For Rockmart couples, downtown Rome is already a familiar stop up US-27, and River Arts Venue turns that short trip into a wedding day inside a real historic building instead of a rented tent back home.
Polk County has plenty of open land for a tent or a pole barn, but not many indoor, one-address options with a full kitchen and real restrooms built in. About 19 miles up US-27, River Arts Venue gives Rockmart couples a downtown building with real age and character, without adding much to the wedding-day drive.
Rockmart and the rest of Polk County tend to keep the venue search local at first, and it often turns up the same handful of open fields and rented-tent setups. River Arts Venue is the alternative a short drive further up US-27: a historic downtown building on 5th Avenue in Rome's River Arts District, with a warehouse-style hall, arched beams, and polished concrete floors instead of a gravel lot.
Because the whole wedding fits under one roof, a Rockmart wedding party is not driving between a ceremony field, a separate reception hall, and a hotel for hair and makeup. The Loft handles the getting-ready side, the Big Room holds the ceremony and reception, and the kitchen means a caterer works with real equipment instead of a folding table.
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 Rockmart 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 reviewsPlanning from a neighboring town? River Arts Venue is an easy drive from these nearby communities too.
About 19 miles, a run up US-27 into downtown Rome. It is one of the shorter drives among the towns we regularly serve.
Regularly. Polk County couples choose River Arts Venue for the historic downtown building and full kitchen, both hard to find on the Rockmart side without renting a tent.
Yes. Downtown Rome has public parking within a short walk of the building, enough room for a full wedding party and guest list.
Yes. The Big Room's full kitchen is set up for outside caterers, so you are not locked into a single approved vendor list.
Nothing changes. Every space at River Arts Venue is indoors, so a Rockmart wedding does not depend on the weather the way a field or barn ceremony does.
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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