aside from being a clean, wide beach with a beautiful calçadão and several areas specifically set up for activities and sports such as volleyball, bicycling, and jogging, são francisco beach is famous for being home to one of the main nightlife spots of the region. 

the many bars are restaurants, literally set next door to one another along the waterfront quintino bocaiúva avenue, offer a rich variety of foods for all budgets, and often live music including international rock and pop selections, as opposed to the more commonly played samba and bossa nova.

typically crowds gather outside the establishments along the promenade creating what essentially is big, open air party and an ideal setting for random social interaction.