Pomona College Weddings

When it comes to on-campus weddings, Southern California can’t be beat.  So why not have your wedding at Pomona College, the best-of-the-best if I do say so myself.

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Pomona hosts private events during breaks (first two weeks of January, Spring Break, Fall Break and Thanksgiving Break) as well as summer (mid-May through mid-August) and has facilities for 50 to 300 guests. 

For the ceremony Little Bridges (Hall of Music) is a stunning yet intimate concert hall setting for your ceremony.  With capacity for up to 500, you could fit your all your Sagehen friends in here (go figure.)  The Hill Memorial Organ, commissioned in 2002, can be used for weddings and adds a storied, romantic component to your rites. 

Assuming perfect Pomona weather (the norm), the Sontag Greek Theatre provides a casual, timeless outdoor space in which friends and family can surround you as you say your vows in a sunken garden setting.  Built in 1910 and renovated in 1997, the open-air theater has a classic feel with its structured, circular design and topiary landscaping.  It can seat up to 500 in its built-in benches. 

Breathtaking gardens scatter Pomona’s campus.  The Memorial Garden can accommodate up to 250 for a wedding ceremony.  
 

For the reception, Edmunds Ballroom – you may recall from the annual ‘Death by Chocolate’ holiday party?! – can seat 300 at round tables (or up to 500 theater-style for your ceremony), less with a dance floor.  For less formal cocktail parties it can accommodate 600 standing.  Rental includes a portable stage for your vows or a band.  

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The Steele Forum just outside the Ballroom works well for a Welcome area (cocktail as guests enter?) and can be reserved privately.

Shutterbugs will not be disappointed with the plentiful photo opportunities at Pomona: under the passion vines at the Farm, coming through the Gates with your wedding party like freshman year and around Skyspace in the night lights are just a few. 

One note: catering for all on-campus events is provided exclusively by Pomona or the Sagehen Café.  You can still get your cake from Some Crust however. 

Some great rehearsal dinner options?  Why of course: The Press, Aruffo’s and Walter's can all accommodate private events.

Nearby accommodations options include boutique Hotel Casa425 in the village, new my year, and the Doubletree Claremont hotel. 

A wedding practically throws itself at Pomona.  

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