Pop the champagne! She's changing her last name. 🎉
08/07/2024
Allie and Matthew ❤️
Their unity cowhide branding was so unique, the first time we've seen this as well!
08/02/2024
Cheers to a lifetime of great love and happiness! 🥂
07/26/2024
Promises made, memories created, and a forever to share. ❣️
07/19/2024
Check it out! Spencer County Music Festival - THIS WEEKEND!
‼️THE LINE UP IS IN:‼️
Experience the highly anticipated Spencer County Indiana Music Festival 2024, showcasing an unparalleled lineup. We express our gratitude to the talented artists and dedicated team for making this extraordinary event possible. Spencer County Indiana Music Festival 2024 (NOTE: This times are tentative and subject to change) UPDATED!! 7/17
07/16/2024
They really got down on that dance floor this weekend! Thanks as always to Soirée Sounds!
07/12/2024
Nothing beats love & celebration! 🎉
07/08/2024
✨Pure elegance ✨
That dress and those flowers! Nick and Claire's classic wedding was done just right. Take note.
Heidi and Devin didn't miss a single detail at their wedding last September. From a ceremony painter to a 360 photobooth, and a party bus - it was one of the most detailed weddings we've had at Matilda's. Not to mentioned the 350 guests! A big thanks to the long list of vendors who helped to make the day run so smoothly.
Ceremony Venue: St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Photographer: Jessica Casebolt Photography
Coordinator: Carly Steenberg w/ Kelley James Events
Videographer: Olivia Grace Films
Catering: Catering by Meyer
DJ: Seniour Events Wedding DJ Company
Alcohol & Bartenders: Headquarters Bar
Cake: Whipped Bakery LLC
Flowers: Erin’s Events
Hair: Braylin Ricker The Beauty Bar
Make up: Taylor Starrs
Late Night Snack: Dip Stix
Mr. & Mrs. Sign: AlphaLit Western KY
360 Photo Booth: Rivertown Photo Booths LLC
Transportation: SUV Limousines
Cocktail Grazing Hour Table: Café Piña
Live Painter: Kiley Hays
Restroom Trailer: American Grease & Septic
Tent Rental: General Rental & Sales
06/22/2024
So happy to celebrate this day with you both! ❤️
06.22.24
06/10/2024
To love, laughter, and happily ever after! Congratulations, Nick and Claire!
Photographer:
Venue -
Dress -
Hair - Cynthia Dauby & Addie Davis
Makeup - (Morgan)
Florals - Green Thumb
06/07/2024
Eat, Drink, & Let’s Get You Two Married! 🥰❤️
06/06/2024
It might have been a rainy day but flowers were in full bloom for Makayla and Stuart! Such a beautiful day for a wonderful couple (and group of vendors).
Coordinator:
Video: Ivory Lace Photo and Film
Photographer:
Makeup: .starrs
Florals:
06/04/2024
Worried about the venue layout? We got you covered! Matilda’s offers a multitude of Guest & Wedding Party table options for you to choose from!
05/31/2024
The best is yet to come! 🥂
05/30/2024
We are so happy for the two of you! Thank you for choosing us to be apart of your big day!
05/25/2024
Walk down the aisle with your heart in your hands & a smile on your face. 🥰
05/24/2024
To love, laughter, & happily ever after! 🥂💜
05/21/2024
05/17/2024
Ready to celebrate Makenzie & Noah! 🥂
05/15/2024
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05/14/2024
Congratulations, Isaac & Emily Maddox! ❤️
05/14/2024
05/09/2024
2 days until your dream wedding becomes a reality!
We are so excited for you, Emily & Isaac!
05/06/2024
Thank you Isaiah House 117 for choosing to have your event at Matilda’s!
05/03/2024
Max & Clara are enjoying their newly finished Catio! 🐾
05/01/2024
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Worried about the venue layout? We got you covered! Matilda’s offers a multitude of Guest & Wedding Party table options for you to choose from!
The Kleiser Farm has been in the family since the 1860s. Four buildings exist on the property to meet your event needs. #weddingvenue #farmwedding
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Our indoor ceremony provides an intimate setting for you and your guests. 🩵
It also can put your mind at ease to know you have this option if the weather doesn't cooperate for an outdoor vow exchange.
The event barn comfortably holds up to 250 guests. Rental includes the use of items such as tables, chairs, dinner buffet, and so much more! #venue #barnwedding
The farm's original granary barn, this building has become a cozy place to get ready to your next event.
The Library is one of our favorite hidden treasures. Tucked in the back of the event barn, you can spend the day drinking wine by the fire while you dive into some WWII history, use it to get dressed for your wedding day, or host a book event. This space has so much to offer!
The Kleiser House
The Kleiser House's convenient location & home-away-from-home feel is sure to make your day extra special. ❤️
Thank you to everyone who came to our Open House! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! ☺️
Third Thursday June 17th Matilda's Event Barn
A little ditty for your Thursday! We are 2 weeks out from another Third Thursday event! This time we're bringing you some classic rock from the band Studebaker - Classic Rock with a Touch of Country!
As well as a few new vendors like Isaiah 117 House Spencer-Perry Co IN and BluBird Acres Farm.
Thanks again to the 400+ people who came out last time to support so many local businesses! See you soon!
Oink Inc. Smokehouse Wood Capital Pizza Kona Ice of Evansville Hedinger Beverage Distributing Company Louies Tavern Fulda, IN Farm House Charm Simply Us Two Winchell Honey Beloved Flower Company Paddle Perry
Only 9 days until Third Thursday is here!
Check out our list of local vendors. See you soon!
🎸Food trucks, local vendors and LIVE MUSIC! 🎸
I don't know about you, but it's been a while since we've been able to boogie! Every month on Third Thursday we will bring you a new local talent. Matilda's is thrilled to announce that Debbie Schuetter will be our opener for the first Third Thursday event on May 20th! The event is family friendly, free, and open to anyone in the local area. Mark your calendars, we are only one month away and can't wait to kick off the summer with you! ☀️
GIVEAWAY!
GIVEAWAY! Spring is almost here and that means we have officially been open for 8 months! We are SUPER thankful for all of the couples who have booked with us, but realize there are still a number of people in the local area that don't know we exist. So we're hoping that you might help us grow our business! If you "Like" Matilda's page, then "Share" this post, you'll be entered to win this $25 gift card to Family Roots Nursery, Inc. to help you get your garden off to the right start! A winner will be chosen at random on Wednesday, March 10! Please share, share, share!
Opening in September 2019, Matilda's Event Barn and B&B is located in the quiet hills of southern Indiana. With over 80 acres of land, a 2500 square foot house, 4000 square foot event barn and a four acre lake we can create the perfect outdoor wedding ceremony, family weekend, fundraising event or even community gathering space for you.
Family owned and operated, our farm has been in our family since 1864 and officially when President Taft signed the deed in 1906. We've spent years creating a property that our children and grandchildren will enjoy for years to come. Now we want to open up our favorite place to you.
Why Matilda’s?
Matilda was a daughter, a sister, an aunt and my Great-Aunt. She never married, never had children. She was the soul of this farm, who never received the praise she should have received for her part in maintaining this farm throughout the 70 years she lived here.
Our Great-Aunt Matilda (Tillie) Kleiser was born on this farm on April 6, 1900, the youngest of 7 children. At the age of 3, she was diagnosed with meningitis, from which she endured the long-term effects throughout the remainder of her life.
The disabilities dealt to Matilda were thought, at the time, to be severe. Most noticeable was a stutter that left her with very limited communication skills. It was thought she also suffered from mental disabilities. The attic of the house contained boxes of old documents and clippings, many which were cut from newspapers and carried promises of cures for the mentally ill. I’m sure my Great-Grandmother Margaret never gave up hope of finding some miraculous cure for her baby Matilda.
After the death of Grandma Margaret in 1950, the farm was left to my Great-Uncle Joe Kleiser, specifying that he was to care for Matilda. Uncle Joe never married. He farmed the 250 acre farm with Matilda’s assistance throughout the years. Aunt Tillie cooked, cleaned, fed the animals and made a daily trek of nearly 2.5 miles across the pastures and fence rows to the county road to pick up the mail 6 days a week. Dripping wet, she probably stood 5’2” and weighed 100 lbs and was fit as a fiddle! For years after she left the farm, we could still walk ‘Aunt Tillie’s Path’ which was engrained in the soil. Uncle Joe died in 1970 and Aunt Tillie was sent to Evansville where she lived with one of her three sisters until her death in 1984.
Thinking back on my memories of Aunt Tillie now, and with the knowledge of modern medicine, it's possible that Aunt Tillie was not as mentally ill as everyone thought. Diagnosing illnesses in 1903 had to be quite primitive at best. She was never sent to school as she was thought not to have the mental capacity to learn. Her inability to communicate left her at the mercy of anyone who would spend time trying to communicate with her; otherwise, she often sat off to the side. However, she was certainly quite intelligent and could, and did, do anything on the farm that needed to be done, except for that one day a year - Butchering Day. The one part of farming she did not participate in. When it came time to do the slaughtering of cattle or pigs, Aunt Tillie was shipped off to spend the weekend with one of her sisters in Evansville. Upon her return, poor Uncle Joe would have to endure her wrath for weeks! As Matilda was the one that fed the animals, they were all her pets and possibly the one thing she felt understood her the best.
So as a tribute to the woman that never was the center of attention, or received proper praise for her hard work and diligence in preserving our farm, we have chosen “MATILDA’S”.