Rio de Janeiro · Nightlife
If You Only Go to One Place
Bar Bip Bip, Copacabana
If you only do one thing tonight, squeeze into this legendary 1968 hole-in-the-wall for its Sunday roda de samba. The Sunday samba starts at 7 pm at Rua Almirante Gonçalves 50, and the ritual is pure Rio: there are no waiters – you fetch your own beer from the fridge and it gets noted down, and you don’t applaud between songs, you simply respect the musicians. Musicians in a circle, locals singing every word, the crowd spilling onto the pavement – it is the single most authentic Sunday night in the city, and it is five minutes from most Copacabana hotels.
Tonight at a Glance
