Severance Music Center
Select services venue
The venue will provide the space, plus a few extras.
Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing
Starting at $2,000 for off-peak dates, and $2,250 for peak dates
Packages
Prices start at $1,900
Catering services pricing
$500 per person for off-peak dates, with a minimum total spend of $500
Guest capacity
Up to 2000 seated guests
About this venue
Celebrated as one of the most magnificent concert venues in the world, Severance Music Center has been the home of The Cleveland Orchestra since its opening in 1931. This landmark building is located in the heart of Cleveland’s University Circle area — a picturesque setting on the city’s east side that serves as an epicenter of major cultural, educational, and medical institutions.
Our event spaces
Main Concert Hall
Our largest space, the Concert Hall seats 2000 guests, and offers a generous stage in a picturesque setting gilded in silver leaf. The Main Concert Hall is especially ideal for larger gatherings such as concerts, recitals, graduations, lectures, or other performances.
Guest capacity
Up to 2000 Seated
Reinberger Chamber Hall
Nestled inside of Severance Hall is the more intimate Reinberger Chamber Hall. With a seating capacity of 400, room for a chamber orchestra on stage, and a beautiful ambiance. Contact us for more information about hosting your own concert, lecture, or other event.
Guest capacity
Up to 400 Seated
The Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer
Dazzlingly Beautiful, Historically Rich, Classically Elegant
Ideal for weddings and receptions, parties, Corporate meetings, dinners, and galas. The spectacular Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer is in the Egyptian Revival style — with prominent displays of bronze and brass. The lobby is encircled by two-dozen red jasper marble columns imported from Italy. During the opening of Severance in 1931, journalists marveled at the Grand Foyer’s beauty and referred to it as “a gigantic jewel box.”
Guest capacity
5-250 Seated
5-500 Standing
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony, Elopement, Wedding reception, Engagement party, Welcome party, After party
Guests often feel this space is
“Luxurious and chic”
Main Concert Hall
Our largest space, the Concert Hall seats 2000 guests, and offers a generous stage in a picturesque setting gilded in silver leaf. The Main Concert Hall is especially ideal for larger gatherings such as concerts, recitals, graduations, lectures, or other performances.
Guest capacity
Up to 2000 Seated
Reinberger Chamber Hall
Nestled inside of Severance Hall is the more intimate Reinberger Chamber Hall. With a seating capacity of 400, room for a chamber orchestra on stage, and a beautiful ambiance. Contact us for more information about hosting your own concert, lecture, or other event.
Guest capacity
Up to 400 Seated
The Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer
Dazzlingly Beautiful, Historically Rich, Classically Elegant
Ideal for weddings and receptions, parties, Corporate meetings, dinners, and galas. The spectacular Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer is in the Egyptian Revival style — with prominent displays of bronze and brass. The lobby is encircled by two-dozen red jasper marble columns imported from Italy. During the opening of Severance in 1931, journalists marveled at the Grand Foyer’s beauty and referred to it as “a gigantic jewel box.”
Guest capacity
5-250 Seated
5-500 Standing
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony, Elopement, Wedding reception, Engagement party, Welcome party, After party
Guests often feel this space is
“Luxurious and chic”
Severance Music Center packages
Ceremony
5-250 guests
Peak pricing $2,250-3,000
Off-peak pricing $1,900-2,000
With gold and brass glimmering in romantic lighting and magnificent marble stairwells, you can make quite the grand entrance in our exquisite Grand Foyer!
- 1 Hour Ceremony
- 1 Hour Wedding Rehearsal
- Access to Bridal Suite (3 hours prior to ceremony)
- 4 Stagehand Hours
- On-Site Venue Manager
- Use of Tables
- Historic Elevator Operators
- Event Setup & Breakdown
- Coat Check
Reception
20-250 guests
Peak pricing $6,500-7,500
Off-peak pricing $6,000-7,000
Fine dining occurs on the upper level while the terrazzo lower level transforms into a vibrant dance floor with built-in bars and music accommodations of your choosing!
- 4 Hour Rental of Grand Foyer
- Use of Catering Kitchens
- 20 Stagehand Hours
- On-Site Venue Manager
- Use of Tables
- Elevator Operators
- Event Setup & Teardown
- Security Officer
- Historic Elevator Operators
- Coat Check
- Ushers
Ceremony & Reception
20-250 guests
Peak pricing $7,750-8,750
Off-peak pricing $7,000-7,250
Dazzle your guests with the best of everything Severance has to offer, including your choice of three fabulous cocktail hour locations.
- 6 Hour Rental of the Grand Foyer
- 1 Hour Wedding Rehearsal
- 1 Cocktail Hour
- Access to bridal suite (3 hours prior)
- Use of Catering Kitchens
- 20 Stagehand Hours
- On-Site Venue Manager
- Use of Tables
- Elevator Operators
- Security Officer
- Coat Check
- Event Setup & Breakdown
Available services that can be provided by Severance Music Center
Services & amenities
- Bar services
- Clean up
- Dance floor
- Dressing room / Bridal Suite
- Event staff
- Set up
- Wheelchair accessible
- Wifi
Transportation & access
- Self parking - paid
- Wheelchair accessible
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