Wedding DJ at Jericho Country Club in New Hope, PA

The Space

Jericho National Golf Club sits off River Road, Route 32, just north of Historic Washington Crossing in Bucks County, and it reads as a private golf club first, event venue second. Architects Dr. Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry designed the 18-hole championship course in 1999, turning a rolling valley into one of Pennsylvania’s better regarded private clubs, and that course frames the property a couple will see on arrival.

The clubhouse itself is a 32,000 square foot building that holds dining, a golf shop, locker rooms, a lounge, and banquet facilities under one roof, so the reception space is one part of a larger working golf club rather than a stand alone hall. We have worked a wedding in this clubhouse before, and the banquet space functions separately from the golf operations during an event.

Capacity & Layout

No published seated capacity is listed for the banquet space, so couples should confirm the room’s maximum with the club directly when booking, but the 32,000 square foot clubhouse gives real room to work with. Dining is split between Charlie’s Tavern and the Restaurant, meaning a couple can choose a more casual bar side room or the main dining room depending on the feel they want for the night.

Because the building also houses golf shop, storage, and locker room functions, the banquet and lounge areas sit as their own wing rather than sharing traffic with everyday golf shop visitors during a private event. The lounge gives an overflow or cocktail hour space separate from the banquet room itself, which helps stagger guest arrival before a seated dinner begins.

Amenities

A full bar is available on site, along with dining service through Charlie’s Tavern and the Restaurant, so catering and drinks are handled in house rather than brought in from outside. Men’s and women’s locker room facilities are on the property as well, which some couples use as a practical changing or touch up space if the wedding party arrives already dressed for photos on the course.

The club’s practice facilities, a putting green and driving range, plus a separate state of the art golf teaching center, are part of the grounds but are golf amenities rather than wedding amenities, worth knowing about for a golf minded guest list but not something couples should expect access to for the event itself. The banquet and lounge spaces are the areas actually set up for a wedding.

Location & Getting There

The club sits off River Road, Route 32, north of Historic Washington Crossing, in New Hope’s Bucks County countryside, a drive that takes guests past the course itself before reaching the clubhouse. That approach through open golf course landscape is part of the arrival experience, and it is worth noting for a couple planning photos or a golf cart shuttle for older guests.

Indoors, the banquet facilities inside the 32,000 square foot clubhouse give a DJ a contained room with fixed walls, which holds sound predictably for toasts and dancing compared to an open course setting. Because the space sits alongside a bar and lounge area rather than fully separated from it, sound checks and a walkthrough of the room layout ahead of time help keep the reception’s audio contained to the right space.