Club entertainment in South America
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La Roca
For salsa, cumbia, rock nacional and an overall good vibe try this disco at the end of Calle 87.
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Privilège
For house music among the A-list crowd, head to this sleek nightclub with two dance floors and four bars.
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Club de Forró
A good forró spot, also known as the Club dos Sargentos da Aeronautica (Sergeants Aeronautical Club).
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La Pimienta Verde
There are several dnacing spots on Avenida Ballivián, including La Pimienta Verde, a subterranean dance den.
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Enigma
A mixed gay-lesbian-straight boate (nightclub) about 1km north of the center, with beat music and dancing.
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Coração Blue
Coração Blue is good for dancing, with a different theme every night, including forró and ‘Tourist Night.’
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Wet
This flashy place has a dance floor, video screens and blaring music. It also serves food and expensive margaritas.
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La Campana Disco
Pumping out live music every weekend, this is the newest and largest of several late-night venues down by the port.
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Passage
This venue has been dishing out rock, electronica and Latin grooves for years, and it is still a good place to cut loose.
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Ocean Club
On the beach between Punta and La Barra, this club is always hopping, although the name tends to change from year to year.
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Barramares
Barramares is one of the biggest beach clubs and has MCs and dancers leading crowds through popular dances.
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Pueblo Límite
A sort of small town megadisco, this complex has three dance clubs, a restaurant, two bars and cheap food booths in the front.
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Rock-Café-Bar Mosquito
In the northwestern part of town, this is the most happening watering hole, with a full bar and a hell-bent-for-leather theme.
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La Feria
Euphoric house and techno, an up-for-it crowd and banging DJs mean this is still the place to go for a fix of electronic music.
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Kamikaze
Tiki torches warm up this most southerly dance club and, if you’re lucky, there’s occasional live rock band.
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Le Boy
Open since 1992, Le Boy is Rio's gay temple. There are theme nights with drag shows and go-go boys.
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Pé na Praia
Beach barracas such as Pé na Praia sometimes have nighttime parties with pumping trance music and psychedelic décor.
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Public
The top nightclub in town only opens on weekends, so you can imagine locals and tourists alike are clamoring to get in. Show up around 1am.
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Teatriz
In LarcoMar, the modern Teatriz draws an older clientele who later spill out into the mall's late-night cafés to cool their aching feet.
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Tequila Rocks
This long-established clubbing haunt plays all the crowd-pleasing favorites and has a well-deserved reputation as a travelers' pick-up joint.
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Nightclubs
Nightclubs sparkle along the seafront, past the lighthouse and all the way to Barrio Inglés Coquimbo; they're especially hot during summer.
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Disco Ché Wilson
A slice of Santa Cruz teenage nightlife is transported to Samaipata each weekend and revived at the popular Disco Ché Wilson.
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Casa Rosa
In the first few decades of the 20th century Casa Rosa was one of the city's most famous brothels in Rio's red-light area. Times have changed somewhat and today the demure Pink House is one of Rio's best nightspots. It has a large outdoor patio between several dance floors, where different bands play throughout the night. Saturday is the best night to go, though Casa Rosa's Sunday roda de samba party also draws its fans.
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La Estación
Set right in the heart of the Balcarce nightlife strip, this one-time cinema is now one of several popular discotecas (nightclub) in the zone.
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La Plage
La Plage is one of the best clubs operating year round, and is the place to go for beachside dancing, where you can stomp the sand 'til the sun comes up.
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