Wedding DJ at Citizens and Southern Events Center in Spartanburg, SC

The Space

A restored 1900 bank building at the corner of Morgan Square in downtown Spartanburg, formally listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is home to the Citizens and Southern Events Center. Double-height ceilings, symmetrical pillars, and large sash windows carried over from its banking days give the main floor the kind of scale and light that a converted commercial building can offer but a purpose-built banquet hall usually cannot.

A historic vault still stands inside the building and serves as a backdrop for photos, a detail that comes directly from the site’s working history as a bank rather than a decorative add-on. C&S Events and Catering operated the venue starting in 2020, running weddings and receptions across the main floor, a mezzanine level, and a brick patio, though the space’s function as an events venue at this address ended in 2026.

Capacity & Layout

The building held up to 100 seated guests on the main floor, 40 more on the mezzanine, and 40 on the brick patio, with a reception-style capacity of up to 175 when the full footprint was in use. That kind of layered layout, three distinct levels each with a different feel, gave a wedding day natural transitions: ceremony or dinner on the main floor, cocktails on the mezzanine, and overflow or fresh air on the patio.

The main floor could also handle a ceremony for up to 75 guests, meaning some weddings ran their entire day, vows through last dance, inside this one building without a second venue for the ceremony. At just over 5,000 square feet across two floors, the space read as intimate rather than cavernous, which matters for how a band or DJ fills a room versus how they would in a true ballroom.

Amenities

Lucy Anne’s served as the venue’s preferred culinary partner, with outside catering allowed for a kitchen fee, and a full bar operated through a licensed alcohol provider covering beer, wine, and liquor. On-site parking was available directly at the venue, a genuine convenience in a downtown district where street parking and paid decks are the norm for most nearby buildings.

The Morgan Square location put the venue within walking distance of parks, restaurants, breweries, public art, coffee shops, retail, and two hotels, the AC Hotel roughly two blocks away and the Spartanburg Marriott and Conference Center about five blocks off, both useful for out-of-town guests needing a room for the night. As of May 1, 2026, C&S Events and Catering ended its lease here and moved its operation to a new address, The Carolina on Southport, so this specific building is no longer the company’s active venue.

Location & Getting There

For anyone researching this venue now, the essential fact is timing: C&S Events and Catering has already relocated to The Carolina on Southport, so a wedding cannot actually be booked at the Morgan Square bank building anymore even though its history as an event space is well documented. Couples who saw this building on a past visit or in older photos should reach out to confirm which address they would actually be marrying at.

What is worth remembering from the original building is the acoustic character that came with double-height ceilings and hard sash-window walls: a room like that carries sound further and brighter than a low-ceilinged space, which meant a DJ working the main floor had to manage reverb rather than fight for volume, and the same principle will apply at whatever comparable-style room the company’s new location offers.