São Paulo Nightlife Guide For Saturday, February 14, 2026

2026-02-14 07:00:34

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) The Rio Times · São Paulo Nightlife Desk Sábado de Carnaval · Gloria Groove on the asphalt, Gaviões on the avenida 01 Tonight's Vibe Menu São Paulo woke up in Carnaval this morning and the city will not sleep again until dawn. This is the Sábado de Carnaval - the official opening day of Carnaval de rua, when over eighty blocos hit the streets across thirty neighbourhoods, from the Ipiranga–São João crossing in the Centro to the Obelisco do Ibirapuera in the Zona Sul. At 11:00, the Tarado Ni Você assembled at Avenida Ipiranga 818 - the bloco that sings only Caetano Veloso, this year themed around Brazilian cinema, with thousands in costume as characters from the silver screen. By 13:00, Gloria Groove, Gretchen, and Traemme had turned the Agrada Gregos into the largest pop-axé-funk megabloco in the city, rolling from the Obelisco with an estimated crowd in the hundreds of thousands. The Minhoqueens celebrated their tenth anniversary at the República with Lia Clark and Mc Xuxú - a LGBTQIA+ institution. Over at the Pátio do Colégio, the Tecnomacumba fused electronic beats with the ancestral force of terreiro rhythms in the city's oldest square. All blocos must end by 18:00 - São Paulo's strict new curfew rule for 2026. But the night is only beginning. At the Sambódromo do Anhembi, the second and final night of the Grupo Especial starts at 22:30 with seven schools crossing the avenida: Império de Casa Verde opens, Gaviões da Fiel - the escola of the Corinthians faithful - enters at 01:45, and the legendary Camisa Verde e Branco, the oldest escola in São Paulo, closes at 05:00. Across the city at the Centro Esportivo Tietê, the Carnaval Na Cidade festival opened its first of four days with Menos É Mais, Pedro Sampaio, and Léo Foguete. The metrô runs 24 hours tonight with all stations open for boarding. The 627 blocos of São Paulo's Carnaval 2026 have arrived. The city is wide open. 02 Top Picks - Fast Scan 1 Grupo Especial Night 2 - Sambódromo do Anhembi Anhembi - Santana / Zona Norte 22:30 $$ 2 Agrada Gregos & Gloria Groove - Obelisco do Ibirapuera Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral - Ibirapuera 13:00 FREE 3 Tarado Ni Você - Av. Ipiranga × Av. São João República - Centro 11:00 FREE 4 Carnaval Na Cidade - Menos É Mais, Pedro Sampaio & Léo Foguete Centro Esportivo Tietê - Bom Retiro 13:00 $$ 5 Tecnomacumba - Pátio do Colégio Centro Histórico - Sé 14:00 FREE FREE No cover $ Under R$50 $$ R$50–150 $$$ R$150+ 03 Full Rundown Grupo Especial Night 2 - Sambódromo do Anhembi Av. Olavo Fontoura, 1209 - Santana · Zona Norte $$ GATES 19:00 · FIRST SCHOOL 22:30 · LAST SCHOOL 05:00

The defining spectacle of São Paulo Carnaval. Seven escolas de samba from the Grupo Especial - the top tier of São Paulo's competition - cross the 530-metre avenida of the Anhembi tonight for the second and final night of desfiles. The Império de Casa Verde opens at 22:30 with Império dos Balangandãs: Joias Negras Afro-Brasileiras, celebrating Black jewellery and adornment traditions. Águia de Ouro follows at 23:35 with Mokum Amesterdã - a tribute to Amsterdam's cultural reinventions. At 00:40, the reigning champions Mocidade Alegre present Malunga Léa - Rapsódia de uma Deusa Negra, honouring resistance leader Léa Garcia. The fan-favourite Gaviões da Fiel - the escola of the Corinthians torcida - enters at 01:45 with Vozes Ancestrais para um Novo Amanhã. Estrela do Terceiro Milênio (02:50) pays tribute to the poet Paulo César Pinheiro, Tom Maior (03:55) honours the spiritual legacy of Chico Xavier, and closing the competition at 05:00 is the Camisa Verde e Branco - São Paulo's oldest escola, founded 1953 - with Abre Caminhos. Each escola has 55–65 minutes to complete their desfile.

Tickets via Clube do Ingresso. Children under 6 not permitted; 6–12 with parent, 13–17 with responsible adult. Apuração: Tuesday 17 Feb, 16:00. Live on TV Globo / Globoplay. Transport: SPTrans lines 179A-10 (from Metrô Portuguesa-Tietê) and 879A-10 (from Metrô Palmeiras-Barra Funda), 17:00–09:00, R$5.30. Free Atende shuttles from both stations from 18:00. Parking via Rua Massinet Sorcinelli, Portões 05 and 07.

Agrada Gregos - Gloria Groove, Gretchen & Traemme Obelisco do Ibirapuera - Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral · Ibirapuera FREE 13:00–18:00 · OPEN AIR · ALL AGES

São Paulo's largest LGBTQ+ megabloco, drawing crowds in the hundreds of thousands to the monumental Obelisco do Ibirapuera. The 2026 edition brings Gloria Groove - the drag queen turned pop superstar who broke streaming records across Latin America - alongside the eternally iconic Gretchen and the rising electronic-pop act Traemme. The bloco rolls down Avenida Pedro Álvares Cabral with a massive carro de som, turning the wide avenue into an open-air pop festival. Expect extravagant costumes, confetti cannons, and a sound system that rivals any nightclub. This is the Carnaval that made São Paulo's street party scene famous worldwide - democratic, joyful, and absolutely enormous. Ends at 18:00 sharp under the new municipal curfew.

Free entry. Nearest metrô: AACD-Servidor (Line 5-Lilás) or take rideshare to Obelisco. Hydrate constantly - bring water and sunblock. Street vendors throughout the route.

Tarado Ni Você - Bloco de Caetano Veloso Av. Ipiranga, 818 - República · Centro FREE 11:00–15:00 · OPEN AIR · ALL AGES

One of São Paulo's most beloved blocos - a full percussion-and-brass ensemble performing nothing but the songs of Caetano Veloso, from Tropicália to Leãozinho to Sozinho. The 2026 theme is Brazilian cinema: foliões arrive dressed as characters from classic and contemporary Brazilian film, from Macunaíma to Bacurau. The bloco assembles at the iconic crossing of Avenida Ipiranga and Avenida São João - the very intersection immortalised in Caetano's Sampa - and winds through the República neighbourhood. This is a Carnaval tradition with deep cultural literacy: expect singalongs that span five decades of Tropicália, MPB, and pop. A perfect morning-to-afternoon warm-up before the megablocos take over.

Free entry. Nearest metrô: República (Lines 3-Vermelha / 4-Amarela). Station access may be temporarily restricted during bloco passage - use Av. Ipiranga entrance.

Carnaval Na Cidade - Menos É Mais, Pedro Sampaio & Léo Foguete Centro Esportivo Tietê, Praça Bento de Camargo Barros, 51 - Bom Retiro $$ 13:00+ · OUTDOOR FESTIVAL · 18+ ONLY

The first of four days at São Paulo's flagship ticketed Carnaval festival. Saturday's lineup leads with Menos É Mais - the pagode-meets-sertanejo group that has dominated Brazilian streaming charts - plus the DJ and producer Pedro Sampaio, whose baile funk remixes pack arenas from Manaus to Porto Alegre, and the rising funk carioca star Léo Foguete. The festival occupies the Centro Esportivo Tietê complex in Bom Retiro, with two sectors: Arena (bar vendido - buy your own drinks) and Open Bar (water, soft drinks, beer, vodka, gin, whisky, and tonic included). No re-entry. The festival continues through Tuesday with headliners including Ludmilla (Sunday), Anitta (Monday), and Thiaguinho (Tuesday).

Tickets: R$160 (meia solidária) to R$550 via Ingresse. 18+ only with valid ID. No re-entry policy. Nearest metrô: Armênia (Line 1-Azul), 10-minute walk.

Tecnomacumba - Electronic-Terreiro Bloco Pátio do Colégio - Sé · Centro Histórico FREE 14:00–18:00 · OPEN AIR · ALL AGES

One of the most original blocos in Brazilian Carnaval. Tecnomacumba fuses electronic music production - techno, house, bass - with the percussion and vocal traditions of Afro-Brazilian terreiro culture: atabaques, agogôs, pontos de umbanda and candomblé, and call-and-response chanting, all layered over pulsing four-on-the-floor beats. The effect is transcendent - part spiritual ceremony, part open-air rave. The 2026 edition gathers at the Pátio do Colégio, the exact site where São Paulo was founded in 1554, adding historical weight to an already powerful cultural statement. This is São Paulo at its most inventive: sacred and profane, ancestral and futuristic, all at once. Ends 18:00.

Free entry. Nearest metrô: Sé (Lines 1-Azul / 3-Vermelha). Wear comfortable shoes - the colonial cobblestones are uneven.

04 Suggested Route 11:00 - REPÚBLICA Tarado Ni Você Start the Sábado de Carnaval at the crossing of Avenida Ipiranga and São João. Arrive early - by noon the bloco is packed. Sing every Caetano song you know. Hydrate aggressively. 13:30 - IBIRAPUERA Agrada Gregos & Gloria Groove Take a rideshare south to the Obelisco - the metrô will be packed. Join the megabloco by mid-afternoon as Gloria Groove takes the carro de som. Sunblock essential. The crowd is enormous and euphoric. Stay until the 18:00 curfew. 18:30 - VILA MADALENA / PINHEIROS Dinner & Recovery The blocos end at 18:00 and the Grupo Especial doesn't start until 22:30 - a natural window for food and rest. Head to Vila Madalena or Pinheiros for dinner. Shower and change at your hotel. Eat well - the night at the Anhembi will run until dawn. 22:00 - ANHEMBI / SANTANA Grupo Especial Night 2 Arrive by 22:00 - gates open at 19:00, but the Anhembi fills fast for the Grupo Especial. Império de Casa Verde opens at 22:30. The emotional peak comes with Gaviões da Fiel at 01:45. Stay through Camisa Verde e Branco's 05:00 close if your legs hold out. Metrô runs all night - all stations open for boarding. 05 Still Going After 22h The blocos ended at 18:00, but the Sábado de Carnaval is just shifting indoors. Beyond the Anhembi, here's what's open late: Grupo Especial Night 2 - Sambódromo do Anhembi 22:30–dawn · Santana Seven escolas de samba, from Império de Casa Verde at 22:30 to Camisa Verde e Branco closing at 05:00. The centrepiece of the night. Carnaval Na Cidade - Centro Esportivo Tietê Until late · Bom Retiro The festival's first day continues into the night with Menos É Mais, Pedro Sampaio, and Léo Foguete. Open bar sector available. Bar Brahma - Av. São João × Av. Ipiranga From 18:00 · Centro The legendary corner bar at the Sampa crossing. Samba de mesa, chopps, and Carnaval crowds spilling onto the sidewalk. A natural post-bloco destination. Casa de Francisca - Palacete Teresa Toledo Lara From 21:00 · Consolação São Paulo's most intimate music venue - a restored art nouveau palacete with a concert programme of MPB, samba, and Brazilian jazz. Carnaval programming likely. Check com for tonight's schedule. 06 Plan B Not feeling the Sambódromo or the megablocos? Here's how to experience the Sábado de Carnaval differently: Minhoqueens - 10th Anniversary Edition 12:00–17:00 · Av. Ipiranga, 916 - República A decade of LGBTQIA+ Carnaval. The Minhoqueens celebrates its anniversary with Lia Clark and Mc Xuxú headlining the carro de som. The bloco winds through the República with pop, funk, and brega-funk. Bloco 77 - Os Originais do Punk 13:00 · R. Barra Funda, 1071 - Barra Funda Punk rock Carnaval. A bloco that plays Ramones, Sex Pistols, and Brazilian punk through a full horn section and bateria. Mohawks and liberty spikes meet abadás. Gloriously anarchic. Bloco Preto ZUMBIIDO Afropercussivo 15:00 · Largo do Paissandu - Centro An Afro-Brazilian percussion bloco gathering at the Largo do Paissandu - the symbolic heart of Black São Paulo, home to the Igreja do Rosário dos Homens Pretos. Pure rhythm, no amplified sound - just drums, voice, and the street. Dramas de Sapatão 12:00–17:00 · R. Santa Isabel × R. Bento Freitas - República São Paulo's bloco lésbico - a celebration of queer women's Carnaval in the República. Pop, samba, and funk in a welcoming, community-driven atmosphere. Djongador 10:00–15:00 · Av. São João, 439 - Centro A bloco for hip-hop heads. Djongador brings rap, trap, and spoken word into the Carnaval format - battle rap on a carro de som, MCs freestyling over samba-rap beats. Early start, early finish. 07 Getting Around Saturday Night - Best Metrô Night of Carnaval

METRÔ - 24H OPERATION, ALL STATIONS OPEN This is the one night of Carnaval when every metrô station on Lines 1-Azul, 2-Verde, 3-Vermelha, and 15-Prata remains open for boarding and alighting through the madrugada. On all other nights, only Portuguesa-Tietê (L1) and Palmeiras-Barra Funda (L3) accept boarding passengers; other stations are desembarque/transfer only. Saturday night is the exception - ride freely across the entire network until Sunday morning.

LINES 4-AMARELA & 5-LILÁS Operated by ViaQuatro and ViaMobilidade respectively. Entry permitted until midnight. After midnight: desembarque and transfer only - you can exit or switch lines, but not enter the system.

CPTM TRAINS - 24H OPERATION Palmeiras-Barra Funda station open for boarding all night. Other stations: desembarque/transfer only during the madrugada. Lines 10-Turquesa, 11-Coral, 12-Safira, 13-Jade. Lines 8-Diamante and 9-Esmeralda: entry until midnight only.

BUSES TO ANHEMBI SPTrans runs two dedicated lines from 17:00 to 09:00: - Line 179A-10: Metrô Portuguesa-Tietê → Anhembi (Av. Cruzeiro do Sul, 1777) - Line 879A-10: Metrô Palmeiras-Barra Funda → Anhembi (Av. Mário de Andrade) R$5.30 per ride. Frequent departures. Free Atende accessible shuttles from both stations from 18:00.

DRIVING & PARKING Rodízio de veículos and Zona Azul suspended for all of Carnaval. Parking at Anhembi via Rua Massinet Sorcinelli, Portões 05 and 07. Expect heavy traffic around Centro bloco routes - rideshare will be slow from 10:00 to 19:00 in the República/Sé area.

REPÚBLICA STATION ACCESS Some República station accesses (Praça da República, Barão de Itapetininga, 7 de Abril) may close temporarily during Centro bloco passage. Use the Av. Ipiranga entrance as a fallback.

08 Neighbourhood Picks República / Centro BLOCO EPICENTRE Ground zero for São Paulo's Carnaval de rua. The Ipiranga–São João crossing hosts Tarado Ni Você and Djongador. Minhoqueens and Dramas de Sapatão fill the streets around Praça da República. Bar Brahma anchors the corner for post-bloco drinks. Metrô República is your hub - all lines converge here. Ibirapuera / Vila Mariana MEGABLOCO TERRITORY The Obelisco do Ibirapuera is the gathering point for the Agrada Gregos and its hundreds of thousands of foliões. The wide avenues around the park accommodate São Paulo's biggest blocos. After 18:00, Vila Mariana's bars and restaurants absorb the post-bloco crowd. Nearest metrô: AACD-Servidor or Ana Rosa. Santana / Zona Norte SAMBÓDROMO DISTRICT The Sambódromo do Anhembi dominates the night. The neighbourhood around Avenida Olavo Fontoura fills with samba school supporters, barraquinhas selling espetinhos and cervejas, and the electric anticipation of desfile night. SPTrans buses and free shuttles run from Portuguesa-Tietê and Palmeiras-Barra Funda. The metrô is your best bet - all stations open tonight. Barra Funda / Bom Retiro FESTIVAL & ALTERNATIVE Carnaval Na Cidade at the Centro Esportivo Tietê brings the ticketed festival experience to Bom Retiro. Bloco 77's punk Carnaval assembles on Rua Barra Funda. D-Edge - São Paulo's flagship electronic club - returns tomorrow (Sunday) with D.RETE. The Palmeiras-Barra Funda metrô/CPTM interchange is the transport hub for this zone - open for boarding all night. The Rio Times São Paulo Nightlife Desk riotimesonline · Nightlife Guide · Published daily Compiled by the São Paulo Nightlife Desk - all events verified against official sources. Prices, times, and door policies may change - always confirm before heading out. Tomorrow: Grupo de Acesso I at the Anhembi & D-Edge D.RETE with Gui Boratto.

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