Wedding DJ at Friends Farm Weddings in Belews Creek, NC

The Space

Friends Farm sits on 15 acres in Belews Creek, about 25 minutes outside Greensboro, and owners Mary Lynn and Pat run it as a genuine working property rather than a venue built purely for events, with a forest, stream, gardens, and livestock spread across the grounds. The wedding gazebo is dressed in flowing white fabric and twinkling lights, raised for visibility during the ceremony, while the event barn carries wooden walls and a green roof with large windows looking out at the surrounding land.

A cabin on the property gives the wedding party a place to get ready, and a recently added gentleman’s quarters extends that same setup to the groom’s side, so both parties have their own dedicated space before the ceremony rather than sharing one room. The venue leans into a handful of signature touches, a dove release and a wagon ride for the wedding party among them, that come from the owners’ own traditions on the land rather than a standard event checklist.

Capacity & Layout

Friends Farm holds up to 150 guests, with numerous ceremony and reception location options across the property, so a couple is not locked into a single fixed layout the way a one-room venue would require. The gazebo handles the ceremony, the event barn with its covered deck takes the reception, and the firepit gives guests a gathering spot in between, letting the day move through several distinct settings without leaving the property.

For a smaller or more private wedding, elopement packages are available, with couples free to bring their own vendors or use the venue’s existing partnerships, a useful option for anyone not planning a full 150-guest event. Event rentals, tables, chairs, linens, lighting, a dance floor, drapery, and other furniture, are available through the venue, which cuts down on how much a couple needs to source separately for their layout.

Amenities

All-inclusive wedding packages bundle catering, food, cake, decorations, and coordination together, which simplifies planning considerably for a couple who would rather work with one point of contact than piece a wedding together from separate vendors. Outside cakes are also allowed for couples who want to use a specific baker instead. Liability insurance is available directly through the venue, removing one more logistical step from the planning process.

The covered deck wraps around the event barn, and the gazebo area is also covered, giving the property two distinct rain-plan options built into the grounds rather than a single shared tent. Free Wi-Fi is available on site, useful for vendors and for a couple who wants livestreaming or last-minute coordination during the day, and the venue is wheelchair accessible with parking available on premises.

Location & Getting There

Friends Farm sits between Winston-Salem and Greensboro, close to Kernersville, and roughly 90 minutes from Raleigh-Durham International Airport for guests flying in from further away. Peak season runs April through November, which lines up with when the wooded grounds, the stream, and the gardens are at their fullest, worth factoring in for couples choosing a date around how the property will actually look in photographs.

We worked a wedding here, and the barn’s wooden walls and open interior handle sound differently than the gazebo does outdoors: inside, the wood surfaces keep the reception from sounding overly live, while the ceremony under the gazebo, with the property’s stream and open grounds nearby, calls for a DJ to project sound outward across a wider, more open space than the barn later requires.