Marietta is the biggest, most-searched town among the communities River Arts Venue serves, and it sits deep in the Cobb County side of metro Atlanta, about 55 miles from downtown Rome. For a lot of Marietta couples, that distance is exactly the point: a real weekend away from a metro area full of look-alike ballrooms, not just another venue five minutes from home.
Cobb County has no shortage of event spaces, but most of them are hotel ballrooms and banquet halls built to look like every other hotel ballroom and banquet hall in metro Atlanta. River Arts Venue is a genuinely historic downtown building, arched beams and polished concrete floors instead of a conference-center carpet, and at about 55 miles it reads as a proper trip worth taking, not a drive-by stop between two other errands.
Marietta anchors Cobb County and sits well inside the Atlanta metro, which means its couples have more venues to choose from than almost anywhere else in the region, and also more reason to feel like they have toured the same hotel ballroom three times under three different names. At about 55 miles, River Arts Venue is far enough to feel like an actual destination for the wedding day, not just the closest available Saturday.
The venue itself is a historic downtown building in Rome's River Arts District: a warehouse-style hall with arched beams and polished concrete floors, a full kitchen, and an upstairs Loft for the wedding party to get ready in, all under one roof. For a Marietta couple, that is a different kind of space than a hotel meeting room converted for the weekend, often without the big-metro price tag attached to a lot of Cobb County's event spaces.
Because the drive is a real one, most Marietta wedding parties treat it like a weekend rather than a single afternoon. Broad Street's restaurants and downtown hotels are an easy walk from the venue, so out-of-town guests, and the couple themselves, have somewhere to be on Friday night and Sunday morning, not just during the ceremony.
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.
The full Northwest Georgia wedding guide: spaces, pricing, and everything Marietta couples ask about.
Engagement parties, bridal and baby showers, and the rest of the celebrations that lead up to the wedding.
Book the Meeting Room for a rehearsal-dinner planning session or your next off-site, no extra drive to Atlanta.
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 Marietta 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 55 miles, one of the longer drives among the towns we serve, out of the Cobb County side of metro Atlanta toward downtown Rome.
Not for most of our Marietta couples. Many treat the trip as a real weekend away built around the wedding, rather than a quick evening drive, and stay downtown near Broad Street before and after.
Cobb County has plenty of hotel ballrooms and banquet halls, but not many historic downtown buildings. River Arts Venue offers something genuinely different, often at a lower cost than a comparable big-metro ballroom.
Yes. Downtown Rome's Broad Street is an easy walk from the venue and has restaurants and hotel options, so guests do not need a car to get from a hotel to the reception.
The Meeting Room seats up to 50 for an intimate ceremony. The Big Room with the Loft holds up to 200, and a whole-building buyout scales to 300 guests.
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, often well under comparable big-metro venue pricing. 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.
Check dates & book