Festival Hall
A historic downtown hall with high ceilings and open-vendor flexibility
- Downtown Charleston
- Historic
- Up to 1,000 guests
- Indoor
- Ceremony + reception on site
- Downtown
- Grand
This historic downtown venue offers 10,000 square feet of flexible indoor space and a 4,000-square-foot courtyard for ceremonies and receptions of up to 1,000 guests. With its high ceilings and open-vendor policy, the city-run hall allows couples to maintain complete control over their design and budget. Because the space is a blank canvas, clients bring in all rentals, and municipal booking rules and time windows apply.
Contact
- Website
- www.charleston-sc.gov/
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