Your wedding, in the season the estate is at its most beautiful. At Kent Island Resort, a fall wedding unfolds across a long weekend on a 220-acre estate framed by turning trees, working farmland, and the soft Bay light of October. It’s a celebration that moves slowly, the way the season moves slowly. Fire pits in the evening, longer brunches in the cooler morning air, the people you love close at hand the entire time. The kind of weekend that feels less like a wedding and more like a homecoming.
Kent Island Resort is Maryland’s Eastern Shore wedding destination with three elegant wedding venues, celebrated chefs, on-site accommodations inside a centuries-old Manor House, and a wedding team that shapes every detail around your day. For couples planning a fall 2026 wedding, a limited number of dates remain, and Kent Island Resort is offering 25% off.
THE OFFER
Couples who book one of the remaining fall 2026 weekends receive 25% off the venue rate. You can still celebrate with a full multi-day weekend stay with welcome receptions on arrival, rehearsal dinners inside The Manor House, ceremony at one of the three venues, after-parties across the estate, farewell brunch on Sunday, and Manor House rooms for the wedding party.
Available dates and specific terms vary by weekend. The wedding team will walk you through what’s still open and confirm what’s included.
A FALL WEDDING ON THE ESTATE
Fall at Kent Island Resort is the season the property quiets and the light begins to do remarkable things. It’s the season for outdoor ceremonies that finish under string lights, for cocktail hours by the fire pits, for receptions that move from the lawn back inside The Manor House as the night cools. A fall wedding on the estate takes on a different feel than a summer one. More sweater weather, more candlelight, more reasons for your guests to linger at the table.
THE THREE WEDDING VENUES
Each of the three venues takes on its own character in the fall.
The Farmstead. Rustic elegance and sweeping views, with the working farmland opening out around your ceremony. In autumn, the Farmstead holds the harvest light better than any space on the estate.
The Pavilion. Set within an enchanted forest, the Pavilion is the venue fall transforms most dramatically. The tree canopy that frames your ceremony shifts from green and cool through summer to gold, red, and amber through October. Receptions can move indoors or stay out, depending on the night.
The Garden House. Tucked within lush formal gardens a few steps from the estate’s private dock, the Garden House offers picturesque waterfront views from the privacy of an intimate setting. In fall, the gardens turn and the light over the Chesapeake softens. The most close-held version of a Kent Island Resort wedding.
A Kent Island Resort wedding is designed as a weekend rather than a single event. Welcome receptions greet your guests on Friday. Rehearsal dinners are hosted in private dining spaces inside The Manor House. The ceremony takes place at the venue you’ve chosen. After-parties extend the night across the estate, with creative add-ons shaped around your vision. Sunday morning brings a farewell brunch across The Manor House’s dining spaces and gardens.
The Manor House’s 24 individually furnished guest rooms keep your wedding party and closest guests on property throughout the weekend. The result is a celebration that unfolds naturally, shaped by the land and the people around you, making it less of a production and more of a homecoming.
PLAN YOUR WEDDING
The fall calendar is filling. If you’re imagining your wedding around this time of year, now is the time to reach out.
Kent Island Resort is located at 500 Kent Manor Drive, Stevensville, Maryland, 21666, one hour from Washington, D.C., 45 minutes from Baltimore, 20 minutes from Annapolis, and within easy reach of Philadelphia and Northern Virginia.
Private tours are scheduled by appointment with the wedding team and include a full walkthrough walkthrough of the Farmstead, the Pavilion, and the Garden House, along with The Manor House guest rooms and 18TWENTY, the on-site farm-to-table restaurant.
Inquire about remaining fall 2026 availability at the link below.