a good taste of live music in rio is through samba and carnival is its most obvious annual celebration, but it can be heard seeping out from streets and bars almost every night of the week, from the halls of lapa to residential squares in any given neighborhood.

to get the most out of it, besides the obvious choice of lapa, it is important to adventure in other areas of rio, like botafogo, copacabana, niterói and even centro - live music in rio will tend to reflect the overall culture of the neighborhood where it is found, with spots in ipanema and copacabana, usually offering bossa nova as well as international talent, and venues in centro and săo crisóvăo normally playing sounds like samba and forró.