Best nights in SP and Rio

[davet]

I know, I know, this info is all over the site. Yes, ALL OVER, so I wanted to gather it in one place. Some of this hasn't had recent updates.

Please update, fill in, or correct, but this is my understanding of "best days/nights" for each top location

SAO PAULO

Lagoa - Reports are that Wednesday, when there used to be "more stars and gods than in the heavens," is now incredible again. I assume Friday and Saturday are still good.

555 - Sunday?

Python - ???

 

RIO 

117 - Tuesday, Friday, Saturday ...

212 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday

Boate Casa Grande (Bangu) - ???

Showboys - ???

TapaNaCara - ???

[brall3]

Python has closed.  

[Mavica]

If you haven't seen / read it yet, check this out:

LOS SAUNAS GAY BRASILEÑOS - Jose Soplanucas

[babybear2]

15 hours ago, brall3 said:

Python has closed.  

what? so soon... why it is so difficult to open a new sauna in SP

[brall3]

Yes, how sad that such a large city can't manage to have more than one good active sauna with program guys.  The old Fragata re-opened and closed within a year, just like Python.  Just think, ten or more years ago São Paulo had 5 to 7 very active saunas with garotos.  Such is life.

[Riobard]

On 12/26/2025 at 3:33 AM, brall3 said:

Python has closed.  

Like nobody tuned into the vicissitudes of ventures competing with the ‘establishment’ could see that coming. Another case of the type of hubris underpinning the assumption that one can do it better while foolishly sinking enormous development costs into a business gamble.

(Wipe that grin off your face related to your barely disguised subtle sarcasm of a year ago, Rodolfo.) 

[davet]

On 12/27/2025 at 5:53 AM, brall3 said:

Just think, ten or more years ago São Paulo had 5 to 7 very active saunas with garotos.

5 to 7? I've been going to SP for 20 years and can only think of Lagoa, Fragata and some place way out in the Eastern suburbs.

[Primeone385]

How many saunas like Pointe are left in Rio ?

[Riobard]

 

On 12/20/2025 at 4:24 PM, davet said:

RIO 

117 - Tuesday, Friday, Saturday ...

212 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday

Boate Casa Grande (Bangu) - ???

Showboys - ???

TapaNaCara - ???

There is no Showboys. It is Show Bar Madureira. IMHO of the now four venues sprinkled across this approximately 15 km stretch of the SuperVia line, one in Bangu, one in Reangelo, two in Madureira, it is the least likely to actually offer trade as we typically conceive of it. 
Photo would not download here but as one can see it worked when I took a run at appending it to the post quote. 

[Riobard]

16 minutes ago, Riobard said:

 

There is no Showboys. It is Show Bar Madureira. IMHO of the now four venues sprinkled across this stretch of the SuperVia it is the least likely to actually offer trade as we typically conceive of it.