Alton Mill Arts Centre
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About
Alton Mill Arts Centre is a historic wedding venue located in Caledon, Ontario. This one-of-a-kind venue is tucked away on the tranquil banks of Shaw’s Creek and is home to an art gallery and museum. Dating back to the 1880s, this lovingly restored stone mill offers a romantic and unique backdrop for couples tying the knot. The mill features privacy and scenic surroundings, yet is conveniently located an hour’s drive from Toronto.
Facilities and Capacity
When you book your wedding at Alton Mill Arts Centre, you can hold your ceremony and reception in the venue’s idyllic event spaces. The 19th-century venue boasts beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces that surround you and your guests with art and nature. You can exchange vows among the serene millpond while the waterfall provides a soothing soundtrack to your special day. The property features lush greenery or a blanket of sparkling snow depending on which season you marry in. Inside the mill, you can choose from several function rooms and galleries for your reception. The Noodle and Headwaters Arts Galleries are available to use as pre-function areas or as an addition to your main reception space. You may also use the Waterfall Courtyard as an outdoor space for your guests to mingle. This venue can accommodate weddings of up to 160 attendees.
Services Offered
Alton Mill Arts Centre offers a wide array of services to ensure your special day leaves a lasting impression on all in attendance. Their standard wedding package includes the use of three function rooms and the courtyard, ensuring you and your guests have ample space to celebrate. Their events team is happy to coordinate with artists to provide portrait demonstrations and other entertainment for your loved ones. You can organize catering with one of our preferred caterers for the highest quality dishes and service. Alternatively, you may work with an outside caterer of your choice. In addition to weddings, this venue can accommodate photo sessions, showers, engagement parties, and rehearsal dinners.
Highlights
Type
Historic, museum
Style
Country, garden, modern, rustic, vintage
Event Services
Catering / bar, event rentals, outside vendors, set up
Reception Site Fee - Peak Season
$7,500
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Mariah Married on 04/06/2022Dreamy & Romantic Wedding Venue
Trying to plan a wedding during COVID is tough, but the team at the Alton Mill Arts Centre was extremely helpful, professional, and kind throughout the process.
We absolutely LOVED the venue, it was romantic, historic, and overall naturally beautiful. There are so many different spaces to explore, such as the art galleries, waterfall, courtyard spaces, the pond, forest areas, and more. We got the most lovely photos from our AMAZING photographer Laura May, which we'll attach here to give you a sense of the property. It reminded a lot of our family of a Tuscan-type wedding with an artsy flare.
There are some extras to consider, such as upgrading tables & chairs (the tables & chairs they have are not the most aesthetic if that's something you care about), additional fees if you'd like to bring in non-recommended vendors (ie. catering or decor), and string lights for the waterfall courtyard.
If you're planning on partying, the Town of Alton has strict noise restrictions which also make for an interesting situation. While the dinner can be held in the beautiful Annex Tent, the dancing will most likely need to be moved into the basement of the building in a space called the Millrace Room. This space has lower ceiling heights but still provided for a great environment. The transition from dinner to dancing was a little awkward, but all in all not a big deal in the end.
Overall, so happy we were able to host our event here and look forward to visiting the centre many times in the future.-
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Carlie S. Married on 15/10/2022My Dream Venue!!
Alton Mill is the most stunning venue I have ever seen, and I am so happy that I got married here. It's rustic, elegant, and artsy. Everything from the first meeting, to discussing logistics, to the day of, everything was seamless and perfect. I cannot recommend this place enough! -
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Immerse your guests in a heritage venue surrounded by original Canadian Art. In addition to our normal spaces, couples always have the option of renting one of the privately-operated galleries after hours for a coctail reception between the ceremony and the reception.
15% off our high season rate in November and April only.
We are an amazing venue for Canadian winter weddings.
As well as our industrial-chic indoor spaces, picture your guests outdoors skating on the millpond or in a stone-walled courtyard milling around a campfire.
Indoor and outdoor ceremony spaces available. You can even make your final decision based on the weather - not that snow has deterred some of our hardier couples from realizing their winter wonderland wedding vision.
25% off our high season rate January 2 to March 31 only.
Meet the team
A meeting planner and artist, Margi has her studio/office at the mill. She can answer all your questions about booking of our spaces.
General Manager, Chef, Author, and Professor
Chef Kouprie has “only lived up here [in the country not far from Alton] for six years. I thought there would be an opportunity for me. I came up to run and chef at the Globe restaurant but I didn’t stay for long.
“I’m so thankful that I’m up here,” he went on to say. “My family and the Grants met on vacation at a resort and then we met again here and [it has worked out very well]. The Pond Gallery will host the restaurant and it will service the snack bar downstairs. This all has to happen together.”
Martin Kouprie is a chef by training, commenting, “I’ve been cooking longer than I’ve done anything else.”
His training was primarily acquired by working for the best chefs, back in the day when they had a trial system, telling us that chefs don’t do that anymore. Many times they hired an employee on merit.
Chef Kouprie went to Humber College to complete his credentials by achieving his Certificate Chef de Cuisine (CCC).
For 20 years, his Toronto restaurant Pangia was located at Bay and Bloor.
The Chef’s background is wine, “The Alton Mill is about the local experience, to experience the terroir.”
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Request a visit1402 Queen Street, Alton L7K 0C3 Caledon (Ontario)
