Wedding vendors

Wedding vendors in Columbus, OH

Columbus is the biggest city in Ohio and it marries the way it lives: German Village brick streets and Schiller Park for a walkable, old-world celebration, Short North galleries and Downtown rooftops along the Scioto Mile, and barns, country clubs and river estates out in Dublin, Powell and Delaware County. Hocking Hills, with its cliffs and waterfalls, is close enough for a cabin-weekend wedding. Venue fees have crept up as the metro has grown, while catering and music stay reasonable for a city this size. Here's what a Columbus wedding actually costs, where couples are getting married, and when to book, plus a shortcut to vetted, available Columbus vendors matched to your date and budget.

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What weddings cost in Columbus

Median ranges from vendor pricing in Our Day's Columbus data (about 650 vendors). Actual pricing varies by date, guest count, area and vendor.
CategoryTypical range
Venue (venue fee)$6,800–$11,500
Catering$150–$200
Photography & video$2,100–$4,500
DJ / live music$1,100–$1,900
Hair & makeup$200–$600
Event planner$2,000–$4,000

Where couples get married in Columbus

German Village & the Brewery District

Brick streets, walled gardens and converted breweries south of Downtown, with Schiller Park for photos and enough restaurants for a rehearsal dinner within walking distance.

Short North & Downtown

Galleries, rooftops and industrial lofts along High Street and the Scioto Mile, close to the convention hotels your out-of-town guests will use.

Dublin, Powell & Delaware County

Country clubs, restored barns and river estates north of the outerbelt, where minimums are gentler and parking is never a question.

Hocking Hills & the southeast

Cliffs, waterfalls and cabin lodges about an hour out, for a weekend-long wedding where the whole guest list stays on site.

When to book in Columbus

September and October are the busiest months for Columbus weddings, followed by late May and June, and Saturdays in those windows go 12 months or more ahead at the popular barns and German Village spots. Ohio State home football Saturdays are the calendar trap: hotels around campus and Downtown fill, rates jump, and traffic on 315 and 71 slows everyone down. The Arnold Sports Festival in early March and the Memorial Tournament in Dublin in early June do the same on a smaller scale. Winter dates cost less and photograph well against the brick, provided you plan for snow.

Common questions

Columbus prices in the middle of the Midwest, with venue fees running higher than Cincinnati's but well below Cleveland's, and catering, DJs and hair and makeup all staying moderate. The venue and per-person catering set most of the budget, so guest count matters more than any single vendor choice. The ranges above come from real vendor pricing in our Columbus data, and Our Day negotiates exclusive rates on your behalf.

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