The Highland Loft

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The venue will provide the space, plus a few extras.

Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing

Starting at $6,500

Guest capacity

Up to 600 seated guests

About this venue

The Highland Loft Event Venue is a unique, versatile event venue with three spaces. The Highland Loft is the perfect setting for your wedding whether it is sophisticated or trendy, intimate or elaborate, your guests are sure to never forget your special day.

Seated guest capacity

  • 80-600

Venue type

  • Ballrooms, Banquet Halls
  • Farms, Barns, Ranches
  • Historic Estates, Mansions
  • Industrial Spaces
  • Museums, Galleries
  • Urban Locations

Venue setting

  • Indoor
168 E Highland Ave, Elgin, IL 60181

Our event spaces

The Third Floor Loft

An enchanting new chapter starts at The Highland Loft.

This beautiful loft is the ultimate blank canvas on which to create your vision with a great central Elgin location. Oversized floor-to-ceiling windows stream ample light onto the golden hardwood floors and weathered brick walls, and a beautiful ceiling of decorative pressed-tin tiles adds a vintage charm. Our space can be divided into smaller sections for an intimate affair, or to create individualized areas during a larger event—whatever your imagination can divine!

Guest capacity

Up to 600 Seated

Up to 600 Standing

Square footage

19,500

The Second Floor Loft

An enchanting new chapter starts at The Highland Loft

The Highland Loft Event Space's Second Floor Loft is an exclusive 17,000sf space with a large bridal suite , private bathroom and wet bar all residing on the second floor A centralized LED dance floor , spacious bar, tasting room are available for your needs on your wedding day.

Guest capacity

Up to 400 Seated

Up to 397 Standing

Square footage

16,997

The First Floor Loft

An enchanting new chapter starts at The Highland Loft.

The First Floor space at The Highland Loft is perfect for micro-weddings, bridal showers, after parties or other smaller events. This space includes tables and chairs, and can accommodate up to 80 guests.

Guest capacity

Up to 80 Seated

Up to 80 Standing

The Third Floor Loft

An enchanting new chapter starts at The Highland Loft.

This beautiful loft is the ultimate blank canvas on which to create your vision with a great central Elgin location. Oversized floor-to-ceiling windows stream ample light onto the golden hardwood floors and weathered brick walls, and a beautiful ceiling of decorative pressed-tin tiles adds a vintage charm. Our space can be divided into smaller sections for an intimate affair, or to create individualized areas during a larger event—whatever your imagination can divine!

Guest capacity

Up to 600 Seated

Up to 600 Standing

Square footage

19,500

Available services that can be provided by The Highland Loft

Services & amenities

  • Bar services
  • Clean up
  • Dance floor
  • Dressing room / Bridal Suite
  • Event coordinator
  • Event rentals
  • Event staff
  • Liability insurance
  • Service staff
  • Set up
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Wifi

Reviews

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3.8 out of 5

5 reviews

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  • Downtown Elgin with Elegence

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    •BLK Soldier D.•Apr 1, 2025

    Worked several events with Marilyn and her team over at the Highland Loft. I'm always impressed with the venues setup options and hospitality. Always a pleasure bringing clients vision to life over years of experience. Excited to be back this fall! This is one of my fav venues in Elgin.

    Response from vendor•Apr 2, 2025
    Thank you BLK Soldier, we love working with you also!

  • Pass

    •Verified review
    •Zach R.•Oct 3, 2024

    Rude and unprofessional day of coordinator. Could hear the wedding upstairs the entire night, kicked out 30 min before my contract time ended. Nice place and nice owner, but otherwise the venue was disappointing.

  • Best Wedding Venue Ever

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    •Elvis W.•May 11, 2024

    If you want to look for a venue that is beautiful and elegant, this is the one to book, the area, inside the building and even down to the staff everything is amazing and worth every cent

  • Great looking but Horrible owner

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    •Imani K.•Nov 11, 2022

    The venue is beautiful but the owner is very rude. When we first booked they were still a newer venue and everyone seemed great. As time went on and the owner expanded im not sure if they took on to much or if the niceness was a facade but she started becoming short with us and became very forgetful. On the day of our rehersal her attitude toward us was appalling. We left very upset and feeling as though we shouldnt have booked the space. No one deserves to be talked down to the way we were. Especially when we paid the prices we did to rent that space. Their prices are only going up and the way the owner speaks with her paying clients is only getting worse. The 2nd star is only because the venue at least looks nice.

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