Wedding DJ at Morrison Grove in Lexington, NC

The Space

Morrison Grove sits on a hillside outside Lexington, a family owned barn venue that has hosted weddings since 2001. We have worked here before, and the property reads exactly as advertised: a working barn set back from the road, with large pine trees, some more than a century and a half old, lining the approach to the entrance. That drive in, past those trees, is often the first real photograph of the day.

The barn itself is built for flexibility rather than a single fixed layout. Couples can hold the ceremony outdoors and move the reception inside, or use both spaces for different parts of the evening, cocktail hour outside while the barn is turned over for dinner and dancing. That indoor-outdoor split is the defining feature of the property and shapes almost every other planning decision that follows.

Capacity & Layout

The barn holds up to 150 guests, which puts Morrison Grove in the mid-size range: comfortable for a full backyard-style wedding with a dance floor, but not a venue built for anything larger. Couples planning past that number need to look elsewhere or trim the list, and 150 is the number to build a floor plan around from the first walkthrough.

Rental packages range from $3,500 to $9,500, and the venue offers both a bare rental for couples bringing their own vendors and bundled packages that fold in catering, cake, photography and DJ services. That range is worth asking about early, since it changes how much of the vendor list a couple needs to assemble themselves versus what the venue arranges directly.

Amenities

The property includes get-ready rooms that are described as well-designed and stocked with full amenities, available to the wedding party before the ceremony begins. That matters for timeline planning: a bridal party does not need a nearby hotel suite or a separate rented trailer to handle hair and makeup, they can arrive at Morrison Grove, prepare on site, and walk straight into the ceremony from inside the same building.

Access hours are Monday through Friday from 9am to 9pm, and Saturday from 8am to 11:45pm, so most weddings fall on the wider Saturday window. That later close time on Saturday gives a full evening of reception and dancing without watching the clock the way a tighter cutoff would force, and it is worth confirming against the specific wedding date when booking vendors and setting a timeline.

Location & Getting There

Morrison Grove is nestled on a hillside just minutes from downtown Lexington, close enough that out of town guests are not facing a long drive after the ceremony, but far enough out to feel like a proper countryside property rather than a backyard venue. The pine trees at the entrance, some around 150 years old, give the approach a settled, established feel before guests even reach the barn.

Because the venue splits between indoor and outdoor space, sound behaves differently depending on where the reception lands. Music and speeches held inside the barn stay contained and carry well through the enclosed structure, while any portion of the evening held outdoors needs speakers positioned to reach across open ground, something we plan for before setup so the transition between spaces does not lose energy on the dance floor.