Wedding DJ at The Village Inn in Clemmons, NC

The Space

The Village Inn began in 1976 as a Ramada and has since been renovated into a Trademark Collection by Wyndham hotel and event center in Clemmons, just outside Winston-Salem. The property offers 15,519 square feet of event space split across ten banquet rooms, including the Crystal Ballroom, each configurable differently, so the same building can host an intimate rehearsal dinner one night and a full wedding reception the next.

Because it is a full hotel property, the reception space sits alongside 104 guest units, including 44 newly renovated apartment-style suites with two full bathrooms and full kitchens. That combination means a wedding here can put the ceremony, reception and out-of-town guest lodging all under one roof, which cuts down significantly on the logistics of shuttling people between a venue and a separate hotel block.

Capacity & Layout

The Village Inn can seat up to 750 banquet guests or handle 575 conference-style guests, with a stated total capacity of 1,000, putting it firmly in large-wedding territory. Ten separate banquet rooms give real flexibility for how that capacity gets used, whether that means one large reception in the Crystal Ballroom or a ceremony in one room followed by cocktails and dinner split across two others.

With ten rooms available and one-level entry throughout, the property can also host a more modest guest list without feeling like it is swallowed by a hall built for 750. The flexibility to configure rooms uniquely means a couple’s coordinator has real options for staging a ceremony, cocktail hour and reception as three separate spaces rather than turning over a single room twice during the event.

Amenities

Crosby Restaurant & Sports Bar operates on site with American cuisine and a full bar, giving the property in-house catering and beverage service rather than requiring an outside vendor. Free Wi-Fi, a seasonal outdoor pool and a fitness center round out the guest amenities, useful for a wedding weekend where out-of-town family is staying multiple nights and needs something to do beyond the event itself.

The property sits on 7 acres, giving it room for parking and outdoor space beyond the building footprint, and it is roughly 33 miles from Piedmont Triad International Airport, a reasonable drive for guests flying in. With modern AV systems built into the event space and ten rooms that can each be wired for sound, the venue is set up to handle amplified music as a matter of course rather than an exception.

Location & Getting There

Located in Clemmons and just minutes from Winston-Salem, The Village Inn gives guests a Triad-area location without the parking and traffic pressure of being downtown. Being 33 miles from Piedmont Triad International Airport keeps the drive reasonable for guests flying in from farther away, and the on-site lodging means many of them never need a second address after they arrive that day.

Because the Crystal Ballroom and the other nine banquet rooms are built as dedicated hotel event space with one-level entry and existing AV infrastructure, a DJ setting up here is working in a room designed from the start for amplified sound and a dance floor, not adapting a space built for another purpose, which keeps setup straightforward and sound consistent from soundcheck through the last song.