newcastle city hall wedding packages 2022

Newcastle City Hall Wedding Packages 2022

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Opened in 1929, this stunning venue is one of Newcastle’s most prestigious and unique venues. With its grand architecture, sandstone pillars, arched windows and marble staircases, Newcastle City Hall definitely makes an impression.

Located right in the heart of the city in the Civic Precinct, Newcastle City Hall offers a range of fully equipped function rooms offering classical style and elegance at an affordable price. We are the ideal location for your intimate wedding or grand occasion of more than 200 guests.

Newcastle City Hall is located on King Street adjacent to Civic Park, a beautiful spot for your wedding photos. There are over 2000 accommodation rooms within a leisurely 10-minute stroll.

Your event will be in safe and experienced hands with the Newcastle Venues team, from the booking and event management through to the gourmet catering by our very own in-house Executive Chef. With a full-service offering, high-quality standards, professionalism, and impeccable attention to detail, you and your guests will have the ultimate event experience from beginning to end.

Booking your event Please contact our Newcastle Venues team to make an appointment to view the venue, request a personalised quote, or for any further information.

Newcastle City Hall 02 4974 2166 [email protected] newcastlevenues.com.au 290 King St, Newcastle, NSW, 2300

Thank you for considering the iconic Newcastle City Hall for your wedding.

Welcome to Newcastle City Hall


Concert Hall

The Concert Hall has been acclaimed as one of the finest auditoriums in Australia. A unique and stunning auditorium with a dramatic and beautiful atmosphere complemented by the Cummings Room where guests can arrive and enjoy canapes and drinks before making a grand entrance.

CAPACITY*

BANQUET 320

COCKTAIL 500

Hunter Room

Located on the second floor of Newcastle City Hall, the Hunter Room’s elegant high-arched windows frame picture perfect views over Civic Park. Drink champagne on the sandstone balcony overlooking Civic Park, and then move into the Hunter Room with its private bar facilities, amenities and a dance floor.

CAPACITY*

BANQUET 100

COCKTAIL 150

Banquet Room

With polished floors, high ceilings and simple style, the Banquet Room provides you with an opportunity to design a room that reflects your individual tastes and style.

CAPACITY*

BANQUET 200

COCKTAIL 300

Wedding Reception Rooms

* Capacity dependent upon Public Health Orders at the time of your event.


Package Inclusions:An invitation to the launch of our seasonal menu event, where you will be able to taste your selected menu items

Six hours of venue hire

Alternate serve lunch or dinner from our seasonal menu

Five-hour standard beverage package

Your cake cut and served on platters to your guest’s tables

Locally sourced and freshly brewed Glitch Coffee Roasters coffee and specialty 'The Tea Collective' tea served

White linen table cloths and napkins

Skirted cake table and present table

Enhancements: Chef's selection of welcome canapés $10 per person

Additional canapés from $5 - $9 per item

Dessert canapés $11 per person

Upgrade to premium menu $20 per person

Upgrade to a five-hour Hunter beverage package $16 per person

Upgrade to a five-hour premium beverage package $30 per person

Additional Details: Kid’s menus and vendor meals (e.g. for your photographer, DJ and videographer) are also available. Dietary requirements can be accommodated when notified in advance and we are more than happy to work with you to personalise your package options. Please speak to your event coordinator for details.

Conditions: Pricing based on a minimum of 120 guests for the Concert Hall, and a minimum of 60 guests for the Hunter Room/ Banquet Room.

Pricing is valid for events booked Monday-Saturday. Public Holidays and Sundays will incur a 15% surcharge.

Requests for private menu tastings are available for a fee on request.

Food and beverage offerings are subject to change according to season and availability.

Spring & Summer Wedding Packages 2 Course Entrée & Main Or Main & Dessert $129 per person

3 Course Entrée, Main & Dessert $144 per person


Silver Canapés

$5 per item

Hot Canapés

Variety of mini gourmet pies

Warm oven baked mini quiche

Oven baked spanakopita with tzatziki (veg)

Corn & tofu gyoza with a sesame & miso sauce (vegan)

Pork & cabbage dumplings with a citrus & soy dipper (dairy free)

Peking duck spring rolls with plum dipping sauce (dairy free)

Vegan kakiage (Japanese fritters) with a daikon dipping sauce (vegan)

Southern style fried buffalo wings with ranch style dipping sauce

Japanese style fried buffalo wings with spicy mayo dipper

Cold Canapés

Caramelized onion & blue cheese tartelette (veg)

Caesar tartlets with cos, crisp prosciutto & parmesan in a traditional Caesar dressing

Mini vegetable frittata with tomato jam & baby herbs (veg)

Tomato & basil mini bruschetta with a balsamic reduction (vegan)

Smoked salmon avocado & dill cream cheese, served on a cucumber disc (gluten free)

$6.50 per person Hot Canapés

Prawn bruschetta with rocket & preserved lime aioli

Chilli bean nacho tarts with guacamole & salsa (veg)

Teriyaki chicken kebabs

Sumac & cumin spiced lamb koftas with cucumber yoghurt dipping sauce

Exotic mushroom & goats cheese tartlet (veg)

Twice cooked pork belly spoons in ginger & sweet soy (dairy free)

Seared scallop spoons with fresh chilli, coriander & warm bourbon ponzu (gluten free)

Handmade chicken & prawn spring rolls with nam jim dipper (dairy free)

Cold Canapés

Selection of handmade sushi with soy, wasabi & pickled ginger

Smoked chicken & avocado tartlet with baby cress

Stella Maris Port Stephens Sydney Rock Oysters with salsa verde & angel hair chilli (gluten free, dairy free)

Tuna tataki spoons with fine Spanish onion, citrus sesame dressing & crisp fried garlic (gluten free)

Vietnamese rice paper rolls with avocado, Asian vegetables & herbs with a chilli & lime dipper (gluten free, vegan)

Gold Canapés


Substantial Canapés

$9 per item

Rueben sliders on dark rye slider bun with pulled corned brisket, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, sliced pickles & piquant sauce (gluten free available – surcharges apply)

Mini beef cheeseburgers with shoestring fries

Teriyaki chicken boats with steamed rice & pickled carrot salad (gluten free, dairy free)

Braised peppered beef boats with garlic roasted chats (gluten free, dairy free)

Panko crumbed tofu in Japanese style curry sauce with steamed koshihikari rice & red pickles (vegan)

Buta no kakuni (slow cooked soy & ginger pork) with steamed rice & sliced shallots (dairy free)

Fried polenta chips with roasted Mediterranean vegetable & herb tomato sauce (veg, gluten free)

Salt & pepper squid with a chilli & mango salad (dairy free)

$11 per person

Chef selection of petit sweets

Dessert Canapés


Spring & Summer Alternate Drop

To Start:Individually served Baked Uprising sourdough with butter

Dessert: (please select two dishes – these will be served alternately)

Coconut panna cotta with cherry compote & chocolate syrup (gluten free, vegan option available on request)

Vanilla bean crème brulee with almond biscotti & macerated strawberries

White chocolate panna cotta with blueberries & passionfruit coulis (gluten free)

Dark & white chocolate charlotte with macerated berries & Chantilly cream

Cold set cheesecake topped with wild berry jelly & Cointreau marinated strawberries

Chef’s selection of petit sweets served on platters to your table

Main Courses: (please select two dishes – these will be served alternately)

Dry rubbed low & slow cooked Manning Valley beef brisket, mustard & pickled red onion potato salad, honey Dijon slaw & a smokey bourbon BBQ sauce (gluten free)

Char-grilled Hunter Valley beef sirloin on a bacon & potato rosti with beer battered onion rings & a bourbon BBQ jus

Harissa spiced Upper Hunter lamb rump with North African inspired couscous, fresh tabbouleh & a preserved lemon & coriander coconut yoghurt (dairy free)

Twice cooked pork belly with steamed Asian greens, pilaf rice & a sweet plum & ginger sauce (gluten free, dairy free)

Macadamia & lime crusted Daintree barramundi fillet with steamed asparagus & lemon thyme & chilli roasted baby potatoes (gluten free)

Sundried tomato & Hunter Belle Camambelle stuffed chicken breast with sautéed chats & spinach dressed with rocket & basil pesto (gluten free)

Grilled chicken supreme with a peppercorn chicken jus, sweet potato puree & buttered greens (gluten free)

Chipotle spiced black bean & lentil patty served with wild rice, kale & tomato avocado salsa (gluten free, vegan)

Entrée: (please select two dishes – these will be served alternately)

Hunter Valley rare beef tataki salad, purple onion slivers, baby spinach with a crisp garlic, citrus & soy dressing (gluten free, dairy free)

Smoked chicken salad with julienne vegetables, kale & cranberries with a seeded mustard aioli (gluten free, dairy free)

Salad of roasted hazelnuts with leafy greens, coconut labneh, kumera crisps & a berry balsamic vinaigrette (vegan, gluten free)

Salt & pepper squid with mango salad & a chilli & lime dressing (dairy free)

Beef & pork kebapi with Balkan inspired slaw, flatbread & crumbled marinated Upper Hunter Fetabelle

Binnorie goat’s cheese & semi dried tomato tart with pressed basil infused Hunter Valley olive oil, pine nuts & baby herbs (veg)

Tasmanian salmon & baby caper rillette wrapped in smoked salmon with melba toast, then splashed with a cinnamon & preserved lime dressing

To Finish: Freshly brewed Glitch Coffee Roasters coffee & a selection on 'The Tea Collective' teas


Premium Alternate Drop (upgrade option)

To Start:Individually served Baked Uprising sourdough with butter

Dessert: (please select two dishes – these will be served alternately)

Summer fruit terrine with meringue shards (gluten free, dairy free)

Choc honeycomb mess with meringue, honeycomb cream & blueberries (gluten free)

Black sesame crème brulee with green tea shortbread & poached stone fruit

Toffee apple & raspberry panna cotta with Hunter Valley botrytis syrup & pecan praline (gluten free)

Vanilla bean mascarpone with savoiardi, candied walnuts, figs & chai syrup

Chef’s selection of petit sweets served on platters to your table

Main Courses: (please select two dishes – these will be served alternately)

Grilled Hunter Valley lamb saddle dusted in sumac & cumin served with falafel patty & crisp broccolini (dairy free)

Charred Hunter Valley beef fillet with layered potato, beans with almonds & a wild mushroom jus (gluten free)

Truffle scented wild mushroom mille feuille topped with a gruyere crisp & smoked almond & rocket salad (vegetarian)

Char-grilled Hunter Valley beef sirloin with lemon pepper roasted chats, portobello mushroom, crisp pancetta, grilled asparagus & horseradish jus (gluten free)

Spiced dry rubbed BBQ pork fillet, bourbon BBQ sauce, lemon herbed chats with a celeriac & apple slaw (gluten free, dairy free)

Oven roasted Tasmanian Atlantic salmon fillet with wholegrain mustard mash, steamed greens & a tomato dill beurre blanc (gluten free)

Oven roasted chicken supreme with smashed chat potatoes, steamed greens with a wild mushroom & cognac sauce (gluten free)

Chicken breast with dauphinoise potato, ribbon vegetables & a tarragon & Hunter Valley semillon velouté (gluten free)

Entrée: (please select two dishes – these will be served alternately)

Chilled Hunter Valley lamb salad with mint leaves, beans, fire peppers & Spanish onion in a lemon pepper dressing (gluten free, dairy free)

Vodka & dill cured gravlax of ocean trout with rocket, avocado puree, caper berries & in-house pickled cucumber (dairy free, gluten free)

Mushroom & Binnorie goat’s cheese bruschetta splashed with truffle oil (vegetarian)

Lobster, prawn & shallot arancini with a Galliano cream sauce

Duck, pistachio & orange terrine wrapped in prosciutto with crisp bread & cranberry compote (dairy free)

Smoked Hunter Valley beef fillet with roasted balsamic beetroot puree, baby capers & wild elk leaf (gluten free, dairy free)

To Finish: Freshly brewed Glitch Coffee Roasters coffee & a selection on 'The Tea Collective' teas


Inclusions: Light beer, mid, cider, sparkling, soft drink and juice (Please choose 1 white wine, 1 red wine and 2 full strength beers) Light Beer: Cascade Premium Light

Mid-strength: Great Northern Super Crisp

Full Strength: Asahi Super Dry, Carlton Premium Dry, Peroni, Coopers Pale Ale

Cider: Somersby Apple Cider

Sparkling: Tyrrell’s Moore’s Creek Sparkling

White Wine: Tempus Two Chardonnay

Tempus Two Sauvignon Blanc

Red Wine: Tempus Two Shiraz

Tempus Two Merlot

Soft Drink: Coke, Coke No Sugar, Diet Coke, Schweppes Lemonade, Solo

Juice: Orange, Apple

Beverage Packages5 hours

Standard beverage package

Inclusions: Light beer, mid, cider, sparkling, rosé, soft drink and juices

(Please choose 2 white wines, 2 red wines and 2 full strength beers)

Light Beer: Cascade Premium Light

Mid-strength: Murrays Middleman Can

Full Strength: Hope Newy Pacific Ale, Murrays XPA, Steel City Lager, Foghorn Newy Pale Ale

Cider: Tilse’s Apple Truck Cider

Sparkling: Hungerford Hill Fish Cage Sparkling Brut

White Wine: Andrew Thomas Synergy Semillon

Scarborough Yellow Label Chardonnay

Two Rivers VS Pinot Grigio

Rosé Wine: Dirt Candy The Gamechanger Rosé

Red Wine: Scarborough Black Label Shiraz

Two Rivers VS Winter Mist Merlot

Hungerford Hill Fish Cage Cabernet Sauvignon



Inclusions: Cocktail on arrival, Light beer, mid, cider, sparkling, rosé, soft drink and juices

(Please choose 2 white wines, 2 red wines and 2 full strength beers)

Light Beer: Cascade Premium Light

Mid-strength: Balter Captain Sensible

Full Strength: Stone & Wood Pacific Ale, Balter XPA, Foghorn Young Americans IPA, Maltnhops Lager

Cider: Tilse’s Apple Truck Cider

Sparkling: Dirt Candy The Fizz Sparkling Semillon

White Wine: Vinden Headcase Pokolbin Blanc

Dirt Candy The Favourite Vermentino

Andrew Thomas The OC Semillon

Hungerford Hill Preservative Free Chardonnay

Rosé Wine: Vinden Spinning Away Rosé

Red Wine: Dirt Candy The Desperado Grenache Barbera

Hungerford Hill Preservative Free Cabernet Sauvignon

Margan Original’s Range Merlot

Andrew Thomas Two of a Kind Shiraz



Hunter beverage package (upgrade option)

Premium beverage package (upgrade option)


For more details 02 4974 2166

[email protected]

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