8 Best Wedding Venues at Lake of the Ozarks (2026 Guide)
Lake of the Ozarks is one of Missouri's main lake-wedding markets: resorts on the water, waterfront ceremony sites, and halls and barns in Camdenton, Lake Ozark, Osage Beach and Eldon. It is also a summer resort area, so traffic, lodging and prices follow the lake season.
The median published starting price for a venue here is $2,500 (n=5), a small sample, so read it as a rough guide.
We cataloged 24 wedding venues around the lake. Below are the 8 we would point a couple to first, each checked against the venue's own site.
Every venue below is in our Lake of the Ozarks wedding venue directory, where you can filter the full list and see published pricing side by side.
For the statewide cost picture, see how much a Missouri wedding costs, and for timing, the best months to get married in Missouri.
1. The Lodge of Four Seasons
A large lakeside resort in Lake Ozark with a beach, a marina wharf, a Japanese garden with a koi pond and two ballrooms. Its spaces run from 30 in the garden to 300 on the lakeview patio or the wharf and up to 500 in the Granada Ballroom, and a wedding specialist and the couple's wedding-night room are included. Pricing on request.
2. Old Kinderhook Resort
A golf resort in Camdenton, off Highway 54, with more than 11,000 square feet of indoor space including a grand ballroom, and about 6,000 square feet outdoors with waterfalls and lawns. It hosts 200 or more, with a wedding coordinator, and has guest rooms, cottages, villas and homes for the wedding party. Pricing on request.
3. The Exchange Venue
A hall in Camdenton with a century-old, pre-Prohibition bar, a courtyard, and tables and chairs for 300. Saturday is $3,500, Friday $2,750 and Sunday $2,000, with access from 8 am, a bridal suite, a groom's lounge and a venue coordinator; Saturday adds the decor catalog.
4. Memory Lane Events
A property between Lake Ozark and Eldon, off Highway 54, with two scales of venue: The Grove, an event center for 370, with an outdoor amphitheater over the bluffs, and a restored one-room 1912 schoolhouse for 50, with its own outdoor space. There is a five-cabin campground on site. Pricing on request.
5. Lake Breeze Event Center
A lakeside venue near Camdenton with lake and sunset views and covered space for bad weather. Its reception package is $2,500 for up to 110 guests, or $2,906 with tax and tip, with all-day access, tables, chairs, linens, setup, cleanup, an event manager and a sound system.
6. Waterfront Weddings
A private waterfront ceremony site in Osage Beach for small weddings, up to 30 guests. Elopements are $449, one and two-hour ceremonies $799 and $999, and The Works is $3,599 for 18 people with a meal, a cake and a bouquet.
7. Bridal Cave
A cave near Camdenton with a chapel room among the stalactites, which hosts weddings and vow renewals. Call or email for pricing.
8. Camp Pin Oak
A waterfront property in Kaiser with an amphitheater, a rustic lodge and an industrial-grade kitchen, and lodging for the wedding party. You pick your own caterer and DJ. Pricing is in its pricing guide.
Others worth a look
Riverbird Winery in Camdenton is a winery above the Big Niangua River, part of Shawnee Bluff.
How to shop Lake of the Ozarks venues
Book lodging early. Summer weekends fill the lake, and the resorts and Camp Pin Oak sleep guests on site.
Decide how big. Several lake venues are built for small weddings, from Waterfront Weddings to the 1912 schoolhouse.
Plan around the water. Ask what happens on the lakefront if it storms. Our venue tour questions cover the rest.
Our venue checklist covers the rest of the shopping list, and what a wedding venue costs explains how venue pricing is structured.
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