South Shore venue guide
Updated
South of Boston, from Hingham and Scituate down to Plymouth and inland to Canton, Wrentham, and Rehoboth, weddings mostly happen at country clubs, garden venues, and a few historic estates. Many of them handle a lot of the wedding for you, and prices start lower than in Boston or on the North Shore.
We've gathered details on 12 South Shore venues. Pick a starting point and Sage will rank them for your day, with cost estimates wherever the venue publishes its prices.
What should you budget?
Use − and + to reprice every figure below.
$24k
Typical estimate
The median cost for the South Shore venues that include their own catering.
$13k–$37k
Typical range
A wide range, from club packages at the low end to the estates and a full-service caterer's venue at the top.
These are our estimates, not quotes from the venues. They include service charges and tax when a venue lists them. Your date, guest count, bar, and rentals will all change the final total.
Every filled dot is one the South Shore venue that can host 100 guests, shaded by its own estimate on the same scale as the Massachusettsguide's map; grey ones don't publish a venue-with-catering price. Outlined dots are venues in neighbouring regions.
Narrow it down
See which the South Shore venues fit your guest count and budget, and why
Guests
By budget and guest count
How many South Shore venues come in under common budgets for the venue and food, at the guest counts couples plan for most. Each row counts the venues that can host that many guests and publish a full price for the venue and the food, so the list gets shorter as it grows.
| Guests | Typical venue and food | Under $15,000 | Under $25,000 | Under $35,000 | Under $50,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 guests | $24k | 3 of 10 | 6 of 10 | 9 of 10 | 9 of 10 |
| 100 guests | $24k | 2 of 10 | 6 of 10 | 8 of 10 | 9 of 10 |
| 150 guests | $30k | 1 of 10 | 3 of 10 | 8 of 10 | 9 of 10 |
| 200 guests | $36k | 0 of 8 | 1 of 8 | 4 of 8 | 7 of 8 |
Our estimates for the venue and food, including service charges and tax where the venue lists them, on a Saturday in peak season. Not quotes. A typical figure is shown only where at least five venues publish a price. On their cheapest published date, usually a weekday or a winter month, 2 more venues come in under $25,000 for 100 guests.
How venues price weddings
Pick one to see what its price contains, what it leaves for you to buy, and what it typically comes to.
You get the venue, food, and other vendors
A package covering the venue and food & beverage, plus at least three things you would otherwise hire and pay for yourself — a coordinator, a DJ, the florals, the cake, the invitations.
$24k
typical for the package
$22k–$24k
where 80% of these 2 venues land
And then you still buy
want the fewest decisions and the fewest separate contracts to sign.
What you’d still need to find out
Bundles differ a lot between venues so know exactly what you’re signing up for and what’s flexible.
You pay for the space and their kitchen
Venues publish their price in two ways: as a site fee plus a per-guest menu price, or as a bundled package (venue + food).
$25k
typical for venues with catering
$13k–$37k
where 80% of these 8 venues land
And then you still buy
don’t want to worry about sourcing a caterer or any outside catering fees.
What you’d still need to find out
Whether drinks are inside the menu price or billed separately, and what the service charge and tax add at the end.
You buy the space, then the food
You hire and pay a caterer yourself. Any fee the venue charges for letting an outside kitchen in is already in this figure.
$11k
typical for the venue rental
$11k–$11k
where 80% of these 1 venues land
And then you still buy
want a specific cuisine, a caterer you already love, or real control of the food budget.
What you’d still need to find out
What your caterer will quote, and whether rentals, staff and the bar come through them or the venue.
More of the wedding in one price, and a hotel for your guests. South Shore venues include more of your vendors than most of Massachusetts. Clubs and garden venues here often bring the music, rentals, and a coordinator along with the food, so there's less for you to organize. Most also say what happens if it rains. The tradeoff is that almost none have rooms, so your guests will need a hotel nearby.
Of music, rentals, décor, planning, and photography, compared with 36% across Massachusetts.
See what each venue includesOf the venues here, compared with 69% across Massachusetts. Ask whether the backup fits everyone.
See venues with a rain planOf the venues here, compared with 34% across Massachusetts. Book a hotel block early.
See venues with rooms on siteWhat kind of place
Clubs in Hingham, Pembroke, Kingston, Canton, Plymouth, and Rehoboth. A ceremony on the lawn and a reception in the clubhouse, usually with the food, bar, and a coordinator in one package. Ask what's in it.
5 of 12 venues here
Find venues like theseGarden venues in East Bridgewater and Assonet, and a lakeside hall in Wrentham. Ask how many weddings they host in a day and whether you have the grounds to yourselves.
4 of 12 venues here
Find venues like theseAn estate in Canton, a historic house in Scituate, and an inn with barns in Rehoboth where you can bring your own caterer and guests can stay over.
2 of 12 venues here
Find venues like theseThe same wedding costs different amounts at a barn and at a hotel — and so does the shape of the bill. Three ways to look at it, for 100 guests.
The venue rental across every venue that charges one as its own line — whether or not they also sell you the food. Just the room, nothing else.
Every venue that itemises a rental, including the ones that cater. Venues quoting a single package over the room and the meal never name a room price, so they aren’t here — and this is a part of a bill, not a whole one, so it can’t be subtracted from the next chart.
The whole bill — the room, the meal, and the fees on top.
Venues behind each figure in brackets. A venue can be more than one kind of place, so it may appear in more than one row.
Every bar is one whole bill, so what changes across the list is the split. A country club / golf club earns it back on the menu; a event center charges you for the space.
Only the venues that price the room and the meal separately, with how many in brackets.
Before you tour
A club package can include the DJ, linens, and a coordinator, which is easier but gives you less say. If you already have a band or florist in mind, ask whether you can swap them in and what that changes.
See what each venue includesAlmost no venue here has rooms, and the towns are spread out. Pick a hotel close to the venue you like, and ask whether the venue has a hotel it usually works with.
See venues with rooms on siteMany venues here charge less on a Friday, a Sunday, or outside the busiest months, sometimes by a lot. Ask for the price on two or three dates before you pick a package.
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a planner, insurance, security or similar, of all venues (12 here)
What affects the cost of your wedding
Wedding venue pricing is seasonal. 8 of the 12 South Shore venues we track charge differently depending on the day, and 5 charge differently depending on the month. Every figure below compares a venue with itself, so it says what moving your date does — whatever kind of venue you pick, and whatever the size of your wedding.
Day of the week
Months you’d consider
Peak months are selected to start. Tap any month to compare.
Saturday, peak season
The most expensive date most venues sell, and the date almost every published price assumes. Choose a different day or month to see what typically comes off.
Not every line on a quote moves. These are the ones that do, measured at the venues that move them.
The venue rental
What they charge for the space itself.
7 of the 12 South Shore venues that can host 100 guests put a floor under what you spend — a minimum on food and drink, or a headcount they bill for. It is the one charge that feels worse the smaller your wedding is, and it is rarely made clear on other platforms that show venue pricing.
5 of 7
would bill you above what your own 100 guests come to, by about $5.4k typically.
Most of them stop topping up from around 150 guests. Below that, inviting fewer people doesn’t lower the bill at these venues.
Cutting 20 guests takes $0 off the bill, even though they actually cost $1.9k — because of the minimum spend
A venue can set more than one.
What gets added at the end
Every pricing model carries them. At the 11 South Shore venues that publish their fees, the middle result is 28%, with most landing between 1% and 32%.
Administrative fee8 venues
22%
Charged instead of, or alongside, a service charge — and usually taxed as well.
Sales tax10 venues
7.0%
Set by the state, and charged on the service charge too at most venues.
Dots are sized by how many venues charge that rate. The gold line is the median rate, and every fee has its own scale: read the spread within a row, not across them.
Places worth a closer look
These examples cover country clubs, a historic house, and an inn, priced in different ways. Open a venue to see its pricing, capacity, spaces, vendor rules, and other planning details.
Scituate · Up to 220 guests
Music, planning, and rentals come with the venue
$15–25k · All Inclusive
See pricing and policies
Rehoboth · Up to 275 guests
Guests can stay on site, and the whole property is yours
$10–15k · Venue Fee Only
See pricing and policies
Hingham · Up to 220 guests
Outdoor ceremony, with an indoor space if it rains
$25–35k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Kingston
Helps you plan the whole wedding
$15–25k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Rehoboth · Up to 200 guests
Music, planning, and rentals come with the venue
Under $15k · Venue Fee + Catering
See pricing and policies
Canton · Up to 250 guests
Outdoor ceremony, with an indoor space if it rains
Food & Bar Est.
See pricing and policies
Describe your guest count, your budget, and anything you can’t compromise on. See a ranked list of venues, with why each one fits, trade-offs, and what to double-check.
Sage the Date reads each venue's own published details, including pricing, catering and alcohol rules, music curfews, rain plans, whether you get the whole property, and how many guests each space holds. Every estimate uses your guest count. When a venue doesn't say, we tell you instead of guessing.
Before you book
Sage reads each venue's own published pricing and policies, puts different kinds of quotes on the same footing, and estimates the cost for 100 guests. If a venue doesn't say something, we treat it as a question to ask, not a no.
