How do you make your unique event more memorable? By choosing an architectural landmark set against the Santa Cruz Mountains, surrounded by exquisite gardens, an arboretum and hundreds of acres of hiking trails.

For many years Montalvo Arts Center has been one of the Bay Area's preferred venues for corporate events and spectacular fairy-tale weddings. We have a wide range of facilities available for almost any type of event.  The picturesque setting makes Villa Montalvo one of our favorite facilities.

Offering multiple venues to use individually or progressively during the day/evening, Villa Montalvo can accommodate groups from eight to 1,100.

Cottage

The vintage cottage is perfect for all-day meetings and retreats. Lunch can be served indoors in the cottage, outdoors in a private garden, or combined with the Villa.

Carriage House Theater

The Carriage House Theatre (indoors) seats 300 and can be used for training, sales presentations, product launches, comedy shows, film screenings and more. It is equipped with professional sound/lighting, dressing rooms and an in-house professional production staff.

Adjacent to the Carriage House Theatre is the Project Space Gallery, which can be used in conjunction with your event. The facility can custom design art activities for your event via their Programs department and Artists in Residence.

Garden Theatre

The outdoor Garden Theatre, home to our famous summer concerts, is available for corporate events. It is an intimate theatre set against the hills surrounded by 100-year-old trees and original Montalvo sculptures. A crowd of 300 is not too small and they can accommodate up to 1,100 guests for your live stage performance.

The Villa

The Villa features original early California/Mediterranean interiors with hardwood floors, exotic paneled walls, original lighting fixtures, French doors opening to the outdoors and three fireplaces. The lower level features a library (filled with the Senator's books and ephemera), grand staircase, main hall, dining room, solarium and a professional caterer's kitchen. The elegant veranda sweeps around the front and West side of the Villa allowing outdoor dining for up to 300 guests in the warmer months. Behind the Villa adjacent to the Main Hall is the Spanish Courtyard, perfect for outdoor intimate luncheons or evening cocktail receptions.

The upper floor of the Villa offers three large meeting/dressing rooms and foyer, all of which can be used as green rooms for entertainers and event production staff. A fully equipped kitchen is adjacent to the green rooms for entertainment catering. The upstairs foyer has a large fireplace, comfortable furniture and breathtaking view of the Oval Garden and surrounding hills. The front dressing rooms feature French doors opening to a veranda overlooking the Front Lawn, perfect for VIP entertainers or staff.

Front Lawn

The Front Lawn can be used for team-building activities, picnics for up to 1,000 guests, and can also be tented for large events.

Oval Garden

For larger events, the Oval Garden is located behind the Spanish Courtyard and can also be used for cocktail receptions or seated dinners.

TV, Video and Film Rentals

Location is everything. Use your imagination for your next corporate video, commercial or print work and utilize our unique areas from mountain trails, historic sculptures, art installations, the Front Lawn, the Love Temple and our historic architecture for your next project. Pricing is available on request and is defined by event requirements.

Equipment

Your event rental includes use of our inventory of tables, chairs and market umbrellas. 

Global Gourmet Catering is proud to be a preferred catering services provider for this amazing venue!