Manaus

Gay

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

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.

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.

Upscale dancing

At the tropical hotel.