Hotel Jerome has anchored downtown Aspen since 1889, and it is one of the few places in town where a wedding can move from ceremony to dinner to dancing without anyone getting into a car. Guests can stay upstairs, walk to dinner around town, and come back for brunch the next morning.
We have planned weddings and events at the Jerome in nearly every month of the year, from February snow to October color, including two weddings for the same family six years apart. Knowing the building that well, from where the light falls in the courtyard to how the ballroom changes between dinner and dancing, makes a real difference on the day.
The Courtyard and the Ballroom
The courtyard puts the ceremony in the middle of town with Aspen Mountain rising above it. It also works for cocktails and, with a tent, for welcome parties in any season.
The ballroom is a classic room with arched windows that can carry very different designs, from candlelit and romantic to bold and full of color. A good rain plan matters here too, because guests move between the courtyard, the portico, and the ballroom over the course of the evening.
Weddings We Have Planned at Hotel Jerome
For Addy and Nick, rain arrived just in time for the ceremony, and clear umbrellas waited in baskets for every guest. Addy walked an aisle lined with white blooms toward an arch of white florals, and inside, the ballroom glowed behind draped walls, with a walnut and white checkered dance floor and towering baby’s breath above every table.
Abby and David married in October under a chuppah wrapped in greenery, white orchids, and wild grasses, with fall color on the slopes behind them. The ballroom followed with candlelight, trailing greenery, and white blooms against the arched windows, and the next morning guests came back for brunch.
See Abby and David’s wedding →
Elizabeth and Bloor married at Aspen Meadows, then brought guests back to town for a black-tie reception in the ballroom: gold chairs, candlelight, low arrangements of white and blush blooms, and bookshelf vignettes holding family wedding photographs. When rain arrived at the end of the night, they stepped out beneath clear umbrellas under the hotel’s portico.
See Elizabeth and Bloor’s wedding →
Six years before Addy’s wedding, we planned her older sister’s. Coley and Teddy married in February at the Aspen Chapel and celebrated in the Jerome ballroom, filled with towering branch centerpieces over a light-patterned floor, with every table named for a mountain animal.
See Coley and Teddy’s wedding →
More Than Weddings
The Jerome is also where many of our weekends begin and end. We have planned two Aspen Youth Center galas there, Wildest Dreams and Out of This World, and a welcome party in the tented courtyard with ivory draping, crystal chandeliers, and a champagne tower. Haley and Sam and Aline and Colin held their rehearsal dinners and welcome parties at the hotel before weddings on the mountain, and A Vibrant Summer Wedding opened with a western welcome party and a custom hat bar.
Planning a Hotel Jerome Wedding
Popular dates go early, especially in summer, early fall, and around the holidays, so we recommend starting the conversation as soon as you have a season in mind. We plan a full weather option for every courtyard event, and we build the timeline around how the rooms turn over between ceremony, cocktails, dinner, and dancing.
Is Hotel Jerome Right for You?
It suits couples who want history, a walkable weekend, and a reception room that works in any season. It is less of a blank canvas than a tent on open land, which is often an advantage: more of the budget goes to design, food, and guest experience. If you want the mountains to be the centerpiece instead, read about planning a Little Nell wedding at the top of Aspen Mountain.
Exploring other settings? See all of our Aspen wedding and event venue guides.
Planning an Aspen wedding? Tell us about your plans, and we will follow up to talk through venues, timing, and what will suit your weekend.