São Paulo Nightlife Guide for Monday, May 18, 2026
Tonight’s Vibe Menu
Key Facts
—20 °C, 27 % rain, cloudy. day — drier than yesterday’s forecast suggested but still cool. The casa rhythm is appropriately tight: Blue Note SP dark Mon (the casa runs Tue–Sun). The night’s marquee booking is at Bona Casa de Música 20h: Filipe Catto performing the Belezas São Coisas Acesas Por Dentro Gal Costa tribute — the Arcanjo Cultura 2023 winner, top 10 Primavera Sound 2023 show, APCA top 50 album.
—Toninho Geraes. at Bate Fundo — “Segunda Batifundiana convida Toninho Geraes”. Geraes is one of the seven composers of Portela’s 2026 samba enredo and a 249K-Instagram-follower elder of the contemporary samba canon. For pagode: Tiee at Bar Templo (Mooca) from 20h.
— São Paulo doesn’t have what Rio has on a Monday — the Pedra do Sal cobblestones, the legendary 20-year-old roda. The compensation is that SP’s Monday is the curated-room evening rather than the festival-on-stone evening: small acoustic theatre, authorial work, no festival noise. Pick by tempo.
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The verdict
Filipe Catto at Bona. The Belezas São Coisas Acesas Por Dentro show, in a 120-cap room.
This is the right show for the right room for the right night. Filipe Catto’s Belezas São Coisas Acesas Por Dentro is the Gal Costa tribute album that genuinely earned its critical year — Arcanjo Cultura 2023, APCA top 50, O Globo and Estadão top 10 Primavera Sound 2023 shows, Prêmio da Música Brasileira nomination. Catto (ela/dela, trans non-binary, gaúcha radicada em São Paulo) has sung with Maria Bethânia, Marina Lima and Ney Matogrosso — at 15 years’ career, she is one of the most complete artistas of her generation. Bona’s 120-cap Sumaré room is acoustically built for exactly this kind of show: full band, sit-down, the audience close enough to read facial expression. Sharp alternative: Toninho Geraes at Bate Fundo if the night calls for a samba roda with one of the composers of Portela’s 2026 enredo. Skip Blue Note SP — the casa is dark Monday.
Top Picks Tonight
Filipe Catto — cantora, compositora, instrumentista, produtora musical, designer e diretora audiovisual, gaúcha radicada em São Paulo — released Belezas São Coisas Acesas Por Dentro in 2023 on the date she shares with Gal Costa (September 26, both their birthdays). The album reinvents Gal Costa repertoire (“Vaca Profana”, “Tigresa”, “Nada Mais”, “Vapor Barato”, “Negro Amor”) in a rock’n’roll register — what music critic Mauro Ferreira described as “Catto reacende a chama transgressora de Gal Costa em álbum movido pela energia do rock”. The album was Arcanjo Cultura 2023 winner in the music category, listed APCA top 50 of 2023, named one of the top 10 shows of Primavera Sound São Paulo 2023 by both O Globo and Estadão, nominated at the Prêmio da Música Brasileira, and topped iTunes Brasil album sales in its first 24 hours. Live band: Fabio Pinczowski (guitarra), Gabriel Mayall (baixo), Michelle Abu (bateria). Catto’s voice is the through-line — she has sung with Maria Bethânia, Marina Lima and Ney Matogrosso over a 15-year career, and her performance here translates Gal’s catalogue through the experience of being a trans non-binary artist in São Paulo. Bona’s 120-cap room at R. Dr. Paulo Vieira 101 in Sumaré, three minutes from Metro Vila Madalena. Acesso 19h with ticket.
The samba reduto pick. Toninho Geraes is one of the composers credited on Portela’s 2026 samba enredo (alongside Eli Penteado, Paulo César Feital, Alexandre Fernandes, Victor do Chapéu, Juca and Juninho Luang) — the enredo about São Sebastião and the Rio Grande do Sul terreiro tradition, “Upa Negrinho corrending na estrada / pra avisar toda a negrada / foi Custódio que chegou”. His Instagram (@toninhogeraesoficial) carries 249K followers and his own roda project @toninhoconvida runs a regular cycle. Tonight he’s a convidado in the standing “Segunda Batifundiana” at Bate Fundo — the casa’s Monday samba reduto franchise. Tickets via Sympla (the listing: sympla.com.br/bate-fundo-recebe-toninho-geraes). The format is the classic SP samba roda: round table, central músicos, audience tight around the mesa, no chair reserved for tourists. Honest framing: this is for those who want a real samba night SP-style, not the polished theatre format of Bona.
The Mooca pick. Tiee — the cantor and compositor from São Paulo whose pagode catalogue ran on every paulistano radio station through the 2010s — plays Monday opening at Bar Templo in Mooca from 20h. The room is the eastern-SP pagode reduto, the audience knows the songs by heart, and the format is loose: drinks at the bar, music from the central stage, no theatre etiquette. Tickets R$40–R$120 depending on setor. Mooca metro (Linha 10 Turquesa) plus eight-minute walk; the longer ride from Av. Paulista is roughly 25 minutes / R$30. Honest framing: this is the choice if you want pagode on a Monday, not MPB or jazz or samba reduto — Tiee’s catalogue is mainstream pagode and the Bar Templo room delivers it exactly that way.
Suggested Route
Still Going After 10 pm
Monday is the quietest of the seven SP nights and the casa rhythm reflects it. After 22h: Filipe Catto winding down at Bona; Toninho Geraes mid-set at Bate Fundo; Tiee mid-set in Mooca. Vila Madalena indoor bars at minimum capacity — Filial running until 02h, Pirajá and A Lôca Vila open through 01h–02h. Augusta corridor at the quietest end of its weekly cycle but Z Carniceria runs until 05h, Cabaret 04h. Bar Brahma Centro on Av. São João 677 runs reduced Monday hours (typically 11h30–23h, last music set early). Blue Note SP dark Mon — the casa runs Tue–Sun and tomorrow (Tue May 19) reopens with Musicman Jazz playing Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue” at 20h + Felipe Brito — Tributo Martin Luther King Jr at 22h30. Bona Tuesday May 19: Arto Lindsay + Thiago Nassif 20h (rock/MPB, R$70–R$140) — one of the sharper bookings of the week ahead. D-Edge dark Mon (the casa runs Thu–Sun, Moving Thursday reopens). Cine Joia, Espaço Unimed, Tokio Marine Hall all dark Mon. Weather forecast through the week: Tue 18 °C / 40 % rain, Wed 20 °C / 15 % rain (the driest day ahead), Thu 17 °C / 25 %, Fri 17 °C / 20 %. The cool wet pattern from yesterday eases into a cool drier midweek. Bring a real jacket through Thursday at minimum.
Bona Casa de Música: R. Dr. Paulo Vieira 101 in Sumaré, three minutes’ walk from Metro Vila Madalena (Linha 2 Verde). Bate Fundo: address via Sympla (the venue’s location varies by edition of the Segunda Batifundiana). Bar Templo: Mooca, Metro Mooca (Linha 10 Turquesa) plus eight-minute walk, or ride from Paulista 25 minutes / R$30. Vila Madalena indoor bars: Metro Vila Madalena or Fradique Coutinho (Linha 4 Amarela). Weather: 20 °C, 27 % rain, cloudy — drier than yesterday’s forecast. Tue 18 °C / 40 % rain; Wed 20 °C / 15 % (driest day of the week); Thu 17 °C / 25 %; Fri 17 °C / 20 %. Cool wet to cool drier — bring layers for the working week. Ride-hailing: Monday surge low. Sunday’s Korn / Mon Laferte fallout from Saturday has subsided. Metro runs reduced Monday after midnight; last train from Vila Madalena approximately 00h00, from Consolação 00h00. Safety: Standard Monday. Sumaré quiet but well-lit through midnight; Vila Madalena strip busy until 02h; Augusta-Consolação well-policed. São Paulo tonight runs at standard Monday-quiet gear, with Bona as the night’s clear curatorial centre.
Plan B
Who is Filipe Catto?
Filipe Catto (ela/dela) is a Rio Grande do Sul-born singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, radicada em São Paulo, who has built a 15-year career across seven studio releases plus EPs and live albums. She debuted in 2009 with the EP “Saga”, which went viral after a free-download release and led to her first SP gig at SESC Pompeia. She has collaborated with Maria Bethânia, Marina Lima and Ney Matogrosso. Her most recent album “Belezas São Coisas Acesas Por Dentro” (released September 26, 2023 — the date she shares with Gal Costa) reinvents the Gal Costa catalogue in a rock register; the album won Arcanjo Cultura 2023 in music, made APCA’s top 50 of 2023, was named top 10 Primavera Sound 2023 by O Globo and Estadão, and received a Prêmio da Música Brasileira nomination. Tonight’s show at Bona on Monday May 18, 2026 at 20h is part of the ongoing tour.
Is Blue Note SP open on Monday?
No. Blue Note São Paulo at Conjunto Nacional 2º andar, Av. Paulista 2073, is dark Monday. The casa runs Tuesday through Sunday — the venue calendar jumps from Sunday May 17 (Manda 19h) directly to Tuesday May 19 with Musicman Jazz playing Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue” at 20h + Felipe Brito tribute to Martin Luther King Jr at 22h30. The casa’s Conjunto Nacional 2º andar location is open during shopping centre hours but salão de shows is closed Mondays. Tomorrow’s Tue May 19 reopening is the start of the working-week music run.
Who is Toninho Geraes?
Toninho Geraes is a Rio de Janeiro-based cantor and compositor with 249K followers on Instagram (@toninhogeraesoficial) and a long-standing samba roda project @toninhoconvida. He is credited as one of seven composers on Portela’s 2026 samba enredo, alongside Eli Penteado, Paulo César Feital, Alexandre Fernandes, Victor do Chapéu, Juca and Juninho Luang — the enredo about São Sebastião and the Rio Grande do Sul terreiro tradition. His most recent single is “O Amor dos Poetas”. Tonight’s appearance at Bate Fundo in São Paulo is part of the “Segunda Batifundiana convida” franchise; tickets via Sympla.
What’s the São Paulo weather forecast for the week?
Monday May 18 reaches 20 °C with 27% rain probability — cool, partly cloudy, drier than yesterday’s forecast suggested. Tuesday May 19 cools to 18 °C with 40% rain. Wednesday May 20 at 20 °C with 15% rain (the driest day of the week ahead). Thursday May 21 at 17 °C with 25% rain. Friday May 22 at 17 °C with 20% rain. The cool wet pattern from yesterday eases into a cool drier midweek but the week stays well below SP’s normal autumn averages. Bring a real warm layer for any night out through Thursday at minimum.
What’s at Bona Casa de Música this week?
Bona Casa de Música at R. Dr. Paulo Vieira 101 in Sumaré runs five shows this week: Monday May 18 Filipe Catto 20h; Tuesday May 19 Arto Lindsay + Thiago Nassif 20h (R$70–R$140); Wednesday May 20 the Bom e Velho project with Ana Deriggi and Mário Manga 21h (“ingressos voando” per Eventim); Thursday May 21 Vinícius Calderoni 21h; Friday May 22 not yet confirmed. The 120-cap room operates with daily 18h–01h kitchen hours; ticketed shows on scheduled nights only. Tickets via Eventim (eventim.com.br/bona).
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