Northfork Farm

Limited services venue

The venue will provide the space, plus a few extras.

Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing

Starting at $9,000

Catering services pricing

$24 per person for off-peak dates, with a minimum total spend of $5

Guest capacity

Up to 315 seated guests

About this venue

Our wedding venue is a family business! We also have Kentucky bred thoroughbreds that have been on our farm for years! Our biggest goal, is making your wedding day as special as can be! We offer multiple ceremony sites on our farm and have a big tent for receptions!

Seated guest capacity

  • 1-315

Venue type

  • Farms, Barns, Ranches
  • Historic Estates, Mansions

Venue setting

  • Covered Outdoor
  • Outdoor
1998 Johnson Rd, Oswego, IL 60543

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Northfork Farm

The Farm where our dream has become reality.

Dreaming of a wedding surrounded by white fences of lush green pastures filled with Kentucky Derby Bloodline Race Horses? Northfork Farm will make your dreams come true with elegant country outdoor wedding facilities. With beautifully appointed areas featuring mature trees, majestic flower gardens, rich green pastures with famous thoroughbred horses, and wonderful hospitality. Immediately following the ceremony, the tent and horse barn area will be available for cocktails, games, bonfire, and country dining. Whether you desire an elegant served meal, or you aspire to a more relaxed buffet, we will establish a day specific to your request.

Guest capacity

Up to 375 Seated

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception, Warm and cozy

Available services that can be provided by Northfork Farm

Services & amenities

  • Bar services
  • Clean up
  • Dance floor
  • Dressing room / Bridal Suite
  • Event coordinator
  • Event rentals
  • Event staff
  • Liability insurance
  • Lighting/Sound
  • On-site accommodations
  • Pet friendly
  • Set up
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Wifi

Transportation & access

  • Self parking - free

Rentals

  • Lighting
  • Standard Chairs

Reviews

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3.0 (4 reviews)

  • The most stunning venue I’ve ever seen

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    •Julie W.•9 months ago

    If you need a venue this place is absolutely stunning!! They are so easy to work with and so down to earth. The property is like a fairytale. We just got married at Northfork Farm this past weekend and our guests could not stop talking about how amazing it was. HIGHLY suggest using them for your next event, they are incredible! We worked with Emma and she was such a breath of fresh air to work with, communication was amazing and she had all the ideas and advice you could ask for. She had a list of vendors so that helped immensely in the planning process. Thank you so much for making our day a true dream come true!

  • No regrets! They’re the BEST!

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    •Sarah K.•9 months ago

    The professionalism was like non other! They made sure my wedding was absolutely perfect! I got married on the hottest day of the year with a heat index of 119 F and the tent kept all of my guests cool! Emma did an outstanding job and her communication was stellar! Pete offered rides for guests on his golf cart throughout the wedding to make sure people did not have to walk far! I knew from the moment I took a tour here that I just had to have my wedding here! They offer many decorations that you can add to with your own hint of color to make your night beautiful! I needed to change my date unexpectedly and they were able to accommodate without any issues! I heard they were planning on making more improvements on years to come with an addition of a new barn and that is just so exciting for all the future brides! How can you make improvements on something that was already so perfect! All brides should save their time and visit this venue first because I know you will just fall in love with it! I think I am one of the very few brides that can say nothing went wrong on my special day and it was all due to the help of Emma, Pete, and the Northfork staff! P.s. I was looking over from previous reviews and brides have full capability of choosing their own DJ and food vendor, but Northfork offers a nice list of PREFERRED vendors that work well to help with the search! I chose all my vendors (Uncle Bubs and DJUj) from their list and my night could not have been more perfect!

  • They dropped the ball with everything!

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    •Lisa N.•9 months ago

    Let me start by saying who leaves the Bride standing outside by herself, without a jacket, in the freezing cold for 45 minutes? The answer is Northfork! There were 70 mph winds and freezing temperatures. There was no communication. The ceremony was delayed and the wedding coordinator forgot the bride was waiting outside. The venue lost power a couple of hours before the ceremony and didn't have generators. How is this being prepared? They got one generator but that was not enough to get everything up and running. We offered to go to Home Depot to buy more generators and they said we couldn't. A lot of our decorations could not be displayed due to the lack of generators. So that was money lost for us. Our coffee station couldn't be set up for the same reason. Again our money lost. Our photo booth had to be set up outside by the barn, again because of them not having enough generators. The guests didn't want to go outside to use the photo booth so we lost money on this as well. The reception tent was damaged from the high winds. Northfork didn't have enough workers so some of the bridal party were doing repairs. There were not enough chairs set up for all of our guests for the ceremony so some of the guests had to stand. Before the ceremony started I mentioned to the owner about not having enough chairs set up, he rolled his eyes, said nothing and walked away. There was no power in the bridal suite. We could not freshen up, run water, or flush the toilet. The bathrooms for the guests were totally in the dark. No back up lights. 2 of our guests got injured walking up the steps to the bathroom. There weren't any first aid kits in sight. Thank goodness I came prepared with one. The bride and groom didn't even eat dinner together because they kept getting pulled away for every issue that arose. Where was the wedding coordinator that we paid for? She should have been the one called upon to fix each problem, as well as the owners. The parents of the bride and groom were also being called upon to fix issues. We all should have been left to enjoy the day. They took no accountability. They were not prepared for the horrible weather conditions, even though this weather was forecast beforehand. Not to mention as well that when we took a tour of the venue a year before the wedding, they assured us that they would be 100% prepared and ready to handle any weather conditions possible. The bottom line is that I would not recommend using this venue for anything, especially a wedding! Take my word for it!

  • Many Issues and Zero Accountability

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    •Kevin W.•9 months ago

    Beware of the owners and staff you're about to deal with if you're interested in using this facility for your wedding. They were NOT prepared by any means and will take ZERO ownership and accountability. Granted, the weather was not great this day, but the owners assured us their tents can withstand weather and that they had backup plans ready, which clearly was false. The tent had multiple windows break from the wind, leaving holes that needed to be repaired in the middle of the wedding day. They lost power and did not have a backup generator, delaying the effectiveness of the music and dj and microphone. They also only have a trailer available for bathrooms, and once they finally got a backup generator, it wasn't enough to provide power to the restrooms. This left the restrooms without light and without running water, which is frankly illegal. One of our guests even fell and cut her leg open because she couldn't see going up the trailer steps. Lastly, and maybe the biggest of all, is the wedding coordinator provided by Northfolk left the bride waiting in the freezing cold and high winds for 45 minutes on her own on the front porch. Her lack of organization had the ceremony delayed, and she "forgot" that she had the bride waiting on the porch, with no jacket freezing. This was 1 of many many times throughout the night that the coordinator was scrambling and just not organized. The bride and groom still managed to have a great time, creating a memory of a lifetime, but no thanks to Northfolk Farms. We have a great family and came together to ensure everyone still had a great time, and I'm so happy for the bride and groom. But you should think elsewhere on your venue. These owners should not be in business and should not be allowed to be responsible for other people.

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