Gay Friendly Wedding Venue in 86, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh. EH1 2QA

Gay Friendly Wedding Venue in Edinburgh

The Grassmarket Centre is a beautiful multi-award winning, LGBTQ+ friendly, venue in the heart of Edinburgh, marrying the historic City’s Old Town architecture with a modern adaptable space.

Our highly experienced team can bring your vision of a perfect day to life with a choice of flexible affordable packages and idyllic views of Edinburgh Castle just metres away from our back door.

Nestled beneath, with stunning views of Edinburgh Castle from our back-door which flows seamlessly into the lush green Greyfriars Kirkyard is the Grassmarket Centre.
The Centre lives among the picturesque streets of Victoria Street, Candlemaker Row and the Grassmarket Old Town area – a unique retail, restaurant and pub district in one of the most Beautiful cities in the world – the ‘Athens of the North’.

We can offer you a sit down wedding breakfast for up to 100 people, a buffet for and evening reception for up to 150 guests.

We offer a unique wedding event experience – combining the new with the old and delivered by a highly experienced team with an ethical twist. Your wedding at the Grassmarket Centre, part of the multi-award winning Social enterprise and charity Grassmarket Community Project, will bring joy and happiness to countless people and not just your guests!

You will enjoy a choice of affordable packages with options to take on more and more of the building for children’s activities, spaces for quiet and spaces for changing. Let our staff guide you through the planning and where we fit in to making your day perfect.

Our Wedding packages start at £20 a person* & we offer, depending on your budget:
~Personal wedding consultant to help plan your perfect day
~Exclusive use of the venue & Courtyard
~Toastmaster services provided by your Event Manager
~Use of cake stand & Knife
~Personalised Menu and Place cards
~Printed and Displayed Table Plan
~Tables dressed with white linen, Napkins & Candles
~Private Room for changing, storing personal belongings
~Menu Tasting for the Bride & Groom
~Glass of Pimms or Prosecco on arrival with Chocolate dipped strawberries
~Wine chosen by our experts
~Glass of Prosecco for the toast
~Use of AV System for speeches
~Chair Covers with Ties
~Wine Tasting for the Bride & Groom
~2 Glasses of wine pp during the meal
~Rooms for children’s entertainment
~Ceilidh Bands, DJ’s and entertainers

*based on a minimum of 40 guests with children under 3 being free