409 South Main

Gorgeous space! I’ve attended a few events here and love the loft feel of the place. There’s nothing else like it in Memphis! Plus I love S Main.
There is plenty of room for multiple bars, a band, a stage, and tables for a buffet. I also really like the different levels of the place — you can break it up nicely but still see everything (for the most part).
From what I hear, the rental price is very reasonable… I’d love to host a party here and plan on it!

I love this venue! The staff was an absolute pleasure to work with considering the amount of details we were asking for. They really bent over backwards for us and I don’t feel I could have received the same attention at comparable venues. Great price for such an awesome space in the heart of downtown Memphis! I will definitely book my next event here! Great job :)

This event space is GORGEOUS. My best friend had her 40^th birthday party here and it was a blast. This is the type of event space that I love to see parties thrown at.
Three levels. Huge open space floor plan. Nice bathrooms. The gentleman who was the host all night was very helpful and friendly.
I will just say this, although my girlfriend didn’t have a problem with it, I will piggyback off of Jeff S.‘s review and I will say that it is very inappropriate that the owner crashes the parties. I understand that he owns it, but if I pay good money to rent a space for a private event let me have my time.
He came in pretty intoxicated and obnoxious. Was going on about his wife being mad at him and was requesting songs from her DJ.
It’s just bad business.

The space and layout of the place is great. I was part of a wedding that held the reception there, and it was a wonderful place for a reception, great area for a band and for the buffet.
I’d gladly give this place five stars based on the facilities, but there was one rather large drawback. With about a half an hour to go in our reception, as the bride and groom were having their last dance, there was an incident. Someone had wandered in, and the best man informed this gentlemen that it was a private party. This person was wearing cargo shorts, a backwards hat, and was obviously visibly intoxicated. It was reasonable to assume he didn’t belong there, and the best man simply told him that he was at a private party. This individual then proceeded to literally scream obscenities directly in his face demanding that the best man immediately leave, because he «owed the effin (edited for this review) place». This scene escalated, in the middle of a wedding reception, to an insane level, as he continued screaming and cursing, before actually laying hands on the best man, who stood there dumbfounded. I cannot express how sad this display was, it was abhorrent, disrespectful, embarrassing, just plain insane. This went on for a good three minutes, accompanied by at least 20 f bombs (literally-​screamed around friends and family, including some children, who were quickly ushered away), and broke up what was otherwise a great reception. Simply and utterly unacceptable.
I cannot imagine that it is a good business model to have the owner (or someone claiming to be, he obviously was connected somehow to the place, as the employees showed him deference and were reluctant to step in) come in to the middle of a party and cause a tremendously huge scene. He reeked of alcohol and was unsteady on his feet. Just unbelievable that this could happen. Truly astounding, we’re still trying to make sense of it.
Bottom line, great facilities, beautiful place, but just be aware that at any time the owner can come in drunk and demand that everyone get the f out of «his building».

My fiancé and I live in St Louis, MO and we are getting hitched in Memphis in April of 2012. We were in Memphis over this past weekend to scout out some venues for a low key dinner after our wedding. I was impressed that Dustin offered to meet us an hour after we called him and he was super nice. Unfortunately, there was a miscommunication about the date we wanted but nonetheless, he seems like he is easy to work with; something I’m finding is not always the case with event venues. He gave us some ideas of other places check out as well and generally very helpful. I regret that I’m back to wading through restaurants and venues again!