we pride ourselves in creating memories that speak for themselves
Our services are designed to give you the good stuff without burying you in rules, traditions, or a mountain of things you have to bring in yourself. Expect a space already dripping in personality, flexible ways to make it yours, and a team that gets genuinely excited when you start a sentence with, “Okay, this might sound a little weird, but…”
The beauty of Kitschy is that there isn’t just one right way to use it. Book the chapel for an intimate “I do,” take over the space for a birthday that deserves better than a sad folding table, gather your people for something wonderfully niche, or use all that velvet and neon as the backdrop for your next creative idea. We’ve built Gem City Kitschy to be equal parts venue, playground, and blank-ish canvas — because the best things that happen here usually start with someone asking, “Wait… can we do that?”
From a quick “I do” with your favorite few to an all-day affair with vows, photos, cake, cocktails, and a very full dance floor, our Dayton wedding chapel is built to meet you wherever your version of getting married lands.
From birthdays, showers, and holiday parties to workshops, community gatherings, pop-ups, performances, and whatever beautifully specific thing your group chat has cooked up, Our intimate Dayton event space is made for gatherings that want more personality than a blank rental room, with a fully styled backdrop and plenty of freedom to make the experience feel completely your own.
Gem City Kitschy is available as a Dayton photography and creative studio rental for photographers, brands, content creators, and anyone looking for a backdrop with a whole lot more personality. With velvet details, bold color, and ready-to-shoot corners throughout the space, you can walk in with a camera and an idea without having to build the entire damn world first.
The space is fun, the velvet is fabulous, but the people are the whole damn point. Gem City Kitschy exists because of the wildly creative, beautifully different community that keeps showing up, making things, celebrating loudly, and giving this little space a heartbeat. What happens when our people fill the room? Priceless.
It’s colorful, weird, welcoming, and completely different from every other event space around here. You walk in and immediately want to see every little corner and detail. The FLOOOORS, don't even get me started on the floors. They are everything and more. Gem City Kitschy is an entire experience.
- Felicia
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“I genuinely don't know how to explain this place other than you HAVE to see it in person.”
We walked in and immediately started looking at each other like, are you kidding me?? Every time you turn around there’s another tiny detail you didn’t notice before. We took approximately 700 photos, stayed way longer than we planned, and have already been talking about what excuse we can come up with to have something here again.
- Heather and Stacy
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“Okay, pictures genuinely do not do this place justice.”
I thought I knew what to expect from seeing it online and then we walked in and I was like… ohhhh, they really went for it. 😂 There is SO much to look at and somehow every corner is a good photo spot. We spent half the night pointing out little details we hadn’t noticed yet. Dayton has needed somewhere like this for a long time.
- Chelsea
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Here's What You Can Expect . . .
Whatever brings you through our doors, you can expect a space that’s already dressed for a good time and people who actually want to see your idea come to life. We keep things flexible, approachable, and refreshingly low on unnecessary rules, with plenty of personality already baked in and room to add your own. Come for the velvet and disco balls, stay for the feeling that maybe your wedding, event, or creative shoot doesn’t have to look like anybody else’s.
Tell us what you’re scheming. Send over your date, what you’re celebrating or creating, and whatever details you already have floating around in your head. Half-baked ideas are absolutely welcome.
We’ll help you find the service or rental option that makes the most sense, answer the boring-but-important questions, help you pay your rental fee and get your date officially on the Kitschy calendar. Then it’s yours, baby.
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Show up, bring your people, and make the place your own. Get married. Throw the party. Take the photos. Do the weird little thing you’ve been dreaming about. We’ll have the rhinestones and disco balls waiting.