Weddings, dinners and meetings · Brandon, MB
Dinner where the wheat was weighed.
A restored brick grain building on Brandon's rail line, with fir beams overhead and one event a day, so the whole building is yours.
The building
Built in 1911 to grade Manitoba wheat.
Farmers brought samples in off the wagons to be weighed and graded here before the grain went east on the railway. The scale pit is still under the bar floor, behind glass.
The restoration kept everything that could stay: the Douglas fir posts, the brick, the tongue-and-groove ceiling and one wooden grain chute, which now hangs over the bar.
Spaces
The hall, the loft, the yard and a real kitchen
The Hall
The main floor: fir planks, a grid of timber posts and the long bar. Tables run the length of the room, or clear the far end for dancing.
The Loft
A mezzanine over the hall, with a view down onto the tables and a door that closes for quiet weekday meetings.
The Yard
A gravel courtyard behind the building with string lights, fire tables and the prairie sky for the last hour of daylight.
The Kitchen
A licensed catering kitchen with a pass, two ovens and a walk-in cooler, a few steps from the Hall.
Capacity
How many the building holds
Seated at long tables
220
In the Hall alone
Standing reception
320
Hall, Loft and Yard together
Seated in the Loft
60
In rows facing the railing
This year
Late light through the arched windows
Packages
Three ways to book the building
Venue prices, before food and drink.
Weekday
Monday to Thursday, for meetings, workshops and long-table lunches.
$1,800per day
- The Hall or the Loft, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Tables, chairs and a projector
- Coffee on before you arrive
- Wi-Fi and a sound system with two microphones
Saturday
The whole building for one wedding, and nobody else that weekend.
$7,800per wedding
- Friday evening rehearsal in the Hall
- Ceremony in the Loft or the Yard
- Tables, linens, lights and a dance floor
- Our event lead from load-in to last call
- Sunday pick-up until noon
Friday or Sunday
Rehearsal dinners, reunions, birthdays and Sunday weddings.
$4,900per event
- The whole building from noon
- Long tables, linens and string lights
- Our event lead on site all evening
A 25% deposit holds the date. GST is extra.
Afterwards
What people wrote once the chairs were stacked
We had 190 people at three long tables and it still felt like a dinner party. Dana walked us through the whole day twice, and on the night we never saw her stop.
Kendra and Luis
Wedding, Brandon
Our harvest dinner for the co-op sold out in a week. Honestly the building did half the work.
Marc
Harvest dinner, Souris
I plan a lot of events in Westman and this is the easiest load-in I know. Dock doors at the back, a real kitchen, and someone who picks up the phone.
Tanvi
Event planner, Winnipeg
We held our AGM in the Loft on a Tuesday. The view down into the empty hall was worth the drive from Virden.
Harj
Annual meeting
A Sunday wedding for a good deal less than a Saturday, and not one guest could tell. The yard at sunset did the rest.
Leah and Sam
Wedding, Dauphin
Floor plan
Every layout, drawn to scale
Long-table, round-table and reception layouts for every room, with power outlets and washrooms marked. We email it with the package sheet, usually the same day.
A two-page PDF.
Questions
Before you book a tour
No. Choose from our list of Brandon caterers or bring your own, as long as they are licensed and insured.
We hold the liquor licence and run the bar with our own trained staff. You choose the drinks and how they are paid for.
Amplified music ends at half past midnight and the lights come up at one.
Yes. A lift reaches the Loft, and the accessible washrooms are on the main floor beside the Hall.
Summer Saturdays usually go about a year and a half out. Fridays, Sundays and winter dates open up much later.
Our own lot behind the Yard, plus street parking after six. Two hotels are a short walk away.
Tours
Come and walk the building
A tour takes about forty minutes. Tell us your date and we will hold it for a week while you decide.