Wedding DJ at The Farm at Old Edwards Inn in Highlands, NC

The Space

The barn here dates to the early 1900s and still shows it: pine flooring, a stone fireplace, antique credenzas, and a player piano that couples occasionally get talked into playing before the ceremony starts. It sits on 33 acres, and the Farm is part of Old Edwards Inn & Spa, a Relais & Chateaux resort anchoring Highlands’ Main Street, so a rustic barn and a five-star hotel operation back each other up.

Attached to the barn is the Pavilion, nearly 5,000 square feet, connected seamlessly so the two function as one continuous reception footprint rather than two separate bookings. The Orchard House came later, built in 2019 as a smaller, more intimate space with floor-to-ceiling glass doors that open onto English-style gardens, giving couples a quieter option for a rehearsal dinner or a smaller guest list.

Capacity & Layout

The Farm holds up to 275 seated guests across its main spaces, which puts it in range for a mid-size to large wedding without feeling like an arena. That capacity is split across the connected Barn and Pavilion for the reception, with the Orchard, under mature fruit trees, and the gardens available for the ceremony itself, so guests move from trees to a covered footprint rather than crossing a parking lot.

Rental fees bundle the whole property together: the Barn plus Pavilion, the Orchard, and the Orchard House, along with a one-night complimentary stay at Old Edwards Inn for the couple. That bundling matters for planning, since it means a couple is not piecing together separate contracts for ceremony space, reception space, and a wedding-night room, and pricing starts at $31,779 for 50 guests, which sets an early budget expectation.

Amenities

The venue’s own culinary team runs farm-to-table service, built around seasonal, locally sourced ingredients rather than a standard banquet menu, which fits a property that operates within a working agricultural setting near the Blue Ridge Mountains. Landscaping is a real feature here too: lushly planted gardens, a picturesque all-white garden, an expansive Wedding Lawn, and an Event Terrace give couples several distinct backdrops without leaving the grounds.

Because the Farm is part of the Old Edwards Inn & Spa resort, couples and guests also have access to everything the Inn itself carries: additional accommodations beyond the complimentary night, and the resort infrastructure of a Relais & Chateaux property. That is a meaningful amenity for out-of-town guests who would otherwise need to book a separate hotel and coordinate transportation to the ceremony.

Location & Getting There

The property sits in Highlands, NC, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, on 33 acres that anchor the Old Edwards Inn’s presence on the town’s Main Street, close enough to walk into town for anyone staying at the Inn itself. The Farm operates year-round, daily, which is worth noting for a mountain property, since some Highlands venues narrow their season around weather; this one does not, so couples are not limited to a single peak-season window.

Inside the barn, the pine flooring and stone fireplace are hard, reflective surfaces in an enclosed room, which gives a DJ a contained, weather-proof space to run a full system regardless of what the mountain evening does outside; move the same setup into the Orchard House, with its glass doors open to the gardens, and sound spreads outward into a softer, more open-air room.