Wedding DJ at Rocky Mount Mills Powerhouse in Rocky Mount, NC

The Space

A textile mill that once processed cotton along the Tar River for two centuries now holds a very different kind of gathering. Capital Broadcasting Company’s renovation kept the original brick and heavy timber framing intact, and the Power House still reads as an industrial building first, a wedding venue second. Ten-foot windows line the walls, pulling in daylight that changes through a reception the way it never would in a windowless ballroom.

Inside, the space is arranged on multiple levels, with an attached terrace that steps outside to river views rather than a parking lot. That layout matters for how a wedding day actually moves: ceremony guests can shift from an upper vantage point down toward the reception floor, and the terrace gives a natural spot for cocktail hour before the room resets for dinner. The century-old brick absorbs the visual attention that a blank wall would otherwise need decor to fill.

Capacity & Layout

The Power House holds up to 200 people at full capacity, but tables and chairs are only included for 150, and that gap is worth planning around early. A couple seating 150 gets furniture as part of the rental; push toward the 200 ceiling and extra tables and chairs become a rental line item, which changes both the budget and the floor plan a coordinator has to draw.

At 4,000 square feet for the main room, 150 seated guests fill the floor comfortably with room left for a dance floor and a DJ setup without guests eating dinner on top of the equipment. Push closer to 200 and the room tightens, favoring a more formal seated dinner over an open floor plan with lounge furniture. Either way, the multi-level layout means the band or DJ table typically anchors one level while dining spreads across another.

Amenities

Catering is not exclusive here: outside caterers are permitted, and Rocky Top Catering is also available on site, which gives a couple more flexibility than a venue that locks them into one kitchen. For anyone wanting to keep the whole weekend on one property, River & Twine, the tiny house hotel on the Mills campus, offers twenty boutique homes that each sleep two to four guests, useful for out-of-town wedding parties.

The wider Rocky Mount Mills campus adds real amenities beyond the ceremony room itself: seven breweries make up the region’s only beer incubator, and there are indoor and outdoor beer gardens, lobby spaces, and lawn areas that can be tented for an overflow cocktail hour or rehearsal dinner. A 600-vehicle parking lot means guest parking is genuinely not a concern here, even for a large wedding.

Location & Getting There

The Power House sits along the falls of the Tar River, inside a 200-year-old cotton mill complex that Capital Broadcasting Company converted from an industrial site into a mixed-use property with offices, homes, restaurants, and breweries alongside the event space. Guests arrive to a working campus rather than an isolated field or a single banquet hall, with the river as a constant backdrop for photos taken along the terrace.

Because the Power House is one venue inside a larger complex, the walk from parking to the ceremony room passes brick facades and the sound of the river rather than an open lot, which sets a tone before the first song even plays. Inside, the mix of hard brick walls and heavy wood framing gives the room a natural resonance: a DJ setup on the lower level projects cleanly across the multi-level floor, with the attached terrace acting as a natural overflow that keeps sound from building up in one corner.