6 editor picks across Brazil.
6 live music worth the night across Brazil, editor-ranked. All Brazil guides.
Carioca da Gema stages live samba and pagode on Avenida Mem de Sá in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, with R$30 entry Tuesday to Thursday and R$35 Friday and Saturday.
TipTables are held only until 21:00, so arrive before then; Friday adds an earlier voice-and-guitar show ahead of the 22:00 main act.
Ó do Borogodó runs samba de raiz and choro circles six nights a week from a small Pinheiros room in Sao Paulo, the band playing in a corner with no stage.
TipArrive well before the first set; the room is small and fills up completely once the samba starts.
Rio Scenarium fills seven rooms on three floors of a Rua do Lavradio house in Rio de Janeiro with live Brazilian music, plus Saturday samba and feijoada.
TipThe Saturday feijoada is all you can eat from 13:00 to 16:00, with live music from 13:00 in the Pavilhão da Cultura.
Bourbon Street Music Club has staged jazz and blues in Moema, Sao Paulo, since the 1990s, its New Orleans-styled room ranked among Downbeat's best.
TipThe Tuesday night Jazz Sessions and the free weekend afternoon sets are the cheapest way into the room.
Beco do Rato holds rodas de samba on Rua Joaquim Silva in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, with music every day and a Saturday roda that starts at 14:00.
TipSince November 2025 Saturdays open at midday with feijoada at R$40; entry is free until 14:00, then R$25 when the roda de samba starts.
Bip Bip is an 18 square metre samba bar on Rua Almirante Gonçalves in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, open since 1968, with rodas on Thursday and Sunday.
TipSamba plays on Thursday and Sunday, choro on Tuesday and bossa nova on Wednesday; seats are few, so arrive early.
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