Dallas & Fort Worth, Texas

Venue

In Dallas & Fort Worth: Twelve venues are listed here, and they sit where the land is rather than where the people are - Arlington, Burleson, McKinney, Lancaster - which is the shape of this region in miniature. Dallas and Fort Worth are 32 miles apart, most couples end up choosing a side, and then half the guest list drives across. Decide early which core your out-of-town guests will sleep in, because that drive, not the venue fee, is what your Saturday timeline gets built around. The second question to ask any venue here is whether it holds a liquor permit, because that one fact decides your entire bar plan: a venue holding a mixed beverage or private club permit cannot legally let guests bring their own alcohol, while an unlicensed barn or hall can. Ask on the tour, not after you sign. West of Fort Worth, in the ranch and barn country around Weatherford and Granbury, a blank-slate space usually means you are also renting, staffing and powering it.

12 listings · checked August 2026

Elks Lodge — Arlington · elks.org/lodges/lodgefacilities.cfm · (817) 277-2114
Gray's Event Center — Lancaster · grayseventcenter.com · (214) 563-4190
Kimpton Pittman Hotel — Dallas · pittmanhoteldallas.com · (469) 498-2500
Lost Oak Winery — Burleson · lostoakwinery.com · (817) 426-6625
Occasions At Stone River — Royse City · occasionsatstoneriver.com · (214) 674-0818
Reyna's Ballroom — Arlington · reynasballroom.com · (214) 705-5219
The Chapel at Chestnut Square — McKinney · chestnutsquare.org/weddings · (972) 562-8790
The Grand Hotel and Ballroom — McKinney · grandhotelmckinney.com · (214) 726-9250
The Oaks Event Center — Burleson · oakseventcenter.com · (817) 731-2547
The Orchard Event Venue & Retreat - Wedding Venue — Azle · theorchardtx.com · (817) 383-8889
Whispering Creek Ranch & Chapel — Granbury · whisperingcreekranch.net · (817) 910-9496
Willow Creek Weddings & Events LLC — Waxahachie · willowcreektx.com · (817) 513-4939

How to think about venue

The venue is the single largest decision on this list and usually the largest line in your budget — it sets your date, your capacity, your whole look, and often which other vendors you're even allowed to bring. Venues fall into two broad families. All-inclusive spaces bundle tables, chairs, a coordinator, and sometimes catering and bar in-house; they cost more up front but fold many line items into one. Blank-slate spaces — a barn, a field, a hall, a family home — are a beautiful empty canvas you build on; they look cheaper until you add the rentals, catering, and staffing they require. When you tour, ask what's truly included, the all-in cost with taxes and service fees, the real capacity, the rain-or-heat backup, noise curfews, parking, accessibility, and which vendors you must — or cannot — use.

Timing — Book by ~12–18 months out · maps to your Venue budget line

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