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  1. Buoni Amici's

    The Dragão do Mar area has several open-air restaurant/bars where people flock for evening drinks and to see what live music, street theater or other action starts up. Amici's is an attraction in itself with Brazilian music (live or DJ) from about Thursday to Sunday.

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  2. Clube do Vaqueiro

    For more of a sertão (backlands of the Northeast) experience, try this enormous, cowboy-themed forró club where five different bands play on Saturday nights. It's popular with students. The Vaqueiro is out on the city's southeast outskirts, and best reached by taxi.

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  3. Crocobeach

    The huge barracas on Praia do Futuro open on Thursday evenings for nights of live music, dancing and a crab feast. Crocobeach is the most fun, with comedy acts as well as music.

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  4. Mucuripe Club

    The best, most stylish disco in town, a huge, modern, nontouristic venue with five different dance areas where you can move from techno or pop to jazz or forró .

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  5. Órbita

    This large, black-and-purple, Dragão do Mar bar hosts reggae, rock, techno and snooker.

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  7. Pirata Bar

    Long-standing Pirata is famous for its 'segunda-feira mais louca do planeta' (craziest Monday on the planet). The pirate ship-themed spot stages hours of live forró and other Brazilian rhythms for the packed crowd to dance through the night. The surrounding bars also get very lively.

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