String Quartet at the Louisville Palace

The Louisville Palace opened September 1, 1928 as a Loew's and United Artists State movie palace designed by John Eberson, the architect most associated with the atmospheric theater genre. Spanish Baroque arcades, balconies, and turrets line the auditorium; 139 sculpted faces of historical figures look down from the Faces Lobby; the auditorium's vaulted ceiling is painted to resemble a midnight sky. The Palace is the only surviving atmospheric theater of its era in Louisville.

Live Nation runs the building now. For weddings, capacity spans from a 25-guest intimate ceremony in the Faces Lobby or a bar area up to a 2,500-guest full-theater wedding on the main auditorium stage. Each scale is a different event with a different setup and a different ensemble.

The Palace is on South Fourth Street, 1.3 miles from the Kentucky International Convention Center and walkable from most downtown hotels. Project String Quartet has performed at Louisville venues across the metro, and the Palace's ornate backdrop rewards the kind of full four-voice texture a quartet delivers better than any other live ensemble.

Project String Quartet is founded and led by Rebecca Hamilton, a conservatory-trained violinist. Every musician on the roster holds a conservatory or university music degree. The ensemble has performed at 500+ weddings across the Midwest, with a 5.0 rating on Google. The repertoire spans classical ceremony standards through the Bridgerton-style pop arrangements couples have been requesting since 2020. If you want "Perfect" or Taylor Swift walking you down the aisle at a 1928 movie palace, that is exactly the kind of thing we do regularly.

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