Takeaways
- Post Office, which has been hosting evenings for young professionals in several Italian cities since 2015, has chosen Mikevents for the artistic direction of its most important nights in Italy. The collaboration kicked off on October 22, 2026, at Opus Club in Rome, with the opening night of the winter season.
- At the nights curated by Mikevents, the classic piano-bar set that comes before the DJ gives way to lineups that change every time, such as quartets, quintets with singers or a DJ joined by sax and percussion. Each lineup is chosen according to the venue, its capacity and the audience.
- Artistic direction means choosing the artists, setting the repertoire and the length of the sets, planning the handoff from live music to the DJ and coordinating with the venue. Before each night, the setlist and the way each song starts and ends are agreed on with the musicians, so that a new lineup sounds like a tight band.
Starting with the winter season opener at Opus Club in Rome, we are handling the artistic direction of Post Office’s most important nights, with live lineups that change every time
Since this fall, Mikevents has been handling the artistic direction of Post Office’s main events in Italy, beginning with the opening night of the winter season on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at Opus Club in Rome.
Founded in Rome in 2015 and now active in several Italian cities, Post Office brings young professionals together on Thursday evenings after work for drinks that turn into live-music nights. On the nights we curate, the slot that usually goes to a piano-bar act before the DJ takes over is given instead to lineups that change from one event to the next.
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The first night at Opus Club
On opening night, Opus Club was packed. Onto the platform, with the crowd all around it, we brought singers, a sax and a keytar player. A keytar is a keyboard worn on a strap, so the musician can move around with the rest of the band. Meanwhile, a DJ in the booth kept the evening flowing.
Performing on a platform in the middle of the room changes the way musicians play. The artists can see the faces of the people dancing and respond immediately to what is happening around them. That calls for musicians used to performing up close to the crowd, able to stay in time with one another even on the move, and for a sound system that carries the vocals clearly to the most crowded spot of the room.
Post Office’s audience, made up of professionals between 25 and 40, also come to expand their networks, so the evening begins with drinks and conversation and only later moves to the dance floor. That progression determines what the room needs, from the first drink to the last song.
Lineups that change every night
Where a piano-bar act would usually play, with a single musician or a duo at most, the nights we curate feature a different lineup every time: a quartet, a quintet with singers, a DJ joined by sax and percussion, or yet another combination.
The lineup depends on the venue, its capacity and the kind of evening. A large room with a standing crowd can handle a quintet with singers; a more intimate space calls for something lighter, such as a sax playing over the DJ’s set and moving among the guests.
On its website, Post Office speaks of evenings “on an ever-changing stage,” an idea the new lineups carry into the music, so that anyone returning to one of these events finds a night unlike the one before.
What artistic direction involves
A lineup that changes with every event needs someone directing it from behind the scenes. For each night, we put the lineup together from artists on our roster and decide on the repertoire and the length of the sets. We then coordinate with the venue on the stage, the sound system and the schedule.
So that a new lineup sounds as if its musicians had always played together, we bring in artists who already know the repertoire, and before each night we agree with them on the setlist and how each song starts and ends, and no one on stage is left improvising an ending.
Companies also take part in Post Office nights, whether to bring in their brand or to host an event of their own. In those cases, the lineup and the repertoire reflect the company’s tone of voice, while honoring the confidentiality and brand safety that are standard practice for us.
The most delicate moment, when the evening includes one, is the handoff from live music to the DJ. If the musicians finish and the DJ starts up after a few minutes of silence, part of the room drifts toward the bar and has to be won back; if the DJ comes in under the last song and matches its tempo, the crowd stays on the dance floor without noticing the switch.
Our work covers Post Office’s most important nights in Italy, not every date on the calendar, and those are precisely the nights when a lineup put together specifically for the occasion and a director on hand from sound check to closing make the biggest difference.
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Your night, with the right lineup
Although Post Office’s crowd has little in common with the guests at the weddings and galas Mikevents handles most often, we apply the same method we use everywhere. We start with the space and the people who will fill it, and only then do we choose the artists, script the evening and see it through live.
If you host club nights or run a weekly event, or if you want to bring your company’s brand into an evening like this one, here is how our artistic direction works. Get in touch to tell us about your audience, and together we will build the lineup for your first night.
Post Office and Mikevents: frequently asked questions
What is Post Office?
Post Office is an Italian company that has been hosting evenings for young professionals since 2015, usually on Thursday nights after work, with drinks that turn into a live-music night at a different venue each time. Founded in Rome, it now operates in several Italian cities, including Milan, Naples, Florence and Palermo, as well as in Madrid.
What does Mikevents do for Post Office?
Mikevents handles the artistic direction of Post Office’s most important nights in Italy, starting with the winter season opener at Opus Club in Rome on October 22, 2026. In place of the classic piano-bar set before the DJ, it brings in lineups that change every time, such as quartets, quintets with singers or a DJ joined by sax and percussion.
What does artistic direction involve for a club night?
Artistic direction for a club night means choosing the artists and a lineup suited to the space and the audience, setting the repertoire and the length of the sets, and planning the transition from live music to the DJ. It also covers coordinating with the venue on the stage, the sound system and the schedule, and overseeing the night from start to finish.