Takeaways
- MADAME is a new address in Rome’s Ponte Milvio district, set in the space formerly occupied by Naos, with sophisticated Italian cuisine rooted in tradition. The soft opening took place on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, and the venue has been fully up and running since Friday, October 30.
- Mikevents handles MADAME’s weekend entertainment. On Fridays and Saturdays, dinner becomes a dinner show with a DJ and live musicians on vocals, guitar, sax and percussion, playing acoustic sets of international pop and dance music.
- For an event that returns every week, Mikevents works as it does for any dinner show, with artists chosen for the space and performances coordinated with the dinner service. On top of that, it builds a recognizable musical identity, within which the setlist and the lineup can change from one weekend to the next.
In Ponte Milvio, we handle the weekend entertainment at MADAME, the new venue in the former Naos space, with a dinner show that pairs Italian cuisine with a DJ and live musicians
MADAME, the new venue that has opened in Ponte Milvio in the space once home to Naos, has entrusted Mikevents with its weekend entertainment.
For those evenings, we bring a dinner show into the dining room, with a DJ and a live ensemble. It is a different job from a one-off event, because it has to feel fresh every week for an audience that may well come back.
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A new name in the former Naos space
In the north of Rome, MADAME puts its cuisine at the heart of its concept, with sophisticated Italian cuisine that looks to tradition and interprets it with a contemporary sensibility. It is precisely this cuisine that the restaurant wanted to pair with music. The soft opening took place on Wednesday, October 28, and MADAME has been fully up and running since Friday the 30th.
The Friday and Saturday dinner show
On both weekend nights, dinner at MADAME becomes a dinner show, led by a DJ and a live ensemble of vocals, guitar, sax and percussion. They play acoustic sets of international pop and dance music, songs the audience recognizes, which we rearrange for the ensemble so that diners can listen without having to stop talking.
Pairing a DJ with acoustic music is a formula we have already used at Palazzo Colonna for Victoria’s Secret, where the strings and saxophones of the welcome reception later gave way to the DJ set.
At MADAME, the same progression has been evident since the very first nights: once dinner is over, guests gather on their feet in front of the stage, close to the singers and the guitar, while the DJ plays from a booth set up among the tables.
How we build a dinner with live music
Every dinner show we produce starts with a briefing on the space and the guests, which we use to draw up the stage plan before we even choose the songs. That is where we decide where the artists will stand and where the sound will come from, since in a dining room it has to reach every table. We coordinate audio and lighting with our partners or with the venue’s in-house production team.
At the start of dinner, the music stays at a conversational volume, as it does during a wedding cocktail hour, and then rises with each course. The timing of every performance is set with the kitchen and the service staff before the evening begins, so that no showpiece moment lands just as the plates arrive.
The flow of the evening is also written in advance into the setlist and the cue list, so it unfolds naturally and keeps dinner at the center. The thinking is the same as at corporate galas, where a dinner show is built in segments leading up to a carefully calibrated finale; the difference is that in a restaurant, those segments can be rearranged from week to week.
The right artists for a dining room
For a dinner, we look in our roster for artists who know how to play softly without losing intensity and whose repertoire is broad enough that they can change the setlist when the room calls for something else.
As with every project, before a new evening we rehearse in the space and run a sound check. The repertoire remains fully customizable, shaped around the venue’s clientele and the character of its cuisine.
An evening that returns every week
A one-off event has only one chance to get it right. At the Ponte Milvio venue, by contrast, guests may come back every week, and those who return are looking for the character of the place, not a replay of the previous weekend. That is why we work on a recognizable musical identity, much like the custom sound identity we create for brands. It takes shape through the way the songs are arranged, the balance between live music and DJ, and a choice of genres in keeping with the cuisine and the room.
Within that framework, setlists and combinations of instruments can change from one weekend to the next, and to vary them, we draw on every artist in our roster.
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The right evening for your venue
At MADAME, Mikevents works just as it does for weddings and corporate events, choosing the artists to suit the room and the audience and preparing, ahead of the evening, a progression that is then directed live.
If you run a restaurant or a venue and want music to become part of what you offer, our artistic direction begins with a briefing on your space and your guests. Tell us about your venue, and if you would like to hear what an evening curated by us sounds like, you will find one in Ponte Milvio every weekend.
MADAME in Ponte Milvio: frequently asked questions
What is MADAME?
MADAME is a new venue in Rome’s Ponte Milvio neighborhood, set in the space formerly occupied by Naos. It serves sophisticated Italian cuisine with an eye to tradition and pairs dinner with live music on weekends. The soft opening took place on October 28, 2026, and the venue has been fully up and running since October 30, 2026.
What music does MADAME offer on weekends?
On Fridays and Saturdays, MADAME hosts a dinner show curated by Mikevents, with a DJ and live musicians on vocals, guitar, sax and percussion. The sets are acoustic, drawing on a repertoire of international pop and dance music, and when dinner gives way to the music, guests gather on their feet in front of the stage.
What is a dinner show at a restaurant?
A dinner show is a meal at which live music and entertainment unfold alongside the dinner service. At a restaurant, the music starts at a volume that allows conversation and rises as the evening goes on, following the rhythm of the courses. The artists’ performances are coordinated with the kitchen so that they never land just as the plates arrive.