alive with the carnival, and saturated with forró parties, rio has rightfully earned the reputation as one of the samba capitals of the world, however, amongst the exotic beats of traditional brazilian music, the city has grown a substantial appetite for electronic and house music - the internationally popular genre has been prominent in all of brazil, seeing as in 2013 over 27 million people attending electronic music events and spending $1.3 billion on tickets and drinks.

here is a list of venues one can go to dance to traditional electronic music on a friday.