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Wedding Venues in Erie, Pennsylvania

84 places to get married in and around Erie, in 20 towns: churches, banquet halls, barns and wineries, hotels and clubs, and parks for your wedding photos and video.

Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum (Mount Hope), Meadville
Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum (Mount Hope)Photo: CtMh67810, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, Erie
First Presbyterian Church of the CovenantPhoto: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hotel Conneaut, Conneaut Lake
Hotel ConneautPhoto: Tim Engleman, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr

Planning a wedding in Erie means choosing between historic downtown churches, bayfront hotels and halls, country clubs on the lake, museums and mansions, and barns and farms in the countryside south of the city. This guide covers 84 wedding venues in 20 towns across Erie County and northern Crawford County, from downtown Erie and the bayfront out to Millcreek, Harborcreek, Fairview, North East, Edinboro, Waterford, Corry and Meadville. You'll find churches, halls, museums, hotels and clubs, barns and farms, and the parks and beaches where couples go for their wedding photos and video.

Many couples here hold a church wedding ceremony in the afternoon and a reception at a hall, hotel or club that evening. Others want everything in one place, and plenty of the venues on this list can host your ceremony, your pictures and your reception on the same property. Drives around Erie are usually short, which leaves time for pictures by the lake.

Use the filters to narrow the list by type of venue or by town. Each venue has its own page with a description, contact details and directions, and real wedding photos and videos from local photographers and videographers as they add their work.

Church wedding venues in the Erie area

A church wedding ceremony is a strong tradition in Erie. Downtown, St. Peter Cathedral is one of the grandest church interiors in the region, and city parishes and the churches of Millcreek, Harborcreek, Fairview, Edinboro and Meadville add their own history. Many Catholic parishes ask you to get in touch six months or more before your wedding day, and some churches welcome only members, so call early and ask.

Banquet halls and event centers for your wedding reception

Erie's halls give a wedding reception a real sense of place. Couples choose the Bayfront Convention Center on the water, the Erie Art Museum, the Warner Theatre and the Watson-Curtze Mansion downtown, and banquet halls across Millcreek and Harborcreek handle dinner and dancing for large guest lists.

Erie Zoo

Erie, PA

Ceremony · Photos · Reception

Barn, farm and winery wedding venues

For a country wedding, head south and east of the city toward Waterford, Edinboro, Corry and the lake country of Crawford County, or east into the vineyards around North East. Barns and farms there host ceremonies on their grounds and receptions in restored barns, often with everything on one property.

Port Farms

Waterford, PA

Ceremony · Photos · Reception

Hotel, club and resort wedding venues

Hotels and clubs keep the day easy for guests coming from out of town. The Sheraton Erie Bayfront and the hotels around it sit right on Presque Isle Bay, and country clubs in Erie, North East and Lawrence Park host receptions with lake and golf course views, though some ask about membership or a sponsor, and not every club holds ceremonies on site.

Parks and gardens for your ceremony and wedding photos

Parks and beaches are where many Erie couples go for their wedding photos and video. Presque Isle State Park has ceremony sites by the Perry Monument, pavilions and the beaches, and Pymatuning State Park offers a lakeside lawn to the south. Park ceremonies need a reservation and usually have limits on guests and set-up, so read each venue's page before you plan.

Next: find someone who has worked at your venue

Once you have a venue in mind, look for photographers and videographers who have already worked there. They'll know where the light falls in the church, when the sun sets over the bay, and which spots on the grounds work best for wedding photos and video. Every venue page shows the local photographers and videographers with work from that place.

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