Wedding DJ at Old Edwards Inn in Highlands, NC

The Space

Old Edwards Inn sits on Main Street in the middle of downtown Highlands, a Relais & Chateaux resort that spreads across four landscaped blocks rather than one building. That designation places it among a small group of independently inspected luxury properties, and for a couple it means the ceremony, the reception, and the rooms where the wedding party dresses can all sit within a short walk of each other, inside a resort that already carries a consistent standard from block to block.

The property is built from several distinct pieces: the historic inn facing Main Street, the Falls Cottages, the loft-style residences at Oak Over Main, and larger standalone homes. That range matters on a wedding weekend because different moments call for different settings, a quiet cottage for getting ready in the morning, the inn itself for photos on Main Street, and a private home nearby if the couple wants a smaller rehearsal dinner apart from the main resort.

Capacity & Layout

The dossier does not list a fixed guest count for Old Edwards Inn, but the resort’s several dining rooms give a sense of how event space is organized here. Madison’s Restaurant, built around farm-to-table cooking with produce grown on the resort’s own farm, is a working restaurant first, which means any gathering held there is shaped by that room’s existing layout rather than a blank ballroom built specifically for weddings.

The Wine Garden and the Hummingbird Lounge sit apart from Madison’s as separate dining and drinks spaces, and the two outdoor pools add a third kind of space entirely, one of them built with a double-sided fireplace that can anchor an evening gathering outdoors. A couple planning here is really choosing among several smaller rooms and outdoor areas rather than one large hall, which suits a wedding that moves guests through more than one setting over the course of the night.

Amenities

The Spa at Old Edwards is built around treatments drawing on the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains, and it gives a bridal party a real spa morning on site rather than a drive somewhere else before the ceremony. The resort also connects to two golf courses, the exclusive Old Edwards Club and the more family-oriented GlenCove, which gives golfing guests something to do the day before or the morning after without leaving the property at all.

Parking is free, which removes one small but real friction point for a resort wedding where guests are already juggling luggage and gift bags. Accessible accommodations are available as well. Between the inn rooms, the cottages, the lofts, and the larger homes, the resort can house a wedding party and a meaningful share of out of town guests on site, which keeps the weekend contained to one walkable address instead of scattered across several hotels around town.

Location & Getting There

Highlands sits about ninety minutes southwest of Asheville, close enough for North Carolina guests to drive in for the weekend and far enough that the mountain setting feels like a real departure from home. The town is also near the Georgia and South Carolina state lines, which puts it within reach of guests coming up from either state without a long haul, and less than twenty miles from Gorges State Park and Whitewater Falls for anyone extending the trip.

The nearest airport is Asheville Regional, 45.6 miles away, with Greenville Airport a further option at 56.4 miles for guests flying in from other directions. Inside the resort, the mix of enclosed dining rooms like Madison’s and the Wine Garden against the open pool terraces means a DJ has to plan for both a contained indoor room with real walls to hold sound and an outdoor space where music has to be pointed and leveled so it reaches the fireplace seating without spilling across the rest of the property.