A Visual Guide:
connecticut wedding venues
Discover 60+ venues we love, with photos taken by our professional photography team—from historic estates to romantic countryside escapes.
For more than a decade, our tight-knit photography team has experienced hundreds of wedding venues in Massachusetts, Connecticut and all of New England and New York. Now, we reveal all our favorite venues in Connecticut! While there are many banquet halls and country clubs that provide great experiences, we curated this list of places that don’t represent the typical wedding venue, but rather appeal to down-to-earth, outdoorsy couples who want to have a good time in a beautiful place. The venues are all of our photos—and for the ones that don’t have images, we can’t wait to photograph a wedding at this place!
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HISTORIC & Mansion VENUES
These Connecticut venues have an appeal to couples who want to step back into time of another era. While there may be many modern features, these venues are known for their historical significance in the area, or for their historical interiors or exterior building features.
Historic & Mansion venues in Connecticut:
Eolia Mansion at Harkness State Park
Hill-Stead Museum
Mansion at Bald Hill
The Watson Boutique Bed & Breakfast
COUNTRYSIDE VENUES
Farm TYPE venues in Connecticut:
Some farm wedding venues have a barn as a reception space, and some have a tent or other structure for guest seating. In our list, we differentiated between these two types of farm venues.
These outdoor venues have barns on their properties that serve as gorgeous, outdoor backdrops to tie the knot. The reception is in a tent, greenhouse, or other building. These rustic venues are perfect for those who want a luxury vibe but just care about having a wedding in a relaxed, outdoor environment. No need for barn dancing—just a barn in the background is great for photos.
Hill-Stead Museum
BARN SPACES
Barn Reception venues in Connecticut:
These Connecticut barns aren’t just rural backdrops, but they are barn-looking interiors, or real barns as marvelous gathering places. These venues might be farms as well, and some are historic—but overall they have a barn as a rustic space for dinner and dancing instead of a tent. Barn reception venues often require skilled photographers who understand how to shoot with different types of artificial light.
The Reserve at Falls Creek Farm
The Watson Boutique Bed & Breakfast
coastal venues
Ocean breeze or nautical theme…these coastal wedding venues in Connecticut offer the best of both worlds for those who love aspects of beautiful gardens, rustic weddings, and proximity to the water. While lakefront venues are great, these venues offer coastal views or perhaps even photos at a nearby beach.
coastal venues in Connecticut:
Eolia Mansion at Harkness State Park
WINERY venues
Weddings at wineries are a great way to support local agriculture and tourism. These Connecticut vineyards have scenic, expansive properties where guests can enjoy a glass of wine while strolling among the grapevines.
WINERY venues in Connecticut:
VENUES WITH LODGING
Inn venues in Connecticut:
For couples who want a “wedding weekend” or who desire to stay awhile, check out these venues that offer lodging. Most of them offer enough lodging for your immediate family or wedding party.
Mansion at Bald Hill
The Reserve at Falls Creek Farm
The Watson Boutique Bed & Breakfast
MODERN INDUSTRIAL VENUES
industrial venues in Connecticut:
For couples who want a “wedding weekend” or who desire to stay awhile, check out these venues that offer lodging. Most of them offer enough lodging for your immediate family or wedding party.
MICROWEDDING VENUES
Small, microwedding venues in Connecticut:
For couples who want a “wedding weekend” or who desire to stay awhile, check out these venues that offer lodging. Most of them offer enough lodging for your immediate family or wedding party.
ABOUT THE TEAM
learn more about Trailing Twine Photography
Trailing Twine Photography started in 2013 and is rooted in down-to-earth, outdoorsy weddings with non-posey photos. We are a team made up of professional photographers and videographers who are friends, and who love to work together to help make couples’ wedding photography experience as natural as possible. Laugh, twirl that wedding dress, run in the meadows, and pick those flowers! We love watching the day’s moments unfold, and directing couples for natural, non-awkward wedding portraits.
