Balaclava Fest Doubles to Two Days in São Paulo on 26 September
BRAZIL · LIVE MUSIC
Key Facts
- —The dates Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September. Doors at 3 p.m. São Paulo time, curfew 11 p.m., over-16s only.
- —The venue Tokio Marine Hall in Santo Amaro, southern São Paulo. Capacity is about 4,000.
- —The headliners Blonde Redhead on Saturday. DIIV and Beach Fossils share Sunday, with sixteen acts across the weekend.
- —The tickets Ingresse sells online. Takkø Café in Vila Buarque sells the same tickets without the booking fee.
- —The stages Two stages, deliberately staggered. No act clashes with another, which is rare at this size.
- —The catch Published prices come from one aggregator, not the seller. Check Ingresse before you budget.
Fifteen editions in one day each. The sixteenth takes two, and the line-up explains why.
Balaclava Fest has run fifteen times as a single-day event. The sixteenth edition takes a whole weekend, on 26 and 27 September 2026.
Doors open at 3 p.m. São Paulo time both days and the site closes at 11 p.m. Entry is restricted to over-16s.
The venue is Tokio Marine Hall at Rua Bragança Paulista 1281, in Santo Amaro. It holds roughly 4,000 people.
The Line-Up, Day by Day
Saturday 26 September 2026 runs Blonde Redhead, Dry Cleaning, Pedro The Lion and bar italia. Wishy, Liv.e, Sharp Pins and Ludovic fill the rest.
Sunday 27 September 2026 brings DIIV, Beach Fossils, Wednesday and High Vis. Sudan Archives, Winona Riders, Adorável Clichê and Budang complete it.
That is sixteen acts across two stages. The organisers have staggered the set times so that nothing clashes.
Anyone who has spent a festival choosing between two bands will understand why that matters. At this scale it is unusual.
Why These Names Travel
Blonde Redhead have been running since 1993, formed in New York by an Italian brother pair and a Japanese singer. They are the closest thing here to an institution.
DIIV and Beach Fossils both come out of the Brooklyn guitar scene of the early 2010s. Their audiences overlap heavily, which is why they share a day.
Dry Cleaning arrive from London with spoken-word vocals over post-punk. Pedro The Lion is the long-running project of the American songwriter David Bazan.
The Brazilian acts are not filler. Adorável Clichê and Winona Riders both draw their own crowds in São Paulo.
Who Runs It
Balaclava Fest is put on by Balaclava Records, a São Paulo independent label and promoter. It is not a corporate festival brand.
That shows in the booking. The bill favours acts with committed audiences over acts with radio play.
The move to two days doubles the size of the event. It is the largest thing the label has attempted.
Tickets and the Number We Will Not Vouch For
Online sales run through Ingresse. Tickets are also sold in person at Takkø Café, Rua Major Sertório 553, Vila Buarque, with no booking fee.
Reported prices run from about R$350 for standing, roughly US$68, up to about R$980 for a box, roughly US$191. Tiers rise as each batch sells.
We found those figures on a single festival-listings site rather than on the seller. Treat them as indicative and check Ingresse yourself.
Half-price entry is offered to students, people with disabilities and low-income young people. A separate discount applies to anyone donating a kilo of non-perishable food.
A two-day combo pass exists and includes priority entry. As of 10 September 2026 both day tickets and the combo were in their final batches.
Getting There Without a Car
Santo Amaro is not where visitors usually end up at night. It is a business district in the southern zone, well away from the bars of Vila Madalena or Augusta.
The useful detail is the train. João Dias station on CPTM Line 9-Esmeralda is a short walk from the venue.
Line 9 runs along the Pinheiros river and connects to the metro at Pinheiros and Santo Amaro. That makes the site reachable from most of the city.
Check the last train before you commit. An 11 p.m. curfew and a late-running final act can leave you relying on a ride app.
What the Room Is Like
Tokio Marine Hall opened as HSBC Brasil in 2008 and spent seven years as Tom Brasil. The name changes with the sponsor, the room does not.
It is a covered hall with a mix of standing floor, raised seating and boxes. That structure is why the ticket tiers vary so widely.
For a September weekend in São Paulo, a roof is worth paying for. Spring here is wet.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When is Balaclava Fest 2026?
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September 2026, at Tokio Marine Hall in Santo Amaro, São Paulo. Doors open at 3 p.m. São Paulo time both days and the event ends at 11 p.m.
Who is headlining?
Blonde Redhead on Saturday, with DIIV and Beach Fossils on Sunday. Sixteen acts play across two stages, with set times staggered so that nothing clashes.
How much are tickets?
Reported prices run from about R$350, roughly US$68, to about R$980, roughly US$191. Those figures come from a listings site rather than the seller, so check Ingresse.
Where do I buy them?
Online through Ingresse, or in person at Takkø Café on Rua Major Sertório in Vila Buarque, where there is no booking fee.
How do I get to the venue?
Take CPTM Line 9-Esmeralda to João Dias station and walk. The venue is in the southern business district, not near the central nightlife areas.
Sources: Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos, Rolling Stone Brasil, Mapa dos Festivais, Fita Demo, Songkick.
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