
The White Barn
Newly built, heated and cooled, with chandeliers and a vaulted wood ceiling. White walls and black-framed windows that bounce light instead of swallowing it. Seats 250.
17545A Paskenta Rd, Corning, CA 96021
A private ranch venue · Corning, California
A new white barn built for the way weddings actually run, three days on a property that is yours alone, and up to 250 guests.
2027 weekends are filling now. We answer the same day.
Most venues sell you a ten-hour window on the day itself. Here you have the property Friday for setup and the rehearsal, all of Saturday, and Sunday morning to load out.
The barn is new, built white and tall on purpose so the light works for photographs instead of against them. The oaks have been standing here for a century. Everything in between, the creek, the lawn, the grain bin suite, is yours for the weekend.
Featured Weddings
A few from recent seasons. There are more where these came from.
The Ranch

Newly built, heated and cooled, with chandeliers and a vaulted wood ceiling. White walls and black-framed windows that bounce light instead of swallowing it. Seats 250.

A draped arbor at the end of the aisle, wooden bench seating, and the old oaks standing behind it. Open sky, mown grass, and the hills past the fence line.

Two stories inside a restored grain bin, with its own covered porch. Room for the whole party to get ready, and a door that closes on the rest of the day.

Acres of lawn under hundred-year oaks, with a swing hung from the biggest one. Cocktail hour, lawn games, somewhere for the kids to go, and room for everyone to spread out.
Why couples book here
Friday 9 AM through Sunday morning. Decorate without rushing, hold the rehearsal dinner on site, and let Saturday be about one thing. There is never a second event on the property.
White walls, black-framed windows, and light that bounces instead of dying in dark wood. Whatever palette you bring, the room makes it look deliberate. Noon or midnight.
Our family lives here and works your wedding personally. Staff stays on site all day. When the last song ends you leave with your send-off, not a broom, and the $600 security deposit comes back in full.
Any licensed caterer you want. Food trucks welcome. Choose your own bar service. No preferred-vendor markups and no forced packages. We built the infrastructure, you build the party.
Pricing
Weekends starting at
$8,500
Friday through Sunday · up to 250 guests
Not included, so you are not surprised later: catering and bar service, tables, chairs, linens and place settings, florals, photography, music, and event insurance. There is no admin fee, no service charge, and no per-guest surcharge on top of the $8,500.
Every date is a little different. Send us yours and we will send back the full pricing guide.
Your Visit
Nobody books a venue off a website. They book it standing on the lawn at five o'clock. Here is exactly how a visit goes, so you know before you drive out.
Tours run most weekdays and select Saturdays. Send your date and we will come back with two or three windows to choose from. Late afternoon is worth the drive if you can swing it.
About 45 minutes on foot. The barn, the ceremony oak, the grain bin suite, the creek, the lawn. You will see where your people park, get ready, eat and dance. Bring your mom, bring your planner, bring whoever.
Pricing, open dates, rain plans, what your grandmother's walk from the car looks like. We answer straight. If it is not the right fit for you, we will say that too.
No pitch, and no deposit talk unless you bring it up. Going home to think about it is the normal and expected outcome.
Couples

Just had our wedding here this weekend and I wish I could give more than 5 stars. This was the most BREATHTAKING venue I have ever seen, and made the most magical setting for our special day.
Summer B. · Google review, 2026

It has views of green hills and blue mountains, the creek is just a stone's throw away from the huge expanse of lawn… You have to see it to believe how beautiful it is!
Blake M. · Google review, 2023

I'm a wedding photographer, and this is one of the nicest outdoor venues that I've had the opportunity to shoot at… If you're considering getting married here, it's a must-see.
Joel J. · Wedding photographer, Google review
Who you'll meet
We are the fourth, fifth and sixth generations living and working on this ranch. The family established it in 1870, dry land grain farming and raising livestock along Thomes Creek.
Opening the venue lets us share this stretch of the creek with other people, which we genuinely love doing. It also gives the generations coming after us a reason to stay on the land.
The Hubbard family · The Crossing on Thomes Creek
Questions
We tried to answer every question you have before you have to ask it. The one thing this page cannot tell you is whether your date is open.
The basics
250 seated inside the barn. Comfortable is not the same as maximum, and our sweet spot is 140 to 220. Below 80 the barn still feels full rather than empty, because we can close down the far end.
Never. One wedding at a time, and the entire property is yours from Friday morning to Sunday. No shared spaces, no second party across the field, no other couple's guests in your bathrooms. There is no version of a weekend here where you are sharing it.
Most couples book us 12 to 18 months out. Peak Saturdays in May, June, September and October go 18 to 24 months ahead, and 2027 is filling now. If your date is inside a year, ask anyway. We have had cancellations open up good dates more than once.
Please do. Tours run most weekdays and select Saturdays and take about 45 minutes on foot. There is no cost, no deposit, and no pitch. Late afternoon is worth the drive if you can manage it, because that is when the light comes through the oaks.
What it costs
Included: the whole property Friday through Sunday, the grain bin bridal suite, the bar, the pavilion, the ceremony arbor, staff on site all day, and cleanup after.
Not included: catering and bar service, tables, chairs, linens and place settings, florals, photography, DJ or band, and event insurance.
The venue is a flat $8,500 for Friday through Sunday. No hidden costs, no admin fee, no service charge, and no sales tax added on top. That is the number we control and it does not move.
What you spend beyond it is genuinely yours to decide, because you hire every one of your own vendors and couples’ budgets differ enormously. We would rather give you our real number than invent an average that describes nobody.
$3,000 and a signed contract hold your date. It is non-refundable and it counts toward the $8,500.
The balance splits into two payments of $2,750, due 180 days and 60 days before the wedding. If your date is less than eight months or more than thirteen months out, we space those two payments as evenly as the time allows. The $600 security deposit is separate and due 60 days out.
Yes. Once your deposit is in, your price is locked. The number on the contract you signed is the number you pay, and it will not move up or down before your wedding day. No mid-year increases, no surprise adjustments four months out.
Payments made up to the date of a written cancellation are non-refundable. We ask for cancellations in writing so there is no ambiguity about when it took effect.
Moving your date is a different thing and we will work with you. Everything you have paid transfers to the new date, as long as the new one falls within a year of the original. It means a new contract, and the rate will be whatever our listed pricing is at that time.
Nobody has lost one yet.
The $600 security deposit comes back by check within 30 days, provided the property is left as it was rented, nothing is missing or damaged beyond ordinary wear, and you are not still here past your hours. Our staff handles the trash and the restrooms, so what is actually left to you is not leaving a mess behind and getting out on time.
Yes. General Liability of $1,000,000 covering Friday through Sunday, and if you are serving alcohol, Host Liquor Liability of $1,000,000 as well. Each of your vendors carries $1,000,000 of their own.
Policies name The Crossing on Thomes Creek, LLC and the Hubbards as additionally insured, and certificates are due 60 days before the wedding. It usually costs less than the florist’s delivery fee.
Food and drink
Yes, any professional licensed caterer you want, and licensed food trucks are welcome. There is no preferred-vendor list, no markup, and no forced package. They send us a certificate of insurance and you are set. You are not going to get trapped with one expensive kitchen here.
You hire a professional bar service. That is required, not optional, and it applies to the rehearsal dinner too if you are serving there. The grain bin bar is yours to use.
What can be served: wine, beer, seltzers, and champagne for the toast. Hard alcohol is not allowed except as two premixed signature drinks poured by your licensed bar service, and we approve those in advance. No shots.
Service ends at 9:30 PM with last call at 9:15, half an hour before the music stops. Nothing is served to anyone under 21, no drinking in the parking lots, and alcohol is never sold on the property.
We work with all vendors. We do ask for your vendor list ahead of time for approval, and that is not a formality.
DJs are the reason. We have had them push volume past what the county permit allows and run past the 10 PM cutoff, and that lands on you and on us. Send us the list, we will tell you if we have had trouble with anyone, and otherwise hire whoever you like. DJs and live music do need our sign-off in advance.
The day itself
Friday 9 AM to 8 PM for decorating, setup, the rehearsal and a rehearsal dinner on site. Saturday 10 AM to 10 PM for the ceremony and reception, then one more hour until 11 for load-out. Sunday 8 AM to 10 AM to collect the large items. We open and close the gates to those times, so plan around them rather than assuming the property is open in between.
Yes, and that is the whole point of the Friday. You get 9 AM to 8 PM to decorate, set up, run the rehearsal and feed everyone on site. Your vendors can load in that day too. Sunday morning from 8 to 10 is for collecting the big items, so nothing has to be hauled out at midnight.
Your ceremony moves into the new white barn, which is the same room everyone was going to eat in anyway, so plan B is not a downgrade. The tables wait in the large covered staging area while you say your vows. Once you are married we move them in and reset the room for dinner. Nobody stands in the rain and nothing gets wet.
Amplified sound ends at 10 PM sharp. That is the county permit, not a rule we invented, and it is not something we can waive. DJs and live music need our approval in advance for the same reason.
Working backwards: last call 9:15, bar closed 9:30, music off at 10. You then have until 11 to collect your things and the gates lock at 11. Most couples run the send-off right at ten.
You handle your own setup and take your personal items home. We handle everything else: cleanup, trash and restroom monitoring for the whole rental, not just the reception.
Our family lives here and works your wedding personally. When the last song ends you leave with your send-off, not a broom.
Yes, and it cannot be a member of the bridal party or a parent of the bride or groom. They need to be free to run the day rather than be in it.
They meet our staff before the rental starts and are our point of contact on the day. Budget for this as a real line item. If you hire one of our preferred providers, the pre-meeting requirement is waived.
Décor and rules
Yes: candles, as long as they are fully contained in glass, and inside the barn only. Bubbles, outside only. Hanging décor with our approval, and we will bring the ladder and help you put it up.
No: fireworks of any kind, open flame, artificial flower petals, glitter, confetti and foam.
Not right now, and we are close to fixing it. We are putting together two packages with Chico Party Rentals so tables and chairs can be booked straight through us.
Until those are published, couples rent directly. Linens and place settings are not included either. The pieces in the photos on this page came from couples’ own rentals.
Your guests
Four permanent private restrooms with flush toilets, plus a separate ADA restroom. Not portables.
They sit about 20 feet from the barn, and our staff maintains them for the whole rental rather than just the reception. The facility handles 300 guests comfortably, which is above our seated capacity, so there is no queue at nine o’clock.
Yes to both. There is parking on site, and guests are welcome to leave a car overnight. We actively encourage it if anyone has been drinking, because rideshare is thin out here. Cars need to be collected during the hours you have the property for cleanup, and no later than 5 PM Sunday.
The barn is ADA compliant and the property is genuinely easy to move around for older and less mobile guests.
The restrooms are 20 feet from the barn and one of them is ADA. Cars can pull right up and drop someone at the barn door, and golf carts are welcome for moving people around the grounds during the day.
Corning is 15 minutes east with several hotels and restaurants, and Rolling Hills Casino and Resort is five more minutes down I-5. Most wedding blocks book there. Chico and Red Bluff are both an easy drive for guests who want more options.
Both. There is a swing hung from the big oak and acres of lawn for kids to disappear into. Dogs join for the ceremony and family photos with written approval 30 days out, then a designated handler takes them home before the reception. Everyone wins, including the dog.
And the one we cannot answer here
That is the one question this page cannot answer. Send it over and we will come back the same day with a yes or a no, plus a couple of times you could come walk the ranch.
Couples keep telling us the pictures do not do it justice. They are right. Send your date and we will come back today with availability and a couple of times you could walk it.