The Multicultural Arts Center
Raw space venue
The venue will provide just the space. You’ll bring in your own caterer and vendors.
Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing
Starting at $5,600
Guest capacity
Up to 150 seated guests
About this venue
This Victorian treasure was built in the late 1880s, and originally served as the county courthouse. It’s been lovingly restored, and boasts a two-story theater space with an exquisitely embellished ceiling and wraparound mezzanine balcony. In the warmer months, ceremonies may be held in Centanni Courtyard. This airy outdoor space continues the historic feel of the Arts Center with lawns, a large arbor, and brick pathways. Your rental fee helps support the Center’s mission: to educate the community about diversity through the presentation of multicultural arts programs, and to make the center available to artists and groups who may not otherwise have access to a professionally equipped space.
Our event spaces
The Multicultural Arts Center
"The towering, ornate, old courtroom space of the Multicultural Arts Center, with its big windows and wraparound balcony, is a special effect in itself." - Boston Globe, 2018
Depending on your needs and general set-up, our theater accommodates approximately 150 people for a seated dinner with room for a small dance floor area, or 200 people for a standing reception. Our Gallery accommodates 40-50 people seated.
Guest capacity
Up to 150 Seated
Up to 200 Standing
Included in this room:
Your rental fee allows up to 8 hours of access to our venue, use of the Theater, the Upper Gallery, kitchen, Green Room, 2nd Floor Studios (dressing rooms), and Centanni Hallway. Use of the courtyard requires an additional $50 permit - if permit by the City of Cambridge is granted. You are also permitted to hold a wedding rehearsal on-site during our business hours, as long as there are no scheduling conflicts.
The Multicultural Arts Center
"The towering, ornate, old courtroom space of the Multicultural Arts Center, with its big windows and wraparound balcony, is a special effect in itself." - Boston Globe, 2018
Depending on your needs and general set-up, our theater accommodates approximately 150 people for a seated dinner with room for a small dance floor area, or 200 people for a standing reception. Our Gallery accommodates 40-50 people seated.
Guest capacity
Up to 150 Seated
Up to 200 Standing
Included in this room:
Your rental fee allows up to 8 hours of access to our venue, use of the Theater, the Upper Gallery, kitchen, Green Room, 2nd Floor Studios (dressing rooms), and Centanni Hallway. Use of the courtyard requires an additional $50 permit - if permit by the City of Cambridge is granted. You are also permitted to hold a wedding rehearsal on-site during our business hours, as long as there are no scheduling conflicts.
Available services that can be provided by The Multicultural Arts Center
Services & amenities
- Clean up
- Dance floor
- Dressing room / Bridal Suite
- Liability insurance
- Lighting/Sound
- Set up
- Wheelchair accessible
- Wifi
Rentals
- Sound / AV
- Standard Chairs
Accommodations
- Room blocks offered
Reviews
Write a review5.0 out of 5
3 reviews
Wonderful Wedding Venue!
The Multicultural Arts Center was a beautiful venue for our wedding ceremony and reception! We had our ceremony outdoors in the courtyard just outside the building, and the staff helped us to get the permits to use the courtyard, helped to set up microphones for the ceremony, and also helped work with us on a backup plan to have the ceremony indoors in case it had rained on our wedding day. The courtyard is a charming spot with trellises and greenery and is surrounded by classic-looking New England buildings. Adria and Taylor on the staff were extremely helpful in helping us plan our reception: they answered our many questions and let us rehearse in the venue so that we could figure out how we wanted to lay out the space. The theater hall was an amazing place to have our reception: we especially loved the balcony and the design of the ceiling, and there was plenty of room for a little over 100 guests, buffet tables, a DJ, and a dance floor. The venue was also a really convenient location for our guests - it's close to the T and has several nearby hotels. Would highly recommend!
Response from vendor•Oct 23, 2024Thank you so much, Brian! It was so wonderful working with you both - congrats and many wishes for a lifetime of happiness! We hope to see you again back at the Multicultural Arts Center soon!Beautiful Wedding Venue
We held our wedding reception at the Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge, and it was a beautiful venue to host our event. The space was a perfect size for our event with 125 guests, and the ceiling is a showstopper. The building is right on the small city park, Centanni Park, which is such a nice little green space in East Cambridge. The staff was friendly and easy to work with and helped us to create our dream reception. One thing to keep in mind when picking this venue is that you have to select from a list of preferred vendors for catering, and they will need to rent all of the plates, cutlery, glassware, catering supplies etc since the venue does not provide these items. Their list of caterers to choose from is a great list, but the extra cost of these rentals should be remembered when budgeting your event.
A dream wedding venue!
We couldn't be more happy with our choice to have our wedding ceremony and reception last weekend at CMAC! Adria was very communicative pre-event and easily adjusted our contract when we had to delay our date by one year. She also let us drop stuff off decorations the night before and pick things up the following Monday which was very helpful logistically. M ran our sound and lights and they were very organized and willing to work with us on running a playlist rather than using a DJ. We lucked out with beautiful weather and had our ceremony at the park outdoors but CMAC is really appealing because there's a good option for an indoor ceremony if it rains. The venue overall is absolutely stunning and our guests were raving about how beautiful the historic ballroom was. Great value for the Boston area and a perfect spot for a city wedding, with the airport and many hotels nearby.
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