Rio de Janeiro · Nightlife
If You Only Go to One Place
Carioca da Gema, Lapa
Doors at 7.30pm, live samba from 8.30pm. A small brick-walled room on Avenida Mem de Sá where Thursday is still a local night rather than a tourist one.
Tonight at a Glance
Rio nightlife tonight, Thursday 6 August: live samba from 8.30pm at Carioca da Gema, plus Rio Scenarium, Trapiche Gamboa and what is not on.
Rio de Janeiro · Nightlife
If You Only Go to One Place
Carioca da Gema, Lapa
Doors at 7.30pm, live samba from 8.30pm. A small brick-walled room on Avenida Mem de Sá where Thursday is still a local night rather than a tourist one.
Tonight at a Glance

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