Our Top 6 Unique Wedding Venues - Toronto Ont.

Our Top 6 Unique Wedding Venues - Toronto Ont.

During my ten-year career as a DJ, I had the chance to work and attend 600+ weddings all over Toronto and the GTA. I'm always paying close attention to the food, service and how well I am treated (even as a staff member - these are the people who will sing your praises). A few of them stand out in mind, so I'm sharing my most favorite and unique wedding venues in Toronto as an industry-insider:

1)Steam Whistle Brewery - Host your wedding in the historic roundhouse with features like exposed wood

beams, warm red brick, huge windows with views of the city skyline and 30-foot ceilings. It's the opposite of a sterile window-less banquet hall. Best part? Fresh Steam Whistle on tap! Guests can take tours of the brewery during cocktail hour or hang on the huge, newly renovated back patio. The gallery space (bar) can be rented for cocktail hour and there's even a classic photo booth on-site. It's one of our favorite venues in the city. AV works with a built-in house system - you bring the band of DJ. Choice of exclusive caterers, event furniture/decor would have to be brought in.

2)The Berkeley Field House - The clean white space can be left minimal or jazzed up with as much decor as

you want. Think South Beach interior, big greenhouse windows, a lovely garden patio and outdoor tent option. Even comes with its very own tree house and eclectic dressing room for the wedding party. I once attended a family-style Thanksgiving wedding here and the food was phenomenal. The chef is extremely flexible and open to ideas - no rubber chicken or typical steak and potatoes here.

3)The Berkeley Church - The old church has been

converted into an event venue and is more edgy than the Field House next door. The space has a large stage (perfect for a live band), exposed cement walls, stained glass windows and a mezzanine upstairs to host your ceremony or cocktail hour. If you're thinking cocktail reception, this would be an excellent space as well. Lots of capacity here for a large wedding.

4) Casa Loma - We love all the different spaces

available for use in this castle-like mansion. Host your ceremony in the gorgeous glass conservatory, move into the great hall (with 60-foot ceilings) for cocktails and then into the library for dinner. The picturesque gardens make for great pictures and guests will love lounging on the expansive patio too. The catering is done exclusively by Pegasus Group and I've been to four weddings here. The food is consistent and excellent. The staff are on the ball and even connected over headsets to execute the service of meals perfectly. Book in the late spring or early fall here, the space is not air-conditioned.

5)The Royal Conservatory of Music - Your guests will feel like they are in a floating glass box in the trees in

the newly-built The Leslie and Anna Dan Galleries inside the RCM Telus Centre on Bloor Street. Floor-to-ceiling glass windows overlook the quiet Philosopher's Walk. The Upper-Level Gallery or the Conservatory Theater can be rented for the ceremony. Bring your own caterer & furniture/decor - exclusive suppliers list.

6)The Distillery District - Lots of interesting spaces

here including restaurants, art galleries and cafes that can be rented for an event. We recommend that you check out The Fermenting Cellar, Archeo, Balzac's, Arta Gallery, The Boiler House and The Thompson Landry Co-operage Gallery.

We hope you take this advice into mind when booking your wedding DJ.

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