Empire Banqueting Hall

Empire is a beautiful 1930’s art deco cinema and an ideal wedding/banqueting venue to host your special day. With a choice of the grandeur of our main banqueting hall or the intimacy of our smaller second hall, our beautiful venue is a great setting for your big day. Empire is the biggest and most prestigious wedding & banqueting venue in the area. Located next to Princes Gardens in the centre of Aldershot, the venue enjoys easy access to trains and a taxi rank next door with a large multi-story car park. Our helpful staff are always happy to help and give advice on timings, venue layout and decoration of the venue to make your day unique and personal to you. Our venue has an impressive sound system and lighting, and our team of skilled technicians will be on hand to ensure everything goes smoothly. Empire has its own on-site kitchens and leading chefs to cater for your event with freshly prepared food from our well-equipped kitchens. Main Auditorium The Empire auditorium is an ideal venue for weddings, with bar and catering facilities. The main hall has a state-of-the-art line array sound system and lighting rig and is the biggest venue in the area, holding large-capacity weddings. Your wedding can be all seated or standing. Empire has a stage, plus a huge cinema screen. Balcony Hall A smaller hall is available for weddings of up to 300 people. This has a small stage, sound system, lighting, and its own bar. Note that this hall is only accessible via stairs.