17 wedding venues under $1,000 in Columbus

Under $1,000 is where public fee schedules beat private venues outright: park districts, courts, and civic buildings rent the same square footage for a fraction of the wedding-market rate. Every listing below is a real Columbus area site with a price published by the venue itself or in a public fee schedule, checked in August 2026. We do not publish estimates, and we do not take a cut of what you book.
- Listings
- 17
- Cheapest
- Free
- Median start
- $100
- Highest start
- $900
Cheapest is Inniswood Metro Gardens - Rose Garden Wedding Site for free. Prices last verified against their sources in August 2026.
The mix here is 13 park & pavilion, 3 garden & conservatory, 1 other venue, spread across 6 cities in the metro. Filter by price tier, guest count, indoor or outdoor, and ceremony versus reception below, then open any listing to see its source link.
Inniswood Metro Gardens - Rose Garden Wedding Site
Free"There is no fee to have a wedding at Inniswood nor staff and facilities dedicated to weddings." Weddings and wedding photography are restricted to the Rose Garden.
Amberleigh Pavilion
$50 to $520Pavilions: Dublin Resident $25/hour or $200/day; Non-resident $65/hour or $520/day. Facility rentals are hourly with a 2-hour minimum, so the cheapest resident booking is $50.
Hoover Reservoir Open-Air Shelter
$75 to $180Open Air Shelters, Half Day (10 a.m.-3 p.m. or 4-9 p.m.): Columbus Residents $75, Non-Residents $90. Full Day: Residents $150, Non-Residents $180. Rental period April 1-October 31. "Rental fees are non-refundable."
Friendship Park Shelter
$90 to $315April-Oct Weekends: $210 Resident / $315 Non-resident. April-Oct Weekdays and Nov-March: $90 Resident / $112.50 Non-resident. Rental blocks are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or 4-8 p.m. Refundable deposit of 50% of the rental fee required.
Frank Fetch Park Wedding Site
$100 to $120Outdoor Wedding Sites: Columbus Residents $100 per block, Non-Residents $120 per block. Available April-October, Saturdays only.
Goodale Gazebo Wedding Site
$100 to $120Outdoor Wedding Sites: Columbus Residents $100 per block, Non-Residents $120 per block. Available year-round, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. or 4-9 p.m. blocks.
Griggs Park Amphitheater Wedding Site
$100 to $120Outdoor Wedding Sites: Columbus Residents $100 per block, Non-Residents $120 per block. Available year-round, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. or 4-9 p.m. blocks.
Topiary Garden at Deaf School Park Wedding Site
$100 to $120Outdoor Wedding Sites: Columbus Residents $100 per block, Non-Residents $120 per block. Available year-round, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. or 4-9 p.m. blocks.
Topiary Gatehouse
From $100Tuesday-Sunday: $100/hour Resident, $120/hour Non-resident. Minimums: All Day (Tue-Sat, 8 a.m.-11 p.m.) 8-hr min; All Day (Sun, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.) 4-hr min; Daytime (8 a.m.-4 p.m.) 4-hr min; Evening (5:30-11 p.m.) 4-hr min.
Hannah Park Shelter
$112.50 to $450April-Oct Weekends: $300 Resident / $450 Non-resident. April-Oct Weekdays and Nov-March: $112.50 Resident / $135 Non-resident. Rental blocks are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or 4-8 p.m. Refundable deposit of 50% of the rental fee required.
Lakeside Pavilion - Homestead Metro Park
$115 to $255Half Day: $115 Resident / $140 Non-resident. All Day: $230 Resident / $255 Non-resident.
Shelter House - Roger A. Reynolds Municipal Park
$150 to $225Residents: $150 per day. Non-residents: $225 per day. Hours 10 a.m.-8 p.m. "There are no kitchen amenities available for public use at the facilities."
Butternut Shelter - Blacklick Woods Metro Park
$175 to $200All Day Shelter, 7:30AM to 1 hour before park closes: Resident $175 per day, Non-resident $200 per day. (Franklin County Metro Parks Reservation Fees, June 2022 schedule.)
North Bank Park Pavilion
From $175Off-Peak (Nov 1-Mar 31), capacity 100: Tue-Thu $175/hr Resident, $210/hr Non-resident (4 hr min); Fri-Sat $275/$330 (6 hr min); Sun $275/$330 (6 hr min). Peak (Apr 1-Oct 31), capacity 200: Tue-Thu $225/$270 (4 hr min); Fri-Sat $375/$450 (6 hr min); Sun $275/$330 (6 hr min). Weekend bookings require a $1,000 non-refundable deposit at booking.
Beech-Maple Lodge - Blacklick Woods Metro Park
$250 to $275Lodges (all day only), 7:30AM to 1 hour before park closes: Resident $250 per day, Non-resident $275 per day. Same rate applies to Cedar Ridge Lodge (Battelle Darby Creek), the Multipurpose room (Highbanks, Mon-Fri only), and Spring Hollow Lodge (Sharon Woods).
The Banquet Room Weekend Wedding Package - Blacklick Woods Golf Course
$900 to $1,000Weekend Wedding Package: 4 hours Friday evening + 10 hours Saturday. $900 Resident / $1,000 Non-resident. (Hourly and all-day rates also published: Mon-Thu hourly $50/$60, 3 hr min, all day $500/$600; Fri-Sun hourly $80/$90, 4 hr min, all day $800/$900.)
Whetstone Park of Roses Wedding Site
From $900Wedding site fee is $500, but it "cannot be rented alone - it is only available as an add-on to another facility rental" (the Whetstone Shelterhouse). Whetstone Shelterhouse is $100/hour Resident, $120/hour Non-resident, 4-hour minimum for Daytime/Evening blocks. Minimum combined cost: $400 (4-hr shelterhouse, resident) + $500 (wedding site) = $900. No refunds for weather. Available April 1-Oct. 31.
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Common questions
- How much do venues that start under $1,000 cost in Columbus?
- Across the 17 Columbus listings on this page, published starting prices run from free to $900, with a median starting price of $100. The cheapest is Inniswood Metro Gardens - Rose Garden Wedding Site in Westerville for free. Every figure comes from the venue's own pricing page or a public fee schedule, checked in August 2026.
- What is the cheapest of the venues that start under $1,000 in Columbus?
- Inniswood Metro Gardens - Rose Garden Wedding Site in Westerville, for free. 1 of the 17 listings here publish a fee of zero, though a marriage license is still a separate cost. Rental fees do not include the marriage license, an officiant, or anything you bring in.
- Which parts of Columbus have venues that start under $1,000?
- The 17 listings here sit across 6 cities in the Columbus area, including Columbus, Reynoldsburg, Westerville, Gahanna, Hilliard, and Dublin. Some rates are lower for residents of the city or county that owns the site, so check whether a resident rate applies to you.
- Can any of these Columbus venues hold 50 or more guests?
- Yes. 4 of the 17 listings on this page publish a capacity of 50 or more. The rest are sized for smaller ceremonies, and a few courthouse and garden sites cap guests in the low single digits.
- Are these Columbus venues indoor or outdoor?
- Both. 15 of the 17 have an outdoor ceremony or reception area and 6 have indoor space. Outdoor sites almost never include a rain backup, so ask what happens to your fee if the weather turns.
- Are these prices current?
- Each listing shows the date its price was checked against the source, most recently August 2026, and links straight to that source so you can confirm it yourself. Fee schedules change, peak-season and weekend surcharges are common, and nothing here is a quote. Confirm with the venue before you book.
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