Wedding DJ at Statler Heights in Winston Salem, NC

The Space

Statler Heights sits on fourteen private acres and centers on a 3,000-square-foot barn built as the venue’s main reception space. It is a family venture: owners Brandee and Ian, married after meeting in high school in 1992, opened the property in December 2023 after planning their own daughter’s wedding there in December 2022, and decided to turn the land into a venue rather than let the experience end with one event.

The barn is built to handle both dining and dancing under one roof, and the property offers a weather contingency that lets an outdoor ceremony move indoors if conditions call for it. That built-in backup plan is worth noting for anyone booking a date during an unpredictable season, since it removes the scramble of arranging a tent or backup location at the last minute, and it means the day’s schedule can hold even if the forecast changes overnight.

Capacity & Layout

The venue accommodates up to 200 guests, sizing the barn for a full wedding rather than a small gathering, and the property backs that capacity with two distinct outdoor ceremony sites to choose from: an open lawn overlooking the fields or a grove shaded by mature trees. Picking between the two comes down to whether a couple wants open sky and long sightlines or a shaded, more enclosed feel for their vows.

Beyond the barn and the two ceremony sites, three meeting rooms are available on the property, giving a wedding party dedicated space for getting ready or hosting a smaller gathering separate from the main event, so the barn itself stays reserved for the reception rather than doubling as a staging area all day long, and it keeps vendor setup out of view of guests arriving for the ceremony.

Amenities

The property is wheelchair accessible, which matters for a fourteen-acre site where guests could otherwise be facing long stretches of open ground between the parking area, ceremony sites, and the barn. Choosing between the open lawn and the wooded grove also means choosing the backdrop for ceremony photos, fields and open sky against one, mature trees and shade against the other.

We have worked a wedding at Statler Heights before, so we have already handled sound setup in the barn itself. As a family-run venue built from the owners’ own wedding-planning experience, the property tends toward personal touches and flexibility rather than a rigid, corporate-run event schedule, which is worth knowing going into a walkthrough.

Location & Getting There

Statler Heights is located near Winston-Salem on fourteen acres of private land, so guests should expect a rural drive in rather than a downtown address, with open fields and a wooded grove visible well before the barn itself comes into view, so guests unfamiliar with the area should plan to arrive with time to spare rather than cutting it close.

Because the barn is the enclosed reception space while the ceremony happens outdoors on the lawn or under the grove’s trees, a DJ typically runs two separate sound setups here: open-air coverage for the ceremony, whichever site is chosen, and a contained, wood-framed room for dinner and dancing once the party moves into the barn for the night.