Wedding & Reception Venues
Whether you're dreaming of a formal or informal wedding and reception, Corvallis Parks & Recreation offers some amazing places to celebrate your lifelong commitment to each other! Come make memories to last a lifetime in a beautiful park or community room. These spaces are flexible enough to handle weddings large and small, and affordable enough to leave you plenty of room in your budget for your dream honeymoon!
Choosing a Corvallis Parks & Recreation space for your wedding festivities gives you:
- Indoor and outdoor options to suit any wedding style
- Reasonable rental fees
- Early reservation (up to eighteen months in advance)
- Lots of included amenities at most sites
- Your choice of caterer or self-cater for no additional charge
- Alcohol allowed with no corkage fee in most spaces (separate permit and liability insurance required)
Indoor Venue
No matter what the weather does on your wedding day, your festivities will be beautiful, dry and comfortable.
Corvallis Community Center (available year-round)
The Center is a charming and affordable indoor and outdoor wedding venue. Comfortable and modern, the Center has plenty of space for your ceremony and reception, plus the rehearsal dinner and wedding prep. Set up, cleaning and event planning services are available as well. You can even combine a reservation at the Center for your reception with an outdoor wedding in the Rose Garden or the Center's terraces (coming soon). Learn more about the Center and its wedding options.
Call (541) 766-6959 for details and price quotes.
Outdoor Venues
Invite your guests to experience a beautiful, family-friendly natural space on your special day.
Avery Park & Natural Area
Avery Park and Natural Area is one of Corvallis' premier outdoor wedding spaces. It features several picturesque options for weddings and receptions, such as a historic locomotive, a gorgeous rose garden. covered picnic areas to provide shade for your reception, and riverside viewing points that can serve as a backdrop for formal photos.
Rose Garden (available April 1 - October 31)
This is a delightful place for a wedding with up to 100 guests. A romantic arbor for wedding ceremonies is the centerpiece of this Garden, so your wedding will be naturally decorated with the bright, bountiful roses that bloom from May - October. Combine your Rose Garden wedding with a reception in a park shelter or at the Corvallis Community Center. Learn more.
Lions Shelter (available year-round)
This iconic shelter offers a great combination of natural beauty and modern conveniences. Shaded by huge trees, and with an enormous picnic table that seats up to 100 guests (300 allowed in the surrounding area), this shelter has all the amenities you need for a stellar outdoor wedding and reception. It's also close to the park's historic locomotive and popular dinosaur bones play areas. Learn more.
Thompson Shelter (available year-round)
A location that is within easy walking distance to all of the park's attractions, plus built-in conveniences like a barbecue grill, sink, and picnic tables makes this shelter an ideal spot for a wedding and reception for up to 120 guests (500 in the surrounding area). Learn more.
Other options:: Maple Grove Shelter,Townsend Shelter
Call (541) 766-6918 for details or to make a reservation.
Bald Hill Barn (available year-round)
For a truly rustic wedding site, look no further than the Bald Hill Barn! This restored barn sits on a small hilltop in the Bald Hill Natural Area, one of Corvallis' loveliest. The barn's wide open design makes the Natural Area's beautiful meadows and trees part of decor for your ceremony. The Barn is sure to charm you and up to 120 guests. Learn more.
Other options: Central Park Gazebo, Peffer Auditorium.
Call (541) 766-6918 for details or to make a reservation.
Rotary Shelter (available year-round)
This beautiful shelter in Willamette Park gives you a river backdrop for weddings with up to 143 guests (300 in surrounding area). It is near a playground, several great pedestrian paths, and is the only shelter where dogs are welcome. Learn more.
Call (541) 766-6918 for details or to make a reservation.
Walnut Barn
(available April 1 - October 31)
This charmingly rustic gem is one of our most popular spots for weddings with up to 120 guests! Sitting atop a small hill, this converted barn offers great views of Martin Luther King Jr. Park's meadows and playground, as well as a host of amenities including barbecue grills, picnic tables and benches, electricity, and a handicap accessible restroom. Learn more.
Call (541) 766-6918 for details or to make a reservation.
