A downtown Charleston venue for rehearsal dinners and welcome parties.

A downtown Charleston venue for your wedding weekend.

The night before the wedding should feel personal, easy to enjoy, and not like one more complicated thing to manage.

Union Station gives you a private downtown space for the people closest to you, whether you are planning a seated rehearsal dinner, a casual welcome party, or a mix of both. Guests can gather in one place, enjoy food and drinks, and stay close to the hotels, restaurants, and bars that make downtown Charleston convenient for a wedding weekend.

Located at 652-A King Street, Union Station is especially helpful for couples with guests staying downtown. It gives people a central place to meet without adding another hard-to-find location to the weekend.

One space for the whole evening.

Some couples use Union Station for a seated dinner with immediate family and the wedding party. Others host a larger welcome party for everyone traveling in. Many do both in one evening.

You might start with dinner for a smaller group, then open the space for welcome drinks and light bites as more guests arrive. Or you may keep the whole evening casual with stations, passed hors d’oeuvres, and cocktails.

The room can be shaped around the kind of gathering you want, including:

• —Seated rehearsal dinners
• —Welcome parties
• —Cocktail-style receptions
• —Post-wedding gatherings
• —Family dinners
• —Wedding party celebrations
• —Weekend kickoff events

Union Station can host up to 125 guests for a seated dinner and 200 guests cocktail-style. For smaller groups, the front bar area is a comfortable option for gatherings of 30 or fewer.

In-house catering and bar service.

Food and bar service are handled by Rosemary & Rye, which keeps the planning process simpler during an already busy week.

Your menu can be built around the style of the evening. That might mean a plated dinner, family-style meal, stations, passed hors d’oeuvres, late-night bites, or something more casual for a standing welcome party.

Bar service can also be shaped around the event, from beer and wine to full bar service, signature cocktails, and zero-proof drinks.

More private than a restaurant reservation.

Restaurants can be a great fit for some rehearsal dinners, but they do not always give you the privacy, flexibility, or flow you want for a wedding weekend event.

Union Station gives your group the room to gather without feeling tucked into a shared dining room or split between several tables. There is space for dinner, drinks, toasts, welcome speeches, casual mingling, and the natural movement that happens when family and friends are finally all in one place.

The venue includes the main event space, built-in bar, and upstairs lounge. It also includes 200 natural wood Chiavari chairs, 15 sixty-inch round tables, and basic bar glassware.

Adjacent paid city parking is available next to the venue, giving guests a convenient and safe parking option in downtown Charleston.

Downtown convenience for out-of-town guests.

Wedding weekends usually involve a lot of moving pieces. Guests are checking into hotels, meeting family, finding dinner, exploring downtown, and trying to figure out where they need to be next.

Union Station’s King Street location helps make that easier. It is close to downtown hotels, restaurants, bars, and nightlife, so guests can arrive for the event and continue the evening nearby if they choose.

For out-of-town guests, that convenience matters. For hosts, it means one less thing to explain.

Planning more than one wedding weekend event?

Union Station can also host wedding ceremonies, receptions, post-wedding gatherings, and private events throughout the week or weekend.

If you are considering Union Station for more than one part of your wedding weekend, let us know when you inquire. Our team can talk through what makes sense for your timeline, guest count, food and bar needs, and overall weekend flow.