Meetings, conferences, galas and weddings for 50 to 500 guests can be organized at The Carlyle, an event venue at 1919 Piedmont Road NE in Atlanta, Georgia. The venue pairs a historic building with contemporary architecture: trussed wooden ceilings, hardwood floors and open ballrooms in a refined industrial style, with catering and bar service run in-house by the team that opened it.
Seminars and company events
The floor plan adapts from a small meeting to a large conference, with separate areas for networking, the program, dining and breakouts. Sample and blank floor plans can be downloaded to work out the layout before a visit. The basic in-house equipment includes a 75-inch monitor, two wireless handheld microphones and two speakers, and nine stage sections of 4 by 8 feet combine into a stage of up to 12 by 24 feet. For bigger productions the venue works with outside partners, Active Production & Design and Sifi Entertainment. Custom rental and food and beverage packages are put together for corporate clients, and the venue also hosts nonprofit galas and fundraisers.
Weddings and receptions
Three separate spaces let a couple hold the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception without turning the room. The base rental includes the outdoor courtyard with café string lights, the bridal and groom suites, and two white shiplap mobile bars. A ceremony package adds an extra event hour, a rehearsal hour subject to availability, and vendor load-in time. The venue owns tables and chairs for up to 270 guests and considers 100 to 250 the most comfortable range for a wedding. Bar and bat mitzvahs, birthdays and other celebrations use the same spaces.
Rooms and capacities
The Carlyle has three main rooms: the Pre-Function area with its permanent bar, the West Ballroom and the East Ballroom. They are joined by an outdoor courtyard, a bridal suite, a groom's room and several VIP and green room suites, plus a catering kitchen. The overall capacity of the venue is 550, and events usually range from 50 to 500 guests. Capacities for each room are given in the venue's corporate information guide rather than on the website.
Catering
Food and drink are handled by Carlyle's, the venue's sister company, which has catered in Atlanta since 1976. Menus run from snack displays and breakfast buffets to seated dinners. The Carlyle holds the exclusive liquor license, so all beverages, alcoholic or not, come through the venue, with tiered bar packages. For weddings, outside caterers can be approved against a kitchen-use fee, with proof of insurance and a business license.
History and setting
The building is described as historic and has been reworked with contemporary architecture. Its interiors read as a blank canvas, with exposed wooden trusses and hardwood floors that take both corporate staging and wedding decor.
Getting there
The venue is at 1919 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30324. There are 55 parking spaces on site, and valet or shuttle services through the venue's partners raise capacity to about 125 cars.
