Putting on an event in Ukiah
What it takes to run an event in Ukiah, California: 12 mapped venues, their stated capacities, and the travel around them. Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport is 79 km (49 mi) out.
Venues in Ukiah, by what they are for
Ukiah has a recorded population of 16,067 (2024), inside the Ukiah, CA area of about 89,000 people.
What is on the books here: 2 dedicated conference and function spaces and 10 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 75 venues per hundred thousand residents, which is a dense field for a city this size — you will usually have a second choice at the same capacity.
By type that is 10 event spaces, 1 banquet hall and 1 conference centre.
Conference and function space (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banquet Hall | banquet hall | not published | 31 km (19 mi) |
| Vichy Springs Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 4.6 km (2.9 mi) |
Independent event spaces (10)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.V. Starr Community Center and Sigrid and Harry Spath Aquatic Facility | event space | not published | 60 km (37 mi) |
| Mendocino Masonic Hall | event space | not published | 54 km (33 mi) |
| The Highlands Estate | event space | not published | 31 km (20 mi) |
| Yokayo Ranch | event space | not published | 4.1 km (2.5 mi) |
| Mountain House Estate | event space | not published | 32 km (20 mi) |
| Red Barn Ranch | event space | not published | 25 km (15 mi) |
| Event Center | event space | not published | 32 km (20 mi) |
| Mendocino Magic | event space | not published | 63 km (39 mi) |
| Nice Event Center | event space | not published | 30 km (19 mi) |
| shannons meeting place | event space | not published | 32 km (20 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Ukiah appears above. The ones with enough published detail to be worth reading have their own guide and are linked; the rest are named here, which is honest about what the record holds without giving each of them a page made of three facts.
How people reach Ukiah
Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS) is 79 km (49 mi) away, far enough that arrival day is genuinely a travel day and a first session before noon will lose people.
Ukiah keeps Los Angeles time (America/Los_Angeles), which matters most for the remote speakers you are dialling in.
Windsor, Santa Rosa and Petaluma are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Ukiah has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- STS
- Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport, 79 km (49 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−7
- America/Los_Angeles, in September
- City population, 2024
- 16,067
- 89,000 across the Ukiah, CA area
Worth knowing before you sign
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Ukiah dataset is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so a trade floor needs either an arena floor, a fairground, or a nearby city. Check the arena listings above before you promise exhibitors a booth plan.
No published capacities
Not one Ukiah venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page. Every room on the list will quote you a number directly, but you cannot compare them before you call, so build a fortnight of venue calls into the plan.
Arrival is a half-day
79 km (49 mi) from STS means most attendees lose a morning to travel. Open registration the evening before and put nothing you care about in the first slot.
The city is smaller than the market
16,067 people live in Ukiah itself, but about 89,000 live in the wider Ukiah, CA. Your local audience is far bigger than the city line suggests, and so is the commute your day-rate attendees will make.
Pricing this against a real Ukiah room
Take 240 people through the door in Ukiah — a mid-sized Ukiah programme, since no Ukiah venue publishes a capacity in open data. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.
- activated attendees
- 240activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 190billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $950for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the venue, so the room you choose in Ukiah does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
Matching the room to the format
No capacity is published for any Ukiah venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- training days and workshops
2 purpose-built function spaces are the easiest kind of room to run a workshop in — the power and the load-in already assume it.
- leadership retreats
Smaller rooms suit a retreat better than a hall does, and Ukiah has them.
Where this data comes from
- GeoNames, CC BY 4.0
- US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 estimates
- Wikidata, CC0
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- US population figures are US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. event67 has no commercial relationship with any venue listed.
Last updated
What it costs
- Free up to 50
- activated attendees, on one live event
- $5
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- $4,750
- the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000
Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Questions people actually ask
Price a Ukiah event at 240 attendees — what is the total?
240 activated attendees means 190 billable after the free 50, so $950 for the event. The price is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
How big an event can Ukiah hold?
No Ukiah venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 12 venues are mapped here and each will quote a capacity directly. Ask for the seated, theatre and reception figures separately — they differ by a factor of two or more in the same room.
Can you run a trade show in Ukiah?
Nothing in the Ukiah dataset is classified as a convention or exhibition centre. A trade floor here means an arena floor, a fairground or a venue in a nearby city such as Windsor. For a conference without an exhibition, the 12 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Ukiah?
Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS), about 79 km (49 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Los_Angeles; publish every session in that zone and let attendees' phones convert it.
What happens under 50 attendees?
One live event with up to 50 activated attendees costs nothing. Beyond that it is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
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Running something in Ukiah?
Set the schedule, invite the room and watch who actually turns up. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.