Celebrate your wedding day in one beautiful place.
From getting ready and exchanging vows to dinner, toasts, and time spent celebrating with the people you love, The Magnolia Inn offers an intimate setting where your wedding day can unfold naturally from beginning to end.
Ceremony + Reception • Up to 40 Guests Included • Celebrations Up to 60 Historic Inn • Downtown Clayton, NC
The Wedding Day Experience
An intimate wedding should still feel like a wedding.
Our Wedding Day Experience brings your ceremony and reception together at The Magnolia Inn, with thoughtfully prepared spaces, attentive hospitality, and many of the details already taken care of.
Instead of moving between multiple locations, you and your guests can settle in and enjoy the celebration. We’ll prepare the spaces, coordinate the flow of the day, and help create an experience that feels personal, beautiful, and easy to enjoy.
Starting at $8,950
40 Guests Included • Celebrations Up to 60 Guests
Additional guest pricing applies for celebrations of more than 40 guests.
Thoughtfully Prepared for Your Celebration
Your wedding day should leave room for the moments you’ll actually remember.
The anticipation before the ceremony. Seeing each other for the first time. Sitting down to dinner surrounded by the people you love. A toast that makes everyone laugh. A quiet photograph on the porch before the evening ends.
At The Magnolia Inn, your wedding day is thoughtfully prepared so you can spend less time managing the details and more time enjoying them.
From ceremony setup and reception spaces to dining, service, and the natural flow between each part of the celebration, our team is here to help bring the day together.
Choose Your Ceremony Setting
Exchange vows in one of two intimate outdoor settings, each offering its own character and charm.
Couples may exchange vows in our private courtyard or beneath the covered wraparound porch, with each offering a beautiful backdrop for an intimate ceremony of up to 60 guests.
The Private Courtyard
Surrounded by the historic inn and mature landscaping, the private courtyard creates a romantic outdoor setting for your entire wedding day.
Begin with your ceremony beneath the trees, then allow the space to transition naturally into your reception. Guests can enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres while photographs are taken and the courtyard is prepared for dinner, toasts, cake, music, and dancing.
With everything happening in one place, the celebration feels connected from beginning to end.
The Covered Wraparound Porch
For couples drawn to the architecture of the inn itself, the covered wraparound porch offers a distinctly Southern setting for exchanging vows.
The porch may be selected as your ceremony location from the beginning or incorporated into other parts of your celebration, giving guests another beautiful place to gather throughout the day.
With its sweeping views of the grounds and shelter overhead, it offers the feeling of an outdoor ceremony with the comfort of a covered setting.
Your Ceremony Includes
Your Estate Wedding Day may be expanded to accommodate up to 60 ceremony guests.
One Place for the Whole Celebration
No shuttles. No changing venues. No losing part of your wedding day getting from one place to another.
At The Magnolia Inn, your ceremony and reception can unfold in the same beautiful setting.
Exchange Your Vows
Gather your closest family and friends in the private courtyard or beneath the covered wraparound porch.
Drinks & Hors d’Oeuvres
After the ceremony, guests can enjoy beer, wine, prosecco, hard cider, hard seltzer, nonalcoholic beverages, and light bites while photographs are taken and the celebration transitions into the evening.
Gather Around the Table
Come together for dinner, conversation, and toasts in the courtyard or inside the historic inn.
Cut the Cake & Raise a Glass
Share the traditions that make the evening yours, from heartfelt speeches and cake cutting to one more toast to your new marriage.
Celebrate Together
Continue the evening with music, conversation, and dancing surrounded by the people who came to celebrate this new chapter with you.
One setting. One celebration. Your wedding day at The Magnolia Inn.
Your Four-Hour Reception
After “I do,” it’s time to celebrate.
Whether you envision dinner and dancing beneath the trees or an intimate reception inside the historic inn, your four-hour reception gives you time to gather for drinks, dinner, toasts, cake, music, and celebration.
Choose the setting that best fits your guest count and the way you want the evening to feel.
Courtyard Reception
Celebrate Beneath the Trees • Up to 60 Guests
For couples planning an outdoor celebration, the private courtyard becomes the heart of the wedding day.
After your ceremony, guests can enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres while photographs are taken and the courtyard transitions for the reception. Then everyone comes back together for dinner, toasts, cake, music, and dancing beneath the trees.
The wraparound porch and designated areas of the inn remain part of the experience, giving guests additional places to gather, talk, take photographs, and enjoy the property throughout the evening.
With room for celebrations of up to 60 guests, the courtyard gives you space for a complete wedding reception while keeping the atmosphere intimate and connected.
Ideal for: Outdoor weddings, larger guest counts, dinner beneath the trees, and couples who want their ceremony and reception centered around the courtyard.
Indoor Reception
Celebrate Inside the Historic Inn • Up to 40 Guests
For couples who prefer the warmth and character of the inn itself, an indoor reception offers an intimate way to celebrate.
Our historic parlors and dining spaces create a welcoming setting for dinner, drinks, toasts, cake, music, and time together, while the wraparound porch provides additional room for conversation, photographs, and fresh air throughout the evening.
The experience feels less like a traditional ballroom reception and more like a beautifully hosted dinner party in a historic home—with the people you love gathered close.
Ideal for: Intimate weddings, seated dining, smaller guest lists, and couples who love the interiors and residential character of The Magnolia Inn.
Included with Every Reception
Regardless of which reception setting you choose, your four-hour celebration includes:
Bring a wedding cake from the bakery of your choice, and we’ll take care of cutting and serving it for your guests.
Rain or Shine
Beautiful outdoor weddings deserve a thoughtful backup plan.
If inclement weather prevents us from using the courtyard, your ceremony will transition beneath the covered wraparound porch and your reception will move to a combination of the inn’s historic interior gathering spaces and covered porch.
Our team will prepare the alternate layout so your celebration can continue at The Magnolia Inn without requiring you or your guests to relocate to another venue.
We’ll review the weather plan with you in advance so you’ll know what to expect if Mother Nature has other plans.
Make It Your Own
Every wedding has its own personality.
Depending on your plans, your Wedding Day Experience may be personalized with enhancements such as:
We’ll help you choose the additions that make sense for your celebration without adding things you don’t need.
Hospitality Is Part of the Celebration
Signature Dining — Included
Your Estate Wedding Day includes our Signature Dining Experience, featuring one entrée with accompanying selections and a Signature dessert.
Deluxe Dining Experience — +$750
Upgrade to:
Plated Dinner Experience
Available by custom quote.
Hosted Beer, Wine & Prosecco — Included
Guests are welcomed with a glass of Prosecco or a Signature nonalcoholic beverage, followed by 2.5 hours of hosted bar service during the reception.
Your hosted bar includes:
Additional hosted bar time may be added by the hour.
Outside alcohol is not permitted.
A Little More Room for the People You Love
Your Estate Wedding Day includes your ceremony and reception for up to 40 guests.
Magnolia can accommodate up to 60 guests for the ceremony, reception, or both.
Additional Guest Pricing
CEREMONY-ONLY GUESTS 41–60
+$25 per additional guest
RECEPTION GUESTS 41–60
+$125 per additional guest
Guests attending both the ceremony and reception are charged only at the reception guest rate.
Maximum capacity: 60 guests.
Beautiful Before You Arrive. Personal By the Time You Say “I Do.”
Every Estate Wedding Day includes our Signature Magnolia Décor Package, creating a beautiful, cohesive foundation for your ceremony and reception.
Your included furnishings and décor will already be in place when you arrive.
From there, you’re welcome to make the celebration your own with fresh florals, wedding cake, specialty linens or rentals, signage, stationery, personal décor, entertainment, and other meaningful details.
Choose the Professionals Who Feel Right for You
Some wedding details are deeply personal.
Rather than assigning every vendor to you, Estate Wedding Day gives you the freedom to choose professionals whose style, personality, and approach fit your celebration.
Couples typically arrange their own:
Magnolia wedding-day coordination manages the venue experience, included setup, property logistics, and the flow of your ceremony and reception.
It does not replace a full-service wedding planner.
Popular Enhancements
Make your Estate Wedding Day even more personal with available enhancements.
Dining & Bar Enhancements
Deluxe Dining Experience
◆ +$750 ◆
Plated Dinner Experience
◆ Custom Quote ◆
Additional Hosted Bar Service
◆ Available by the hour. ◆
Hosted bar extensions must fall within the contracted reception timeframe.
Time & Access Enhancements
Additional Reception Time
◆ $500/hour ◆
Extend your celebration beyond the included four-hour reception.
Additional hosted bar service is priced separately.
Additional Early Access
◆ $150/hour ◆
Guest Count & Design Enhancements
Expanded Guest Count
◆ Available for celebrations up to 60. ◆
Custom Florals & Specialty Décor
◆ Available separately. ◆
Specialty Rentals
◆ Available separately. ◆
Magnolia Estate Wedding Day Investment
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Your Estate Wedding Day includes your ceremony and four-hour reception for up to 40 guests, Signature dining, welcome Prosecco or Signature nonalcoholic beverage, 2.5-hour hosted beer, wine & Prosecco bar, furnishings, Signature Magnolia Décor, setup and breakdown, and Magnolia wedding-day coordination.
Celebrations up to 60 guests are available.
Applicable taxes and food-and-beverage service charges/gratuity are additional.
Pricing and inclusions are subject to availability and the terms of your final proposal and event agreement.
Final guest count, menu selections, enhancements, and event details are subject to the terms and deadlines outlined in your event agreement.
Your Celebration Has a Plan
One of the advantages of celebrating at Magnolia is access to both indoor and covered spaces should the weather change.
Our Covered Wraparound Porch provides a beautiful, weather-protected ceremony setting.
For the reception, the Inn’s three historic parlors and covered porch may be incorporated into a weather-contingency layout based on your final guest count and event format.
We’ll work with you to establish the appropriate weather plan as your wedding approaches.
Intimate Without Feeling Small
Not every couple dreams of a ballroom filled with hundreds of guests.
The Magnolia Inn is designed for couples who want a wedding that feels intimate without feeling small.
With celebrations of up to 60 guests, you can surround yourself with the people who matter most while still enjoying a beautiful ceremony, dinner, drinks, music, dancing, photographs, and the traditions that make the day feel like a wedding.
And because everything happens in one place, there’s more time to actually experience it.
Time to talk to your guests. Time to sit down and enjoy dinner. Time for photographs without disappearing from your own reception. And time to take in the day you’ve spent so long planning.
Looking for Something Different?
Just Need the Ceremony?
Our ceremony-only experiences provide a presentation-ready Magnolia setting while leaving personal wedding details in your hands.
Ceremonies starting at:
Planning Something Smaller & More Curated?
For 2–20 people, our Elopement experiences include more of the personal wedding details, with options that may include your officiant, personal florals, cake, music, dining, beverages, and wedding-night accommodations.
Elopements starting at:
Want More Than the Wedding Day?
Our Magnolia Wedding Weekend experiences bring together lodging, celebrations, and additional wedding-weekend experiences at the Inn.
For couples looking for our most comprehensive wedding experience, our Grande Magnolia collections offer an elevated approach with even more of the wedding details handled for you.
Estate Wedding Day includes your ceremony and reception for up to 40 guests.
Celebrations may be expanded to up to 60 guests for the ceremony, reception, or both with additional guest pricing.
Guest counts include all invited attendees, including children. The wedding couple, officiant, and contracted wedding professionals do not count toward the guest maximum.
Your Estate Wedding Day includes your ceremony followed by a four-hour reception.
Guest arrival and welcome beverages take place before the ceremony.
One hour of pre-event access is included for final preparations, personal touches, and vendor arrival.
The Inn will already be presentation-ready with included ceremony and reception furnishings and Signature Magnolia Décor in place.
Additional early access may be reserved for $150 per hour, subject to availability.
Yes.
The Grand Parlor is reserved for the bride and her attendants beginning during the included pre-event access period and through the conclusion of the ceremony.
If weather conditions require the Grand Parlor to become part of the reception layout, Magnolia may transition the space after preparations are complete.
Estate Wedding Day includes our Signature reception meal and Signature dessert, welcome Prosecco or a Signature nonalcoholic beverage, and 2.5 hours of hosted beer, wine & Prosecco bar service during the reception.
Soda, nonalcoholic beverages, and bartender service are also included.
Absolutely.
Choose the wedding cake and baker that feel right for you, and we’ll take care of cake cutting and service.
Couples arrange personal wedding professionals such as their officiant, photographer or videographer, DJ or entertainment, custom florist, wedding cake baker, and hair and makeup professionals.
Magnolia wedding-day coordination manages the venue experience, included setup, property logistics, and ceremony and reception flow.
Yes.
Your wedding includes our Signature Magnolia Décor Package, but you’re welcome to personalize the setting with florals, signage, stationery, personal décor, and specialty rentals.
Additional early access may be reserved if your plans require more setup time.
Our Covered Wraparound Porch provides a beautiful weather-protected ceremony setting.
For the reception, the Inn’s historic parlors and covered porch may be incorporated into a weather-contingency layout based on your guest count and event format.
Your Wedding Day Starts Here
Your wedding doesn’t need hundreds of guests to feel extraordinary.
Gather the people you love most in a setting filled with history, warmth, and character, and let us help you create a wedding day that feels beautifully and unmistakably yours.
From “I do” to the last toast, we’d be honored to host it.
Starting at $8,950 • 40 Guests Included • Celebrations Up to 60 Guests
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