Southern California Wedding Venues Under $12K
Browse affordable Southern California wedding venues by region. Every venue below has a published starting price under $12,000, from Santa Barbara courtyards and Malibu vineyards to San Diego clubhouses, Temecula wineries and Joshua Tree desert homes. Pick a region to see venues, starting prices and guest capacity, then open the full list to compare and book on Wedy.
Browse by region
16 venues under $12K
Santa Barbara & Ventura
Santa Barbara, Goleta & Los Alamos
6 venues under $12K
Malibu Coast
Malibu & the Santa Monica Mountains
11 venues under $12K
Los Angeles & Pasadena
Downtown LA, Pasadena & the San Fernando Valley
5 venues under $12K
Orange County
Orange, Newport Beach & the Santa Ana foothills
11 venues under $12K
San Diego
La Jolla, Point Loma & Encinitas
2 venues under $12K
Temecula Wine Country
Temecula Valley & the De Portola Wine Trail
9 venues under $12K
Palm Springs
Movie Colony, Old Las Palmas & South Palm Springs
9 venues under $12K
Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley & Pioneertown
FAQs
Every venue shown has a published starting price of $12,000 or less on Wedy. That is usually the rental or site fee for its most affordable option: a weekday date, an elopement or micro-wedding package, or a ceremony-only booking. Catering, rentals and vendors are typically separate, and hotels and restaurants add a food and beverage minimum unless the listing says otherwise.
Southern California Under $12K Guide
Santa Barbara’s most affordable venues are historic and civic spaces. The County Courthouse rents its Mural Room for $700 and its Sunken Gardens for a three-hour ceremony at $1,200, a downtown historical museum with three adobe courtyards rents from $2,500 in low season, and a Goleta orchid farm offers a two-hour ceremony for up to 20 guests at $3,000. North in Los Alamos, a historic 1880s property hosts weekday elopements for up to five guests from $2,000 and micro weddings for up to 25 from $5,000. Downtown restaurants and event rooms add a food and beverage minimum of $4,000–$5,000 or more.
