South Shore Cultural Center 7059 S South Shore Drive • Chicago • IL 60649

At South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago, wedding packages include your rooms for 3 hours of setup, a 6-hour event and 1 hour of teardown, plus security, maintenance and setup, and tables with standard banquet chairs. You'll pay separately for catering, linens, tableware and any tent, all arranged through the Chicago Park District's preferred list, plus Chiavari chairs at $5 each if you want them. You'll also need liability insurance ($1 million, or $2 million if alcohol is served), and parking isn't included.

Yes, South Shore Cultural Center's wedding packages put your ceremony and reception in the same building. The Solarium hosts your ceremony or cocktails and holds up to 300 theatre-style, then you move to the Dining Room (300 seated) or the Paul Robeson Theatre (500 seated) for the reception. The Premiere Lakeview package adds the Dining Room for ceremony or cocktails, and every wedding package includes the Music Library.

South Shore Cultural Center asks you to use the Chicago Park District's preferred caterers, a list of 12 that includes Blue Plate, Catering by Michaels and Indian Garden. If your booking falls outside the 60-day window, you can request approval for an outside caterer, who pays a 15% commission on food, beverage, linen and equipment charges plus a refundable security deposit, and needs City of Chicago and State of Illinois off-premise liquor licenses. You can't bring your own food, drinks or linens, and cooking on site isn't allowed. Décor is welcome, minus confetti, glitter and helium balloons.

At South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago, wedding packages run $6,010–11,830, depending on how many rooms you book. The Dining Room package is $6,010, the Robeson package (reception in the Paul Robeson Theatre) is $6,580, Premiere Lakeview is $7,980, and the Event Package, which adds the Grand Foyer, Oak Room and more, is $11,830. Those totals include a refundable security deposit, security, and maintenance and setup. Catering, linens and rentals come from the preferred list, and each supplier sets its own prices. To book, you pay a non-refundable down payment of 50% of the rental fee, and all remaining fees are due 180 days before the wedding.

Wedding packages at South Shore Cultural Center give you a 6-hour event, plus 3 hours to set up and 1 hour to tear down. Events conclude at 10pm, and extra hours can be approved through Administration at the hourly rate. The Event Package adds an extra hour each for setup and teardown, with additional hours at $500 each. Amplified music is allowed indoors.

South Shore Cultural Center is a Chicago Landmark with lake and garden views, and its wedding packages keep your ceremony and reception in one historic building. It suits large weddings: the Paul Robeson Theatre seats 500 for dinner and the Dining Room 300, and the Premiere Lakeview package gives you the Solarium and Dining Room for your ceremony and cocktails before a Robeson Theatre reception. Packages start at $6,010, with security, setup and maintenance included, and the 12 preferred caterers range from Indian Garden to Catering by Michaels.

Yes, South Shore Cultural Center rents individual rooms as well as full wedding packages, which works for a smaller guest list. The Oak Room seats 50 and the Music Library 20, each at $995 on weekdays or $1,195 on weekends, including a refundable deposit and setup. The Solarium seats 150 for dinner. Standard room rentals include a 4-hour event.