Levitation Brasil Hits São Paulo on 23 January 2027

BRAZIL · LIVE MUSIC

Levitation Brasil, the first Brazilian edition of the Austin psychedelic and alternative-rock festival, takes place on Saturday 23 January 2027 at Komplexo Tempo in São Paulo’s Mooca district. Tickets have been on sale through the platform Fastix since Wednesday 19 August 2026, and the producer Maraty lists Melvins, Osees, Boris and Frankie and the Witch Fingers as the international acts.

For US readers, this is a Texas festival brand landing in South America, on a three-city run that also stops in Buenos Aires on Wednesday 20 January and Santiago on Thursday 21 January. The organiser’s site lists doors at 1 p.m. in São Paulo, which is 11 a.m. Eastern time, with the day running to 11:59 p.m. (9:59 p.m. Eastern), and US citizens need a Brazilian e-visa before they fly.

Prices below are first-lot figures in reais with US$ in brackets, converted at the Central Bank of Brazil’s PTAX selling rate of R$5.0383 per US dollar on 22 October 2026. We checked the date, venue and seller on the Fastix event page and in the organiser’s announcement as carried by Billboard Brasil and the Estadão news service, and we mark what no source confirms.

Levitation Brasil Lineup and Stages

The international bill is Melvins, Osees, Boris and Frankie and the Witch Fingers, and the Brazilian acts are Test, Bike, Ema Stoned and Bufo Borealis. The music site TMDQA describes Test as an experimental grindcore duo active since 2011, Bike as a band that mixes psychedelia with tropicália and progressive rock, and Bufo Borealis as a blend of jazz, funk and psychedelic groove.

Melvins return to Brazil 19 years after their only previous visit, according to TMDQA, and Osees, Boris and Frankie and the Witch Fingers have all played the festival in Texas before. Osees appeared so often that in 2024 the band played one show a night across the whole Austin festival, each with a different opening act.

The organisers say Komplexo Tempo will have two stages with alternating sets and no overlap, so a visitor can in principle see every act. No set times have been published, and the listing site Mapa dos Festivais still says the lineup and schedule are being updated.

The Brazilian edition also includes a fair selling records, T-shirts, books and posters, with space mainly for independent labels, publishers and brands. Maraty describes the festival as one where artists are chosen for their music and not for their follower counts.

Komplexo Tempo and the Mooca District

Komplexo Tempo, at Avenida Henry Ford 511 in Parque da Mooca, presents itself as an events space in the heart of Mooca made of twelve restored industrial sheds. Its main hall has 3,000 square metres (about 32,000 square feet) of floor and mezzanine, a stage with an 18.8-metre opening and two accessibility lifts.

Mooca is one of São Paulo’s old industrial districts, and the city heritage council Conpresp has described the large former factories and depots along Rua Borges de Figueiredo as a landmark architectural group. The cover photo shows brick sheds on that street and not the venue itself.

The organisers say the venue is equipped for guests with disabilities and will have a dedicated area where wheelchair users can see the shows. Minors under 18 may enter only with a legal guardian.

Levitation Brasil Tickets and Prices

Fastix sells the tickets online at fastix.com.br/events/levitation-brasil, and its event page lists the show for Saturday 23 January 2027 from 1 p.m. at Komplexo Tempo. Paper tickets without the online fee are sold at Loja 255 in the Galeria do Rock, Rua 24 de Maio 62, in central São Paulo.

The first-lot price list published for the festival puts floor (pista) tickets at R$320 (about US$64) for students on half price, R$350 (about US$69) for the solidarity half price and R$640 (about US$127) for full price. Mezzanine tickets cost R$430 (about US$85) for students, R$480 (about US$95) for the solidarity half price and R$860 (about US$171) for full price.

Student half-price tickets require proof of student status, and the solidarity half price is open to everyone in return for 1 kilogram of non-perishable food handed over at the entrance. Fastix also publishes a half-price purchase policy on its site.

Other outlets give different figures, with a range of R$350 to R$860 and several reports of R$700 (about US$139) for a full-price ticket, so the price at Fastix checkout is the only one that counts. Online buyers should expect a service fee, because the organisers stress that the Galeria do Rock shop sells tickets without one.

Getting to São Paulo From the United States

Brazil has required US citizens to hold a visitor visa since 10 April 2025, and the Brazilian consulate in New York says the e-visa is issued 100% online for stays of up to 90 days for tourism, business, transit and sporting or artistic activities. Its page, last updated on 26 August 2026, points applicants to the VFS Global platform.

The consulate page does not state a processing time or fee in the text we read. Check both on the VFS platform before you book non-refundable flights.

São Paulo’s main international airport is Guarulhos (GRU), and January is high summer in the Southern Hemisphere, so plan for heat and check the forecast before you pack. The festival has not announced whether it will run rain or shine.

São Paulo keeps the same clock all year because Brazil ended daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap to New York is 2 hours in January. Doors at 1 p.m. in São Paulo are therefore 11 a.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Central, 9 a.m. Mountain and 8 a.m. Pacific, and the 11:59 p.m. finish is 9:59 p.m. Eastern.

Levitation Brasil on the South American Circuit

The festival runs on Wednesday 20 January in Buenos Aires, Thursday 21 January in Santiago and Saturday 23 January in São Paulo, according to Maraty’s announcement. Leandro Carbonato of Powerline, a partner in Maraty, says the aim is a permanent regional circuit that lets bands tour the continent.

A fan who wants more than one city has only four days, from Wednesday to Saturday, and we have not confirmed that the bill, venues or prices match across the three dates. This article covers only the São Paulo show.

From Austin Psych Fest to Levitation

The festival began on 8 March 2008 at The Red Barn in north Austin as Austin Psych Fest, started by members of the band The Black Angels, according to TMDQA. It took the name Levitation at the end of 2014, after a song by the 13th Floor Elevators, and its co-founder and owner is Rob Fitzpatrick.

The 2016 edition was cancelled just before it opened after a storm damaged the Carson Creek Ranch site, and organisers staged more than 20 shows in Austin clubs instead. Since 2024 the organisers have kept both names, with Austin Psych Fest in spring and Levitation in autumn, and the September 2026 Austin edition featured Bikini Kill, American Football, Molchat Doma and Sleep.

André Barcinski, the Maraty producer who first attended the Texas festival in 2014, says he dreamed of copying it in Brazil for years. Maraty’s partners say they want a lasting project with many editions.

What It Means for You

If you are a US fan, the practical order is to check your visa, pick floor or mezzanine, then book flights into Guarulhos and a bed in São Paulo for Friday 22 and Saturday 23 January. Buy tickets only at Fastix or the Galeria do Rock shop, because no other seller is named by the organisers.

Expect a long standing day, since the organiser’s site lists doors from 1 p.m. to a finish near midnight. Plan your return trip for after the last set and not before, because set times are still to come.

For the city around the show, see our São Paulo expat city guide and What to Do in São Paulo in October 2026, and for another show at the same venue see our Suho São Paulo guide. For the wider picture, see the Rio Times Brazil hub.

What Is Not Known

Set times and the split of acts between the two stages are not confirmed. The organiser’s site lists doors at 1 p.m. and a finish at 11:59 p.m., but no running order has been published.

We could not confirm which price lot is on sale today or the final online fee, and outlets disagree on the full-price figure. Venue capacity for this festival, and whether it will sell out, are also not stated.

We found no confirmed venues or prices for the Buenos Aires and Santiago dates, and no flight or hotel data for the weekend. The date, venue, seller and lineup are consistent across the Fastix page and every announcement we read.

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where is Levitation Brasil 2027?

Levitation Brasil is on Saturday 23 January 2027 at Komplexo Tempo, Avenida Henry Ford 511, in São Paulo’s Mooca district. Doors open at 1 p.m. local time, which is 11 a.m. Eastern, and the day runs to 11:59 p.m.

How much are Levitation Brasil tickets?

First-lot floor tickets cost R$320 (about US$64) for students, R$350 (about US$69) for the solidarity half price and R$640 (about US$127) for full price, and mezzanine tickets cost R$430 to R$860 (about US$85 to US$171). Tickets are sold on Fastix and at Loja 255 in the Galeria do Rock, and the lot shown at checkout sets the final price.

Do US citizens need a visa for Levitation Brasil?

Yes, US citizens have needed a Brazilian visitor visa since 10 April 2025, and the e-visa is applied for online for stays of up to 90 days. The Brazilian consulate in New York points applicants to the VFS Global platform.

Sources: Levitation Brasil, official festival site (organiser); Fastix, Levitation Brasil event page (ticket seller); Billboard Brasil, 17 August 2026; O Liberal, Estão Conteúdo, 17 August 2026; Wikimetal, press release; TMDQA, 21 October 2026; Todo Dia um Rock; Máquina Profana Fest, first-lot prices; Mapa dos Festivais; Komplexo Tempo; Conpresp, Galpões da Mooca; Brazilian Consulate General in New York, e-visa page, updated 26 August 2026; Decree 9,772 of 25 April 2019; Central Bank of Brazil, PTAX rate, 22 October 2026.

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