Wedding Reception Venues in Coolum & North Shore

Choosing the Right Wedding Reception Venue

Five venues across four suburbs take wedding receptions in Coolum & North Shore. Coolum Beach offers a hotel and the lifesavers' club, Bli Bli a hotel with a room built for dancing, Marcoola a beachside events centre, and Twin Waters a resort convention centre.

Seated capacity runs from 25 in a private room to 920 in a ballroom, so the guest list narrows the field quickly.

Lining up the reception choices by suburb:

Marcoola's Surfair Events Centre lists beach, dune and garden lawn ceremony sites on its own grounds, and its Spinnaker Room takes up to 200 for a cocktail wedding.
Coolum Surf Club wraps styling, room hire and a night's stay across the road for the couple into its wedding packages, with menus From $55 per person.
In Bli Bli, the hotel's Parakeet room seats 100 around a black-and-white chequered floor for dancing; wedding packages are sent on enquiry.
Coolum Beach Hotel leans to an intimate wedding, seating 25 in The Alcove or 50 on the Southern Deck, with menus From $45 per person.
Twin Waters has Lily's on the Lagoon at the Sunshine Coast Convention Centre, an overwater room on a private jetty seating 180.

Coolum & North Shore Wedding Reception Venues

Up to 120 can sit down in the surf club's Main Functions Room with the sea in view, and if the weather turns the ceremony can move to its deck.
Wedding couples at Coolum Surf Club can choose hourly or pay-as-you-go drinks, and a private bartender can be booked by the hour.
Coolum Beach Hotel's kitchen sends out set menus as an alternate drop, and a reception there can last up to five hours.
Bli Bli Hotel can play a slideshow or video messages on the screen in its Terrace, and guests arriving by car have 200 underground spaces and a lift.

Marcoola and Twin Waters for larger weddings

Surfair Events Centre lets couples bring their own wedding cake, though other outside food and alcohol aren't allowed.
Guests can stay overnight at both Surfair Events Centre and the Twin Waters resort.
The Convention Centre's Mudjimba Room seats 210 and opens to a terrace with tropical gardens and water features.
Drinks packages at the Convention Centre run from two to five hours for groups of 20 or more.

Common Questions About Wedding Reception Venues

Which Coolum & North Shore venue can hold the ceremony and reception?

Surfair Events Centre has beach, dune and garden lawn ceremony sites on the property. Coolum Surf Club can hold the ceremony on its deck if the weather turns.

What's included in a Coolum Surf Club wedding package?

Styling, room hire and a night's stay across the road for the couple. Menus start From $55 per person.

Where can a large wedding of 300 or more be seated here?

At Twin Waters, where the convention centre's Wandiny Room seats 600 and its Minyama Ballroom seats 920.

Can we bring our own cake to a Marcoola wedding?

Yes, Surfair Events Centre makes an exception for a wedding cake. All other catering comes from its in-house kitchen.

Wedding Reception Venues in Coolum & North Shore