Rio de Janeiro Nightlife Guide for Wednesday, April 29, 2026

The Rio Times · RT Nightlife Desk

Cine Jazz #4 final April session — Coltrane / Jazz Casual / 1963 + Fernando Trocado at Blue Note Rio 8 pm · Seiferts convida Robertinho Silva 10:30 pm · Rio Scenarium reopens · Bip Bip bossa nova · Copom Day 2 · Selic decision ~18h30 · International Jazz Day in 1 day

Cine Jazz #4 — Coltrane Jazz Casual 1963 + Fernando Trocado
8 pm · Eventim

The final April Cine Jazz, closing the Miles Davis–Coltrane centenary series. 1963 Jazz Casual film + lecture + 30-min pocket show with Fernando Trocado. From May, the series moves to last Wednesday of each month. Av. Atlântica, 1910 — Copacabana.

Seiferts convida Robertinho Silva at Blue Note Rio
10:30 pm · Eventim

Tocando e Contando Histórias — the legendary percussionist in conversation and performance with Marcos Seiferts. The natural late-session pairing with Cine Jazz. Av. Atlântica, 1910 — Copacabana.

Rio Scenarium — Wednesday Reopens
7 pm–1 am · ~R$30–40

The first Wednesday of the casarão’s Wed–Sat operating week. Three floors, samba and gafieira on the main stage, balcony rail seats, smaller crowd than the weekend. R. do Lavradio, 20 — Lapa. Sympla.

Bip Bip — Wednesday Bossa Nova
From 8 pm · Free

The genre that grew from the same Copacabana where Cine Jazz screens the Coltrane recorded simultaneously across the Atlantic. Self-service from the fridge, finger-snap applause, silence during music. R. Almirante Gonçalves, 50 — Copacabana.

The full Wednesday programme on Av. Atlântica. The 8 pm Cine Jazz session is the fourth and final of April — closing the centenary series dedicated to Miles Davis (born 26 May 1926) and John Coltrane (born 23 September 1926). Tonight’s screening: “John Coltrane / Jazz Casual / 1963” — the legendary half-hour TV programme produced by Ralph J. Gleason for KQED, capturing Coltrane’s classic quartet (with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) at the height of their powers, just before the 1964 recordings of Crescent and A Love Supreme. After the screening: lecture and conversation, then a 30-minute pocket show from Fernando Trocado. From May, the Cine Jazz series moves to the last Wednesday of each month. The 10:30 pm late session is Seiferts convida Robertinho Silva: Tocando e Contando Histórias — Robertinho Silva, the percussionist behind countless Brazilian instrumental and MPB recordings, joins Marcos Seiferts for an evening of music and stories. Two sessions, separate tickets, fifteen-minute turnover.

First night of the casarão’s Wednesday-to-Saturday week. The three-floor mansion at Rua do Lavradio 20 reopens at 7 pm: live samba and gafieira on the main stage, balcony rail seating on the second floor, the Espaço Dolores DJ room from later. Wednesday is the gentlest version of the room — smaller crowd than Friday or Saturday, the door is easier, the floor breathes. Cover varies — typically R$30–40, check Sympla day-of. Closes at 1 am tonight.

The Lapa purist room running its midweek programme. Doors open at 7:30 pm, the Wednesday show starts at 8:30 — a smaller, more carioca crowd than at the weekend, the bar at the back the strategic position. Tonight’s act on the Carioca da Gema’s Sympla page; cover varies. The casarão’s Tuesday-to-Saturday operation is a different rhythm from the weekend peak, and Wednesday is the quietest of those nights — a good night to catch the room without the queue.

The Wednesday Beco runs its specific weekly programme — Roda de Samba Aos Novos Compositores, the alley’s regular Wed lineup featuring younger and newer voices in carioca samba. Bar opens at 6 pm, the roda runs to midnight. Tickets via Sympla. The Lapa alley side — small, cash-and-PIX-friendly, the front-of-stage table the position to grab early.