About this vendor
At Goodman Community Center diversity and inclusion our top priorities.
Our historic buildings with industrial architecture make the perfect backdrop for your celebration. With over 30,000 square feet of customizable space featuring original 1918 brick walls, barrel vaulted arches, exposed wood beams, and cast iron columns, the Goodman Community Center can be easily customized for your unique style. With a variety of room sizes and capacity we can accommodate up to 200 people. Our room rentals include all tables and chairs and built in dance floor.
Weddings are required to order food and beverage through our on-site catering team, Good Works Community Catering, which is exclusive to GGC and operates as part of the TEENworks vocational program. TEENworks offers valuable, marketable work skills and experience to teenagers. Not only do they learn how to prepare seasonal, local foods to professional standards, they also get to experience planning menus, delivering quality catering and providing excellent customer service. Additionally, we have a variety of beer, wine, and spirit options that can be full customized to fit your needs.
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Dressing Room
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Liability Insurance
Reception Area
Wireless Internet
Covered Outdoors Space
On-Site Accommodations
Outdoor Event Space
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Settings
- Ballroom
- Industrial & Warehouse
- Loft
- Trees
Venue Service Offerings
- Bar & Drinks
- Food & Catering
- Service Staff
Reviews
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4.6
out of 5.010 reviews
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We couldn’t have imagined a better venue for our wedding. The staff at Goodman was so helpful, supportive, and kind. It felt so nice and values-aligned to throw our celebration in ...
a place that serves our community in a million different ways. The TeenWorks kids were amazing, and even made us a smiley face on our salads. It’s really the perfect Madison wedding venue.
We had the most wonderful experience with our wedding at the Goodman Community Center. The venue itself is stunning — a perfect blend of industrial charm and exposed brick, with go...
rgeous tall windows that filled the space with natural light. From start to finish, communication was excellent and everything felt organized and seamless.
David, our coordinator whose services were included in the cost of renting the space, was fantastic to work with and made the planning process stress-free. On the day of our ceremony and reception, he went above and beyond and was incredibly attentive, proactive, and made sure everything flowed smoothly so we could simply enjoy the moment.
The catering, provided through the Center’s TeenWorks program, was another highlight. Not only was the food delicious and made in-house, but knowing the program helps teenagers gain valuable life and job skills made it feel even more meaningful to us and our guests.
We’re so grateful to Goodman Community Center and their amazing team for helping make our day so special. Highly recommend!
Goodman Community Center is exactly what you’re looking for!
Our daughter was married there in March, and the event planners truly hit every mark. We came in with a vision, and the...
y helped us bring it to life perfectly.
We used both the Ironworks and Brassworks Rooms, which worked beautifully for our weekend of events. We were able to do everything at the Goodman Center—rehearsal, wedding, cocktail party, reception, and dance—and it was seamless from start to finish.
The space was gorgeous, the food was fantastic, and throughout the night (and ever since) we kept hearing: “That was the best wedding I have ever been to!”
A special thank you to Liza and David—you helped us turn this experience into the most wonderful memories. We couldn’t be more grateful!
The Goodman Community Center was perfect for our wedding. We used the Ironworks for our ceremony and the Brassworks for our reception. The spaces worked great for our needs, and th...
e staff was really helpful at every step of the way. We got our catering through their Good Works Community Catering and were blown away!! The food was delicious and the catering staff were professional and on top of things! We couldn't be happier with our experience at Goodman Community Center!
We absolutely loved the Goodman Center for our wedding venue! We were in the Brassworks building for our cocktail hour reception (wedding was at a nearby church). Liza and Viv were...
absolutely FANTASTIC to work with. We loved them both. Overall, we were thrilled with how everything turned out. We also used their in-house catering and were really happy with the price and quality.
I hosted my wedding here last weekend. Our ceremony was in the Ironworks building and our reception was in the Brassworks building. I can't say enough great things about the Goodma...
n Center, the event coordinator Liza, and the whole staff and service team. Liza was incredibly helpful through every step of the process. During the event, the staff and bartenders did an exceptional job and the food was fantastic. The venue is beautiful and did not need much decorating. I got so many compliments on the space and the dinner. For a great price (that supports the Madison community) I would highly recommend the Goodman Center for your wedding.
We really enjoyed having our wedding and reception at Goodman. It is a beautiful venue and it's nice that the event rooms are all located together on one end that is stayed pretty ...
private. They were very easy to work with. The only issue we had was they told us we could have a smaller attached room (that we could use to put some odds and ends in) but the day before they told us we could no longer use the room. Overall- great experience. We only used them for the event space and bar service (not catering).
The venue was very pretty and easy to use but they double booked the smaller room I put a deposit on! They made it right and gave me a larger room for no extra fee, but it was a he...
adache replanning for the other room. I love the community center however, and this wouldn't stop me from booking them again for other events. We did not use catering or bar services, so I can't comment on those.
This review is about the Goodman Community Center as a whole. We had our ceremony in the Ironworks building & the reception in the newly completed Brassworks building.
My husband ...
& I went to a craft fair at the Ironworks building & I fell in love with the building, the architecture, brickwork, its mission. We decided to try having our wedding in the space. We had too many guests to fit in the Ironworks building & after talking to Kristi learned they were working on a new building so we took a chance and booked it after seeing only a few artist renderings. And we are so happy we did. The building is absolutely stunning!!! We were able to have a relaxed, intimate, spacious wedding ceremony & reception that we both wanted.
Working with the venue is the only reason we gave 4 stars. The staff for the events coordinator & caterer are both wonderful people who are extremely overworked. You had better be organized to stay on track. We waited months for a catering quote & needed to pay in full that month. We also were surprised to find a linens quote that had to be paid that day the week of the wedding.
Overall, the food was good, bar staff friendly, atmosphere spectacular, beautiful backdrop for photos & a great cause to spend our money on the community.
Amazing center! Very very beautiful! Shockingly flexible - use any caterer or none at all (which is what we did)! There's a service kitchen for non-professional food providers, ...
too. There were a few challenges with the A/V setup - it was hard to use and my staffer was not fully trained; but that should be addressable for other users in future. Staff (other than my inexperienced person) went out of their way to make things easy for us, and everyone had a great time. GREAT value, too!!
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214 Waubesa Street, Madison, WI
Goodman Community Center