Zoo Knoxville
All-inclusive venue
The venue takes care of it all - food and beverage, rentals, the works!
Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing
Starting at $7,000
Packages
Prices start at $7,000
Guest capacity
Up to 500 seated guests
About this venue
Zoo Knoxville is a wildlife park wedding venue in Knoxville, Tennessee. Providing an intimate and exclusive setting, all wedding events are held after the zoo’s operating hours are over. Zoo Knoxville offers a unique, exotic and elegant venue for your ceremony, reception or rehearsal dinner. Our certified wedding planner and knowledgeable event staff will work with you to create an unforgettable occasion. Shaded with towering trees and surrounded with rock formations, we have several indoor and outdoor event spaces. With wonderful lighting effects, a charming waterfall, and a carousel, this venue provides unique backdrops.
Our event spaces
- Tiger Forest
- Grasslands Patio
- Event Tent
- Black Bear Falls Plaza
Zoo Knoxville packages
2024 Wedding Package
30-300 guests
Peak pricing $7,000-8,500
From intimate ceremonies to large celebrations, our team is here to help you build your perfect day! Our wedding packages are based on reception location. You can choose any ceremony spot in the zoo to go with your reception. Venue rental time is 1 hour after zoo closes to 11:00pm. Wedding party and vendors must be off grounds by midnight.
- Planning: Rentals, Tasting, Timeline Building
- Black Folding Chairs
- 60" Round Tables
- Floor Length Linens
- Linen Napkins
- Archway Options
- Rehearsal Coordination
- Day of Coordination
- Set up and Break Down Team
- Golf Cart Transportation within Zoo
- Golf Cart Photo Tour for Couple
- Cake Cutting Service & Supplies
- Bottle of Champagne for Couple
- Zoo Knoxville Annual Pass for Couple
- Dressing Rooms
2024 Ceremony Only Package
150 guests
Peak pricing $2,000
A wedding ceremony and amazing photos without the traditional reception.
- Rehearsal Coordination
- Day of Coordination
- Up to 150 Guests
- Black Folding Chairs
- Wood or Metal Archway
- Welcome Table
- Unity Table
- One Hour Ceremony Space Rental
- Half Hour Photo Tour for Couple
- Three Hours Dressing Room Time Before Ceremony
- Golf Cart Transportation
- Set Up and Break Down
Available services that can be provided by Zoo Knoxville
Services & amenities
- Bar services
- Catering services
- Clean up
- Dressing room / Bridal Suite
- Event coordinator
- Event rentals
- Event staff
- Service staff
- Set up
- Wheelchair accessible
- Wifi
Reviews
Write a review5.0 out of 5
2 reviews
Zoo Wedding
If you are considering booking the zoo for your wedding, this is your sign to do it. Every single aspect exceeded our expectations! I honestly can’t emphasize enough how accommodating they were. They truly listened to everything we wanted, and even then went above and beyond what we asked for to make our day perfect. I was honestly surprised in the best way at how much they did for us. On our wedding day, they had an event that morning that more people showed up for than they had accounted for, and even still, they made us priority. Everyone was so friendly and helpful, the catering was top notch, and the set up and breakdown were effortless. For a day that everyone warned me was chaotic and stressful, that was just simply not the case at the zoo. Miranda was our coordinator and I will forever be grateful for her and how she made our special day (and the months leading up to it) the best way we could’ve asked for.
Once in a Lifetime Experience
When we were deciding on a venue we looked at several places in and around Knoxville we found two very common themes - barns and warehouses. While many of the locations we looked at were beautiful we wanted something fun and unique, which is how we found Zoo Knoxville. We knew that it would allow for a once in a lifetime memory for ourselves and our guests, and boy oh boy it did not disappoint. We held our ceremony in front of the elephants, the cocktail hour was in the treehouse near the gibbons, and our reception was in their event tent near Kid's Cove. The Zoo was great to work with from the beginning to the end, we had a team of coordinators to work with and they had their own catering/bar service so it was on stop shop. I can't recommend Zoo Knoxville enough if you want a unique wedding experience that your friends and family will be talking about, this venue is for you. Plus it's somewhere we can easily go back to relive all of our memories.
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