Jasper sits at the gateway to the north Georgia mountains, the self-described First Mountain City, and for a lot of its couples, Rome is the easy direction out: a historic downtown building about 50 miles away instead of another mountain-view venue.
Pickens County has mountain views that most venues are happy to charge extra for, but a fully indoor, one-address building with a real kitchen is a different kind of hard to find up in the mountains. River Arts Venue offers exactly that, about 50 miles from Jasper, and for a couple already used to driving toward the metro for most things, the trip toward Rome is a familiar kind of distance in a different direction.
Jasper sits at the edge of the north Georgia mountains, the First Mountain City by its own name, and most of the wedding venues near home lean hard into that view: barns and overlooks built around a mountain backdrop. About 50 miles away, downtown Rome offers Jasper couples a different kind of setting entirely, a historic warehouse-style building with arched beams and polished concrete floors, not a view but a real sense of place all its own.
For a Jasper wedding party already used to driving down out of Pickens County for a lot of errands and events, the trip to Rome is a familiar kind of distance, just in a different direction than usual. River Arts Venue keeps the whole day at one address: the ceremony, the reception, and the Loft for getting ready beforehand, with a full kitchen for the caterer and Broad Street's restaurants an easy walk away once the reception winds down.
A River Arts wedding is rarely just the wedding day. The engagement party, the bridal shower, and the Monday morning vendor meeting can all happen at the same downtown Rome address.
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Engagement parties, bridal and baby showers, and the rest of the celebrations that lead up to the wedding.
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A River Arts wedding is not confined to a single room. Each space below is bookable on its own, or combine them for the full day.
The flagship space for the ceremony and reception: an open floor, arched beams, and a full kitchen, with the Loft included, up to 200 guests.
An upstairs lounge of couches and soft seating where the wedding party can gather beforehand or slip away to during the reception, up to 30 guests.
Right-sized for a small ceremony or an easy rehearsal dinner, seating 50 or 75 reception-style.
Take over every space for a weekend buyout: Big Room, Loft, Office Suite, and studios, scaling to 300 guests.
There is no single fixed wedding package, since every wedding books a different mix of hours and spaces, but the starting points are public. The Big Room, with the Loft included, starts from $200+ an hour with a 3-hour minimum, and a weekend whole-building buyout for the largest celebrations starts from $2,500+ a day. For a smaller Jasper gathering, like a rehearsal dinner or an intimate ceremony, the Meeting Room runs $125+ an hour Friday through Sunday with a 3-hour minimum, or a Monday through Thursday block from $200+ up to $300+ depending on the time of day.
Your total depends on the hours and spaces you book, so request a quote for your date and see how much further your budget goes toward the caterer, the photographer, and the honeymoon.
See what past couples and guests have to say about their day at River Arts Venue.
Read our Google reviewsAbout 50 miles from downtown Rome, one of the longer drives among the towns we serve.
Most Jasper couples do not find it so. It is a real drive, similar in length to trips a lot of Pickens County families already make toward the metro, just headed in a different direction, toward a historic downtown instead of a highway exit.
A change of scenery. Pickens County has plenty of mountain-view venues. River Arts Venue is a fully indoor, historic downtown building instead, with a full kitchen and one address for the whole day. No view, but no weather risk either.
Yes. Every space, including the Big Room and the Loft, is fully indoors and climate-controlled, so a Jasper wedding does not depend on mountain weather the way an overlook ceremony can.
Yes. Downtown Rome's Broad Street is an easy walk from the venue and has restaurants and hotel options for out-of-town guests making a weekend of it.
The Big Room starts from $200+ an hour with a 3-hour minimum, and a whole-building weekend buyout starts from $2,500+ a day. Request a quote for your date and guest count.
Whatever the size, from an intimate ceremony to a several-hundred-guest celebration, check live availability and request your date. A deposit secures it, and we'll help with the details from there.
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