Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ venues, listening bars and late-night dives in Rio de Janeiro.
Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Rio de Janeiro, with where to go and what is worth the late night.
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.
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.
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.
Spirit Copa Bar is the Fairmont Copacabana's cocktail bar in Rio de Janeiro, a rooftop in Visit Rio's guide, serving classic drinks, caipirinhas and tapas.
TipOrder the crudes, tiraditos or pinchos with a caipirinha; the bar's own page gives opening hours but no show schedule, so ask the hotel about music nights.
Blue Blazer is a Botafogo cocktail bar in Rio de Janeiro built on the speakeasy idea, now with a sign on the facade, serving the Portas Etílicas drinks menu.
TipThe Fornatta de Parma at R$40 is the most-ordered dish; reserve by phone, as the bar opens Wednesday to Saturday only.
Novooeste is a Santa Teresa bar in Rio de Janeiro that Visit Rio lists among its LGBTQIAP+ spots, with petiscos, drinks, live music days and art shows.
TipOpen Wednesday to Sunday only, from 16:00 on weekdays and from midday at weekends; Visit Rio notes live-music days, so check the bar's Instagram for dates.
111 Music Bar plays vinyl through a hi-fi system on the third floor of a Copacabana building in Rio de Janeiro, with a Japanese-led menu and a R$30 cover.
TipConversation is meant to stay low; only half the tables are bookable, so for a seat on a busy night arrive when it opens at 19:00.
Escuta spreads over a three-storey house on Rua General Polidoro in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, with a record library, a DJ booth and live jazz sessions.
TipIt opened in September 2026 and is closed on Monday and Tuesday; the first floor lets you pick records from the library to hear.
Fatchia is a small pizza, disco and bar room in Glória, Rio de Janeiro, with more than a thousand vinyl records, DJs and square Detroit-style pizza.
TipTime Out lists the square pizzas at R$26 to R$32 (2024 prices) and doors open at 19:00 from Wednesday to Saturday and 18:00 on Sunday; expect a wait.
Jobi has run its chope-and-bolinho counter on Avenida Ataulfo de Paiva in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, since 1956 and pours until 03:00 every day.
TipThe 200 ml chope known as a Robertinho is the best-seller, at R$8.50 in Time Out's listing; the bar stays open until 03:00 daily.
Adega Pérola pours chope under a glass counter of more than 50 petiscos on Rua Siqueira Campos in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, until 01:00 Monday to Saturday.
TipSardines are sold by the unit and most other petiscos by 100 g portions, so order a few at a time; the bar is closed on Sundays.
Bracarense pours draught chope and sells shrimp bolinhos from a Leblon corner in Rio de Janeiro, a botequim open until 23:55 from Thursday to Saturday.
TipRiotur lists the corner open daily, until 23:55 from Thursday to Saturday; the weekday set lunch runs from 11:00 to 15:00.
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