Wedding Venues Wichita KS // Wichita surprises people. There is a botanical garden with a Chinese Garden of Friendship, an Art Deco airport terminal where you can elope in the old control tower, a 1911 Odd Fellows hall in Delano and a science museum on the river next to the Keeper of the Plains. An hour or so northeast, the Flint Hills open up into tallgrass prairie with stone barns and a bison ranch.
We checked every venue below on its own website for current weddings, capacities and, where they publish them, prices.
Written October 2026. Prices and capacities are the ones the venues published at the time; always confirm them when you inquire. Cover photo by Adrienne Kantukule, a photographer from Andover in our community.
Wedding Venues in Wichita
Gardens, a riverfront museum, an Art Deco terminal and a few historic halls.
Botanica Wichita
Central WichitaUp to 300 guestsIndoor & outdoor
Botanica has 20 acres of gardens and eight spaces to rent, from a Shakespeare garden for 15 to the Main Meadow and Terrace Room for 300, including the Chinese Garden of Friendship. Every indoor room has outdoor space next to it, the rental includes garden admission for your guests and a rehearsal, and you can bring any caterer.
Its weddings page says it welcomes all faiths and lifestyles.
Exploration Place
RiverfrontUp to 250 guestsIndoor & outdoor
On the Arkansas River, Exploration Place has a hall with floor-to-ceiling windows and slate floors over the water, and an amphitheater next to the Keeper of the Plains sculpture. Its 2026 wedding package for up to 250 guests costs $3,500 from Sunday to Thursday and $4,000 on Fridays and Saturdays, for a 12-hour window, with getting-ready rooms and a year of museum membership for the two of you.
Kansas Aviation Museum
Original airport terminalUp to 290 seatedIndoor & outdoor
The Kansas Aviation Museum fills Wichita’s 1930s municipal airport terminal, an Art Deco building with its original 1935 terrazzo floors. Receptions take place in the main atrium, guests can see the aircraft exhibits, and the upper control tower is offered for elopements.
It publishes its rates: from $1,450 for four hours on a weekday to $4,700 for a full Saturday, and a full-day booking includes the rehearsal dinner the evening before.
Mark Arts
East WichitaUp to 300 seatedIndoor & outdoor
At Mark Arts, a modern prairie-style art center, your guests are surrounded by art. The Great Hall seats 300, and the terrace and sculpture lawn work for the ceremony; any licensed caterer can use its prep kitchen.
Ninth Floor Club + Venue
DowntownUp to 225 seatedIndoor
High above downtown in the Ruffin Building, Ninth Floor Club + Venue began in 1949 as the Petroleum Club of Wichita and took its new name in 2024. Its skyline views and a nine-story glass atrium make for great photos.
The $5,000 facility fee covers decor, lighting, a DJ, tableware and a day-of coordinator; food and drink are extra.
Odd Fellow Hall
DelanoUp to 233 guestsIndoor
In historic Delano, Odd Fellow Hall was a meeting place of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows from 1911. The renovated main hall has a vaulted ceiling, a chandelier, its original hardwood floors and lovely natural light.
A full Saturday costs $3,500, a Friday or Sunday $2,500.
River City Brewing Co.
Old TownUp to 200 guestsIndoor
Upstairs at River City Brewing Co., a brewpub in a century-old building in Old Town, the Loft has brick walls, old wood beams and a balcony for receptions of up to 200, and the Barrel Room is made for a rehearsal dinner.
BrightWater Bay
South WichitaUp to 120 guestsIndoor & outdoorLodging on site
BrightWater Bay is a private 44-acre lake on the edge of the city. You can say your vows by the dock or on the beach, celebrate in a two-story event building, and stay overnight in the Beach House, the Loft and a tiny home; a weekend with the whole property costs $6,000.
Wedding Venues Near Wichita and in the Flint Hills
Prairie gardens, a historic ranch, a bison ranch and a reception 650 feet underground.
Bartlett Arboretum
Belle PlaineOutdoor
About 35 minutes south, Bartlett Arboretum was founded in 1910 and has a main ceremony lawn ringed by loblolly pines. It hosts ceremonies only: $3,000 for a six-hour package with a rehearsal, or $350 an hour for a tiny wedding of up to 20.
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains
HesstonUp to 175 guestsIndoor & outdoor
Forty minutes north, Dyck Arboretum is a prairie garden of native plants owned by Hesston College, with ceremony spots under a willow, in an amphitheater or by the lake, and a pavilion with glass doors. Its 2026 to 2027 full-day package is $2,250 on a Saturday and $1,000 on weekdays. Note that it is a dry venue.
Strataca
HutchinsonUp to 250 guestsIndoor
For a reception nobody will forget, Strataca has an event space 650 feet underground in a working salt mine, reached by a 90-second ride down. It hosts receptions, not ceremonies.
Pioneer Bluffs
Matfield Green, Flint HillsUp to 200 seatedIndoor & outdoor
About an hour northeast, Pioneer Bluffs is a historic Flint Hills ranch headquarters run by a nonprofit. Its restored 1915 barn has a loft with a cathedral-like ceiling, and the grounds have a creek and a trail.
Rental is $3,900 in spring and fall and $2,900 in other months, with up to five days of access; weddings booked by December 31, 2026 get 20% off.
Clover Cliff Ranch
Elmdale, Flint HillsUp to 325 guestsIndoor & outdoorLodging on site
About an hour and a half from Wichita, Clover Cliff Ranch is a working bison ranch on some 4,000 acres of tallgrass prairie. Its limestone pavilion has a stone fireplace and big windows onto the hills, and the two-night wedding package includes catering, the bar and lodging for 31 guests. The limestone main house, finished in 1883, is now a B&B.
Good To Know Before You Book
- Marriage license: in Sedgwick County you apply online, and the license costs $85.50. There is a three-day waiting period, and it can take up to ten more business days to arrive, so apply early (district court records office).
- Validity: a Kansas license is valid for six months, and the signed license goes back to the court after the wedding.
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Adrienne Kantukule
Adrienne K. PhotographyAndover, KS, United StatesBirth & Newborn·Couples·Documentary
Jake and Candi Slobodnik
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Kelsey Herrmann
Kelsey Michelle PhotographyKansas City, MO, United StatesBoudoir·Couples·Lifestyle
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