The Cedar Loft Event House · Asheville, NC Book a tour

The Cedar Loft · Asheville, North Carolina

One long room under old beams.

All trails lead to the same room.

A historic event house in Asheville, North Carolina, kept for weddings, corporate retreats, private and rehearsal dinners, photo shoots and vacation stays.

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The Cedar Loft event house seen from a cedar-lined path at dusk
End of the drive, top of the trail

Pick your trail

Five ways the room gets used.

Weddings, retreats, dinners, stays and shoots all lead to the same four walls. Tell us which one you are planning and we will take it from there.

Trail 01

Weddings

Ceremony, long table, dancing — the room holds all three without anyone moving furniture at ten o'clock. Tall windows, old beams, and a porch to step onto between the vows and the toasts.

  • Ceremony in the long room
  • Dinner under the beams
  • Rehearsal dinner the night before
Trail 02

Corporate retreats

One table big enough that nobody gets sent to a breakout room. Work the morning, walk the afternoon, and put the laptops down for a dinner that is not a conference buffet.

  • Full-day working sessions
  • Multi-day retreats
  • Overnight stays on site
Trail 03

Private & rehearsal dinners

A long table, low light, and room for the speech nobody expected. The loft dims down well — candles on the boards, the windows going dark blue behind the last of the guests.

  • Rehearsal dinners
  • Private dinner parties
  • Evening hire, long table
Trail 04

Vacation stays

The loft is not only a place to gather. Take it for a weekend, spend the middle of the day in Asheville, and come back to a big table and a quiet house.

  • Overnight stays
  • Weekend stays
  • The whole party at once
Trail 05

Photo shoots

Old wood, tall windows, a porch in the cedars. Photographers book the loft for the light, and the light is at its best in the late afternoon.

  • Interior and porch
  • Natural light, old beams
  • Cedar and worn floorboards

The board outside the door

The year, in contour lines.

Some stretches of the calendar run quiet and open, some run close and busy. Here is how the year reads from the porch, season by season.

Spring

Soft light that runs long into the afternoon, the cedars greening up, windows open before dinner.

Best for retreats & dinners

Summer

Golden hour arrives before dinner and stays through it. The porch gets used at every hour of it.

Best for weddings & stays

Autumn

The lines run close and the color comes in. Cool evenings, warm room, candles lit before the sun is fully down.

Best for weddings & photo shoots

Winter

Low, clear light through bare branches and long blue evenings. The room glows from the inside out.

Best for dinners & retreats

Tell us the week you are considering and we will tell you what the room looks like then.

Ask about your date

This is the trailhead

Come stand in the room before you decide.

Photographs are honest, but they do not tell you how the light lands at six in the evening or how quiet it gets once the doors are shut. Book a tour and we will walk you through the long room, the porch and the hour you would actually use.

  • The room The long room under the old beams, at the hour you would use it.
  • Outside The porch and the cedars, plus where guests would arrive and park.
  • Your plan Bring your date, your headcount and your questions. We will walk it end to end.
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Sign the register.

Tell us what you are planning and we will write back. If you would like a tour first, just say so.

Asheville, North Carolina · The Cedar Loft Event House