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3 reviews

R. Raul Pompéia, 102

Pink Flamingo, ”the most POP house in Rio,” is one of Copacabana’s favorite gay bars, a trendy, high-energy spot open since 2019 and known for top-notch drag and live DJs. Its colorful, buzzy room hosts a busy calendar of pop tributes (Lady Gaga, ...

Clubs

Rio de Janeiro

The Home

3 reviews

R. Sacadura Cabral, 135

The Home is one of Rio de Janeiro’s biggest and buzziest gay nightclubs, opened in 2022 in the historic port district of Gamboa. Founded by André Almada, the nightlife impresario behind Brazil’s legendary The Week, it brings serious production val...

Clubs

Rio de Janeiro

Sambay

2 reviews

Espaço Terrasse Rio

Sambay is a weekly Sunday institution and one of the most distinctively Carioca nights on Rio’s queer calendar, billing itself as the largest LGBTQIAPN+ samba circle in the world. Blending live Rio samba with LGBT bands and DJs, it draws an upscal...

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Rio de Janeiro

Silêncio Ipanema

2 reviews

R. Teixeira de Melo, 47

Silêncio is one of gay Ipanema’s best-loved bars—a fun, flirty cocktail spot a couple of minutes from the Farme de Amoedo gay-beach zone—and the neighborhood’s classic ”start here, stay too long” address. It manages to feel like a proper bar first...

Bars

Sao Paulo

Copanzinho Bar

1 review

Av. Ipiranga, 318 - bloco c loja 1

Copanzinho is a lively, unpretentious boteco tucked into the internal street of the Edifício Copan, Oscar Niemeyer’s iconic serpentine landmark in central São Paulo, its plastic tables spilling out onto the pavement in tightly packed, Ipanema-beac...

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Rio de Janeiro

La Cueva

1 review

Rua Miguel Lemos 51, Subsolo

La Cueva is the oldest gay bar and nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, open since 1964 and often called the oldest in Latin America, tucked into a basement in Copacabana, hence ”The Cave,” with an underwater-cavern interior that makes it genuinely unique...

Bars

Rio de Janeiro

Quartinho Bar

1 review

R. Arnaldo Quintela, 124

Quartinho is one of Botafogo’s coolest alternative bars, a corner spot with tables spilling across the sidewalks that’s become a fixture of inner-Botafogo nightlife over its six-plus years. From restaurateur Eduardo Araújo and visual artist Jonas ...

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