The Depot Event Space

Packages

Guest capacity

Up to 180 seated guests

About this venue

Parkside is perfect for your event! Rustic charm in the heart of Gainesville Options for 10-200 guests. Perfect for weddings, engagement parties, meetings, and more. The Depot Event Space is situated in the historic heart of Gainesville, at Depot Park. The building was placed on the US National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The Depot began in August of 2016, and has rapidly grown into a desirable destination for weddings, reunions, birthday parties and more.

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Seated guest capacity

  • 180

Venue type

  • Farms, Barns, Ranches
  • Parks, Gardens

Venue setting

  • Covered Outdoor
201 SE Depot Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601

Our event spaces

Event Space

Parkside is perfect for your event.

The Depot Event Space is available for rent from 8am - 10pm (or later) and includes the use of the single event room, tables and chairs on an hourly basis. The space will accommodate up to 50 people for a buffet dinner or up to 80 for a mingle-style reception. At least one staff member is required for the duration of the event.

Guest capacity

Up to 50 Seated

Up to 80 Standing

Square footage

1,100

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony, Elopement, Wedding reception, Rehearsal dinner, Wedding shower, Engagement party, Welcome party, After party, Farewell brunch, Couples luncheon, Cocktail hour

Included in this room:

-Market lighting, with dimmer -5 60" round tables -50 folding chairs -In-house sound and TV hookup

Gravel Garden

Parkside is perfect for your event.

The Depot Event Space and Garden is available as a full-day package. This package includes the event room and the gravel garden area below, 3 20’x20’ tents, string lighting around the perimeter of the tents, and tables and chairs for up to 180 seated. The outdoor garden will accommodate up to 180 seated guests for a buffet dinner. The package timing is from 10am-12am, with your setup, event, and breakdown timing set at your discretion between those times.

Guest capacity

Up to 180 Seated

Up to 350 Standing

Square footage

2,400

Ideal for

Wedding reception, After party

Included in this room:

-Tents with string lighting -Tables and charges for up to 180 guests -1100 sq ft event space

Room cost

$1700 package with event space

Event Space

Parkside is perfect for your event.

The Depot Event Space is available for rent from 8am - 10pm (or later) and includes the use of the single event room, tables and chairs on an hourly basis. The space will accommodate up to 50 people for a buffet dinner or up to 80 for a mingle-style reception. At least one staff member is required for the duration of the event.

Guest capacity

Up to 50 Seated

Up to 80 Standing

Square footage

1,100

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony, Elopement, Wedding reception, Rehearsal dinner, Wedding shower, Engagement party, Welcome party, After party, Farewell brunch, Couples luncheon, Cocktail hour

Included in this room:

-Market lighting, with dimmer -5 60" round tables -50 folding chairs -In-house sound and TV hookup

The Depot Event Space packages

Depot Event Space + Mercer and Smith

Peak pricing $4,500

Off-peak pricing $4,500

Description

The Depot Event Space is located inside the Historic Gainesville Depot Building at 201 SE Depot Avenue in downtown Gainesville, Florida. These notable buildings were placed on the US National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The Historic Gainesville Depot is situated within the newly developed Depot Park, and the two buildings house a general store, event space, a bar and a large outdoor garden. The Depot Event Space is a 1,124 square-foot, open-air venue that is leasable for private events.

What’s included
  • Five hour reception rental of event space + garden
  • Up to five hours of setup
  • Day-of reception coordination by Mercer + Smith
  • Bar setup
  • Basic colored, floor-length linens (23 max)
  • Color linen napkins (135 max)
  • Client walkthrough to discuss event layout/setup
  • Detailed graphic layout of entire event space
  • Timeline creation from setup to breakdown
  • Setup + breakdown of decor
  • Coordination with all vendors leading up to date
  • Onsite coordination for duration of event

Available services that can be provided by The Depot Event Space

Services & amenities

  • Bar services
  • Catering services
  • Event rentals
  • Event staff
  • Liability insurance
  • Lighting/Sound
  • Pet friendly
  • Service staff
  • Set up
  • Wedding cake services
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Wifi

Reviews

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  • Worth it!

    •Verified review
    •Ashley S.•Jun 8, 2023

    The Depot was perfect! Bailey and the depot were amazing to work with! She had amazing communication, answer all my questions multiple times and made everything run smoothly. :)

  • Perfect Wedding Venue

    •Verified review
    •Anjum•Nov 30, 2022

    Depot Park is the absolute perfect wedding venue! The space is stunning even without decorations, and it is so easy to decorate and personalize. Bailey and her team were so responsive to every one of my questions and wonderings, even as I was planning remotely, and they made sure that our wedding was exactly what we hoped. The Top is one of our favorite restaurants, and catering was completely seamless at the Depot event space. Our experience was 100% positive, and I can’t recommend them enough!

  • Wedding at Depot Event Space

    •Verified review
    •Jason & L.•Dec 29, 2020

    We recently held our wedding at the Depot Event Space and we cannot believe how incredible they were. From the very beginning they were attentive to our needs and concerns (COVID). It was such a pleasure to work with their staff, they were so accommodating and amazing. They met all of our guests differing dietary needs in addition to providing the most delicious wedding cake of all time! We still have people raving about the food. We could not imagine a better (more beautiful) location to host our wedding/reception than the Depot Event Space. We highly recommend this place to anyone seeking to host any type of event. Thank you for everything you did to make our special day so special.

  • Pleasure to work here!

    •Verified review
    •Ingrid Carney•Dec 15, 2020

    As a vendor, I appreciate unique spaces and kind staff that is willing to be a team with the other vendors the day of. The Depot Event Space team is incredibly professional, approachable and such a delight to work alongside with. The actual venue is a Gainesville treasure, with a variety of open social spaces. Plus the interior market lights add such a romance to the space!

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