Manaus

Bar do Armando
Largo do São Sebastião
Large beer R$ 5, small sandwich R$ 9
Every evening until midnight
Acros the square from the Theatro Amazonas

Lively crowd, simple setting, excellent location. Prices are a bit stiff, and for snacks they are downright ridiculous.

Gay

The two main clubs are humps and a2, both located in the city centre.

Upscale dancing

At the tropical hotel.

Tuesdays! and Fridays have hundreds and hundreds of people gather at a string of drinking shacks known as Calçadão da Suframa. Some have live music, often forró. One spot is Casa do Terror, a cobwebbed hole-in-the-wall where a shirtless Cearense in a cowboy hat spins old LP’s of boleros and bregas. R$ 20-30 by cab from the centre.

Crocodillo Centro is a dance club with decent music and reasonable drink prices.

Festivals

Festivals are usually held in the sambã³dromo, a huge stadium on rua constantino nery. carnaval is held here as well as many other festivals, including manaus’s popular boi.