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Nightclubs

Your guide to Rio's best nightclubs, clubs, DJs and parties

The essential weekly post-beach weekend-starter

Marcelinho da Lua's all-vinyl Tuesday night throwdown at Studio RJ

The cult producer on his new collaboration with Daft Punk

Exhibitions, music and a great happy hour in Botafogo

Indie Karaoke (Nightclubs)
Wed 19 Jun The inaugural indie karaoke competition at Casa da Matriz at the end of 2011 proved so popular that the night has now taken up... More details

Veneno (Nightclubs)
Thu 20 Jun DJs Tulio and Newton have commanded the decks of Veneno for eight years, and since severing their once-mighty partnership with... More details
Arpex (Nightclubs)
Thu 20 Jun This self-proclaimed backpacker magnet is the work of the same people behind the Bem Brasil hostel party every Tuesday at 00... More details
RapSoul (Nightclubs)
Thu 20 Jun Following hot on the heels of the successful D-Date house music series, 00's new Thursday night takes care of the hip hop... More details

Cosmopolitan (Nightclubs)
Fri 21 Jun The Week may have closed, but you can't keep a good party down. The folk behind the biggest Saturday night of thrusting,... More details
Sexta Groove (Nightclubs)
Fri 21 Jun Mainstream, dressy and very popular, Sexta Groove is La Passion Lounge's star turn, with resident DJ Marcio Rócha... More details

Palaflou (Nightclubs)
Sat 22 Jun 'Palaflou' may not mean anything, but it has come to stand for one of the best post-beach, late Saturday afternoon... More details
DJ Nu-Mark (Nightclubs)
Sat 22 Jun The So Pedrada Musical team goes from strength to strength. The Quantic show here was exceptional, their recent party with Mos... More details
Stereosound (Nightclubs)
Sat 22 Jun The departure of DJ Cobra and his long-running StereoZero night left a big hole in 00's Saturday night schedule. In its... More details

Ya'ya high-fi (Nightclubs)
Tue 25 Jun DJ Marcelinho da Lua is the man behind this weekly vinyl throwdown at Studio RJ, enticing the Tuesday night party people out... More details
Bem Brasil (Nightclubs)
Tue 25 Jun Rio's self-styled hostel party has upped sticks from Leblon's Melt club to the altogether sharper environs of 00, but that... More details