The largest and least-covered great scene on earth: São Paulo runs on a Sunday-morning logic the northern hemisphere has never matched.
7 cities with a published scene.
The mega-club capital of Latin America, nestled along the Santa Catarina coastline with globally renowned open-air dance colosseums and legendary electronic music temples.
São Paulo does not really have a Saturday night; it has a Sunday morning. Rooms fill at three and peak at seven. The west — Barra Funda and Lapa — carries the electronic scene; the centre carries everything else.
The open-air superclub frontier of inland São Paulo state, home to world-renowned sunset electronic arenas and industrial techno hangars.
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Five-time DJ Mag World #1 Club, a colossal open-air jungle superclub hosting global stadium-tier headliners.
Revered worldwide as the Temple of Electronic Music, iconic Balinese open-air temple perched above Praia Brava.