Wedding Inspiration & Past Events
Are you looking for a Sydney city wedding reception location within close distance to the Royal Botanic Gardens with the convenience of parking nearby? Hyde Park Barracks is a great venue for your short list. Set back from Macquarie Street in Queens Square, aside from setting up inside the Royal Botanic Gardens; it is probably the most convenient city location for a marquee event. On the flip side if you’re looking to host a smaller event, The Bakehouse Kitchen and Bar Store is also a great option for smaller weddings and parties.
If you’re considering a marquee event for your wedding, planning an event like this tend to require much more work (and anxiety). Having said that, because you are setting up your event space from scratch no two events are ever the same. Hyde Park Barracks makes planning your marquee wedding so much less of a headache. Included in the hire is a venue representative, security, bathrooms for boys and girls, and power. While you do need to bring your own marquee, the usual headaches that you can have with planning a ground up event are a little more manageable. If you have a large guest list, just book a larger marquee. As guest lists have a way of inflating over time, this can be very convenient. The backdrop of the world heritage listed Barracks, makes the property so unique and the perfect canvas to install ambient uplighting adding another dimension to your event.
For smaller events, the Bakehouse Kitchen and Bar Store is the perfect space. Anyone booking a smaller wedding will know how challenging it can be to source a venue that’s yours exclusively. The Bakehouse can seat up to 100 guests, however using the upper section as a potential stage for your musicians, it leaves the lower level for smaller groups without feeling like you have to try to decorate empty spaces. The fireplace during winter can also fill up the space so magically on a chilly day.
Our tips for this venue? Don’t scrimp on the venue hire period. Allow enough time for your suppliers to bump in and out over a few days. The venue team at Sydney Living Museums can help guide you on this. A scaled floor plan is also really worthwhile and takes the guess work out of how much space you really have (and what you need). If you need a hand creating a scaled floor plan, please get in touch with us and we can help. Couples booking Hyde Park Barracks often discover once the planning is under way, that a little additional assistance planning a marquee wedding is usually needed – in wedding planning, wedding styling or wedding coordination. We can help provide you the right advice and can assist with anything from creating a scaled floor plan right down to execution on the day and bumping out.
You might also find some of our other posts helpful:
- Hacks on sourcing a unique wedding venue
- The best ceremony locations in the eastern suburbs
- How do I know if I need a wedding coordinator?
- What does a wedding planner do?
Love this place? We’d love to hear from you if you are planning a wedding at Hyde Park Barracks! In the meantime, take a look at one of our recent events at this amazing Sydney city wedding venue.
Elizabeth and Nathan. Clear roof marquee at Hyde Park Barracks. Image Illustro Photography.
Elizabeth and Nathan. Clear roof marquee at Hyde Park Barracks. Image Illustro Photography.
Elizabeth and Nathan get married at Hyde Park Barracks. Image Illustro Photography.
Elizabeth and Nathan. Slide McBride warms their guests up at Hyde Park Barracks. Photography Illustro Photography.
