LaLa Park
LaLa Park has a definite air of uniqueness about it when it comes to being a wedding venue in San Marcos, due in part to the huge secluded music stage, scenic landscape, and outdoor art. These special elements of the grounds make it an ideal destination for couples to host their own little festival celebration with their family and friends with a chance to even camp in LaLa Park overnight, providing a truly unique and unforgettable wedding celebration that lasts the whole weekend. Guests at the park can bring their own tents or furnished tents can be rented through the venue.
810 Oakwood Loop, San Marcos, TX 78666, Phone: 512-589-7541
LBJ Ballroom
The LBJ Ballroom in the town of San Marcos, Texas is located on the campus of the Texas State University. The wedding and event venue encompasses a total size of eight thousand square feet, offering plenty of room for large and extravagant celebrations and other events. Found inside of the LBJ Student Center on the grounds of Texas State University, the LBJ Ballroom is on the second floor. The university prides itself on offering a great space for events and is dedicated to providing affordable, comfortable, and stylish accommodations for organizational, faculty, student, and other functions.
601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, Phone: 512-245-2264
Madeline Manor
The Madeline Manor embraces guests in the Texas Hill Country’s comfort from the moment they start down the path to the estate. A country oasis, the property provides a unique setting in the Hill Country with all of the amenities and style couples would expect of a wedding venue. Madeline Manor features a grand foyer and staircase, an elegant great room, and an open gallery that showcases miles of the natural beauty of Texas. The manor is a chic and versatile venue that allows couples to realize their own wedding style, whether that may be classically formal, vintage, or elegant Hill Country.
1014 S Old Stagecoach Rd, Kyle, TX 78640, Phone: 512-214-8688
Martindale Schoolhouse and Social Hall
The Martindale Schoolhouse and Social Hall boasts a convenient central location in the state of Texas between San Antonio and Austin. The historic schoolhouse was constructed back in 1921 and has since been transformed into a venue for outdoor excursions, weekend getaways, special events, wedding celebrations, and much more. The Martindale Social Hall is a great space for wedding receptions, featuring a sound system and stage, restrooms, and a bar. The space is able to host events with up to two hundred guests. The Martindale Schoolhouse provides lodging for up to fourteen people, along with an outdoor fireplace and covered veranda.
101 Lockhart St, Martindale, TX 78655, Phone: 512-656-8896
Old Glory Ranch
The Old Glory Ranch is located down a serene and scenic drive just a short distance away from San Marcos in Wimberley, Texas. Encompassing a total of 2,200 acres, the property has become one of the premier Texas Hill Country venues for weddings and other events, providing a picturesque and magical setting. There are several options for Hill Country wedding ceremonies and receptions at the Old Glory Ranch, such as the majestic Oak Grove with the setting sun as the backdrop, the Patio for celebrating under the starry sky, the banks along the Blanco River, and the Chapel Hall.
3633 River Rd, Wimberley, Texas 78676, Phone: 512-847-3646
Palmer's Restaurant Bar & Courtyard
Since the year 1978, Palmer's Restaurant Bar and Courtyard has been located at the "gateway to the Hill Country," offering regional fusion fare from New Orleans to New Mexico paired with classic cocktails and signature margaritas. The restaurant also offers space for events with views of the courtyard and several fireplaces. Palmer's Restaurant Bar and Courtyard, which includes several private dining rooms, is also the only venue Hays County to feature a courtyard, providing plenty of space to enjoy the company and relax. The restaurant caters to wedding ceremonies, receptions, rehearsal dinners, anniversary parties, birthday parties, and other events.
218 Moore St, San Marcos, TX 78666, Phone: 512-353-3500
Price Center & Tea Room
The Price Center and Tea Room is situated conveniently in downtown San Marcos, Texas and is a unique and beautiful community center and garden. The 1919 Room at the Price Center is often used for hosting weddings, receptions, musical performances, banquets, and lunches. This event space is able to accommodate up to 120 seated guests. The 1893 Room is popular for wedding ceremonies and is the original First Christian Church. Also available for smaller events at the Price Center and Garden is the Garden Room, which can seat up to sixty guests for a catered reception or other catered meal.
222 W San Antonio St, San Marcos, TX 78666, Phone: 512-392-2900
Redbud Hall - Ceremony & Reception
The Redbud Hall is elegant, natural, and authentically Texas, providing an ideal space for rustic-chic, intimate weddings ceremonies and receptions. The quaint wedding venue combines upscale finishes with country styling, designed to accommodate a maximum of 160 guests for events. The charmingly rustic Redbud Hall features a red oak dance floor, hand-cut cedar pillars framing open windows, and handcrafted “board and batten” walls. The hall can be used as a ceremony venue as well with an elevated, large stage. For wedding receptions, the Redbud Hall at Texas Old Town can accommodate up to 160 people with a dance floor.
1205 Roland Ln, Kyle, TX 78640, Phone: 512-396-1800
Sacred Passages
Sacred Passages in the town of San Marcos, Texas is an event venue and gated vacation rental, encompassing thirty-five acres of secluded grounds within the heart of the Texas Hill Country. The open-air stone chapel on the property is perfect for wedding ceremonies and can seat between eighty and one hundred guests. Other features of Sacred Passages include original artwork, stone work, and mosaics, as well as palapas and a pool that provide a great space to relax or place. The home on the grounds of Sacred Passages is made up of two bathrooms and four bedrooms.
1218 Oakwood Loop, San Marcos, TX 78666, Phone: 512-665-1877
Sage Hall
Sage Hall is another one of the many wedding venues at Texas Old Town, located just outside of San Marcos in Kyle, Texas. The event space has the capacity to accommodate up to 320 of the couple’s closest friends and family and is the perfect combination of an intimate feel and larger venue. The Sage Hall is a popular choice among brides in the area, offering a unique blend of Texas old-style atmosphere and glamour, a true rustic elegance. There is also a stage and rustic dance floor that lets guests dance the night away after the ceremony.
1205 Roland Ln, Kyle, TX 78640, Phone: 512-396-1800
Spring Lake at The Meadows Center for Water & the Environment
The Spring Lake at The Meadows Center is a picturesque property located at the San Marcos River’s headwaters. Offering several different options for events spaces for weddings, couples can choose from the Meadow, the Headwaters Green, or the Rooftop that overlooks the crystal waters of Spring Lake. Couples can even choose to reserve the historic Glass Bottom Boats. One thing for those looking to get married at Spring Lake should keep in mind, however, is that the lake is a completely outdoor venue and has no cover. Tents can be rented to accommodate guests in case of rainy weather.
201 San Marcos Springs Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, Phone: 512-245-7570
Stone Hall
The Stone Hall is an elegant and upscale venue that is still authentically Texas, combining luxury and glamour with the quaintness and charm the Texas Old Town is well known for. Stone Hall is able to accommodate up to 320 people for weddings and other special events and designed to feel as intimate or as large as couple desire it to be. Rental of Stone Hall includes the venue’s ultimate amenities package, the indoor reception hall, and outdoor ceremony site with exclusive use for sixteen hours. The hall features crystal chandeliers, wood floors, limestone rock walls, a dramatic staircase, and more.
2210 Old Stagecoach Road, Kyle, TX 78640, Phone: 512-396-1800
Tejas Hall
Tejas Hall is the largest venue at Texas Old Town, located in Kyle, Texas, just outside of San Marcos. The event site offers some of the most beautiful scenery in Texas for an authentic Texas wedding with up to 350 guests. The Tejas Hall features a classic Texas-style dance hall flair and was built lovingly by the owner with a “western old town” vision. The hall includes handcrafted furniture and rough-cut lumber floors that add to its rustic elegance and Texas charm, along with a wrap-around porch and a cozy fire pit, lawn games, and more for guests to enjoy.
1205 Roland Ln, Kyle, TX 78640, Phone: 512-396-1800
The Plant at Kyle
The Plant at Kyle boasts a design incorporating various elements from a cement plant that has been decommissioned, which results in a venue with very unique architecture. In fact, The Plant at Kyle has been noted in several architecture books and has been the recipient of a number of awards from the American Institute of Architects. Events like wedding ceremonies and wedding receptions are made more memorable and special thanks to the location of the soaring venue set on seventeen acres of Texas Hill Country that still feels intimate even though hundreds of guests can be accommodated.
Kyle, TX 78640, Phone: 512-689-6777
The Winfield Inn
The Winfield Inn is located just outside of San Marcos in Kyle, Texas and provides twenty-seven acres for couples to have to themselves and their guests for their special day. With the enchanting Oak trees, the property has beautiful backdrops for weddings throughout the entire year, with several spots available for exchanging vows, such as the Garden Gazebo, in front of the inn, the Garden Ballroom, and any of the Oak trees. The Garden Gazebo area is very spacious and can accommodate more than five hundred guests for ceremonies, while the ballroom is elegant with Swarovski crystal wall lighting.
900 Scott St, Kyle, TX 78640, Phone: 512-472-9500
Thistlewood Manor & Gardens
The French-inspired Thistlewood Manor and Gardens offers a place of timeless elegance, romance, and comfortable luxury, as well as exclusive use of the venue for the wedding day. Thanks to the beautiful decor and natural setting that already exist at the Thistlewood Manor and Gardens, not much decorating is needed for wedding events. However, couples can still customize the venue to their needs thanks to the neutral natural tones. Up to almost 200 guests can be accommodated indoors with a dance floor, or more than 300 guests if the wedding reception is extended outside to the lawn and patio.
1520 Roland Ln, Kyle, TX 78640, Phone: 512-268-1900
Three Dudes Winery
At the Three Dudes Winery, weddings are customized to whatever is important to the couple, offering grounds that boasts striking views of the San Marcos River, as well as the surrounding landscape. Couples can have their wedding ceremony at the stone pergola, host their reception on the River Deck that overlooks the beautiful river, and then dance the rest of the night away in the rustic Albert Kubis Hall, a reception area and dance hall. Rental of the Three Dudes Winery includes exclusive use of the Bridal Suite and the “Three Dude’s Man Cave,” complete with foosball table.
125 Old Martindale Rd, San Marcos, TX 78666, Phone: 512–392–5634
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