São Paulo Nightlife Guide for Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Tonight’s Vibe Menu
—Best plan. 02 Top Picks Tonight Fast scan Davi Cartaxo “TEMPLO” Launch at Blue Note SP 20h · Av.
—Why. Paulista 2073 · Eventim · Album Premiere The show de lançamento of TEMPLO — Cartaxo’s second studio album, released on streaming May 7, produced by Gustavo Scaranelo.
Full Rundown
The Av. Paulista work-week opener. Davi Cartaxo — born in Fortaleza, Ceará, based in São Paulo, named by Rolling Stone Brasil in 2024 among the 25 names of the future of Brazilian music — plays the show de lançamento of his second studio album “TEMPLO” at 20h tonight on the Conjunto Nacional 2º andar. The album, released on streaming platforms on May 7 via the Odd Sounds label with musical production by Gustavo Scaranelo, was built around the singer’s pop-rock vocabulary with flirtations toward indie rock, nova MPB and nu-disco — a sonic palette Cartaxo describes as “um disco de pop/rock muito atual com uma energia dançante singular”. The TEMPLO track list runs eight faixas including the title track, “Se Você Quiser Eu Quero”, “O Show Tem Que Continuar”, “Sem Pressa”, “Pega Leve”, “Pequena”, “Pretexto” and “Poseidon” — Cartaxo on voice and violão, Scaranelo on guitar, bass, keyboard and synthesisers, Adelino Costa on drums. Cartaxo has called the album “o momento mais importante da minha carreira até agora”. At 22h30, the cult group Picanha de Chernobill takes the late session: humor, experimentalism, unpredictable repertoire — the spontaneous performance format the band has built its SP following on. Per Blue Note house format, attendees of the first show must clear the room within 15 minutes of show end for the late-session crowd. Tickets via Eventim. Metro Consolação directly underneath the Conjunto Nacional.
The non-Paulista Wednesday option. Bona Casa de Música at R. Dr. Paulo Vieira 101 in Sumaré — the 120-capacity indie-Brazilian-music room reopened in 2023 in its current location, under the curatorship of Manuela Fagundes, Kike Moraes and Gustavo Louveira — runs “Ella and Louis por Blubell e Petit Comité” at 20h. The project puts the São Paulo cantora Blubell in dialogue with the chamber-jazz trio Petit Comité — Maurício Tagliari, Luca Raele and Igor Pimenta — on the Ella Fitzgerald–Louis Armstrong duets songbook, the catalogue Norman Granz produced for Verve in 1956–1959 that built the standards repertoire as a vocal-and-trumpet conversation between the two artists. The Bona room is designed for proximity between artist and audience, with acoustics built from the ground up rather than adapted from another space; capacity 120, daily 18h às 01h, kitchen and bar open through the evening, tickets via Eventim (eventim.com.br/bona). Three minutes’ walk from Metro Vila Madalena, the room is the structural alternative to the Av. Paulista cluster on a Wednesday and runs five shows per week on its Wed–Sat-plus-rotations calendar.
The bar-and-club Wednesday at full work-week capacity. Augusta corridor: Beco 203 (R. Augusta 609) DJ + indie programming from 22h to 04h; Cabaret (R. Augusta 480) alt-pop late close; Z Carniceria (R. Augusta 940) the latest-running at 05h. Wednesday brings the corridor’s first proper club night of the week after Tuesday’s lighter weekday gear. Vila Madalena: Filial (R. Fidalga 254), A Lôca Vila, Empanadas Bar, Pirajá, the Aspicuelta + Wisard pavement-bar grid all open at full Wednesday strength. The cool dry pre-cold-front weather (24 °C / 10 % rain) keeps outdoor pavement seating comfortable, the last work-week night before Friday’s 50% rain forecast. D-Edge at Al. Olga 170 in Barra Funda reopens for its Wed–Sat week — Wednesday’s specific programme runs ahead of tomorrow’s Moving Thursday flagship night. Trackers typically dark Wednesday. The standing-bar Wednesday is the low-friction option for those skipping the Blue Note SP and Bona ticketed evenings; the strip-walking format easy until 02h or later depending on the corridor.
The big-room calendar leaves Wednesday’s structured-show options concentrated at Blue Note SP and Bona. Cine Joia on Praça Carlos Gomes 82 dark Wednesday — next show Saturday May 16. Espaço Unimed on R. Tagipuru 795 dark Wednesday — next show Saturday May 16 with Mon Laferte, the Chilean singer-songwriter’s SP date. Tokio Marine Hall in Várzea de Baixo dark Wednesday. Audio on Av. Francisco Matarazzo dark Wednesday with weekend programming scheduled. Suhai Music Hall dark Wednesday. The Wednesday casa-de-show structure of the SP music week is Av. Paulista (Blue Note SP, the only Av. Paulista house operating midweek with a full two-session bill), Sumaré (Bona, the indie-Brazilian-music alternative), and the standing bar-and-club corridors. The big-room venues (Espaço Unimed, Tokio Marine Hall, Audio) all wait for the Friday–Saturday weekend pivot. Tomorrow Thu May 14: Blue Note SP runs Fortuna e Grande Bazar — Tudo é Mundo at 20h and Bono Especial 65 Anos — U2 Ultravioleta at 22h30; Bona runs Anaïs Sylla; D-Edge runs its Moving Thursday flagship.
—Note. Plan A — Blue Note SP double bill. Metro Consolação by 19h, dinner at Conjunto Nacional gastronomia from 19h30, Davi Cartaxo lançamento “TEMPLO” 20h. Room turnover at 22h, Picanha de Chernobill late session 22h30. Two acts, one ticket each, one room. The full-evening Av. Paulista plan.
—Note. Plan B — Bona Ella & Louis. Metro Vila Madalena by 19h30, dinner at the Sumaré-Vila Madalena cluster, Blubell + Petit Comité 20h at Bona. Two-hour show, late dinner or drinks on Aspicuelta after 22h30. The polished non-Paulista plan.
—Note. Plan C — Augusta or Vila Madalena bars. Metro Consolação or Fradique Coutinho, dinner on the strip, drinks through to 02h or later. No ticket commitment, DJ programming after 22h on Augusta. The no-friction Wednesday plan.
—Note. The combined Blue Note–Augusta route: Davi Cartaxo 20h early session, skip the late, walk to Augusta corridor after 22h for late drinks at Beco 203 or Cabaret. Two contrasting Wednesday rooms within four blocks; the album launch into the indie late.
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—After 22h. Blue Note SP Picanha de Chernobill late session at 22h30 just starting, the room turned over from Davi Cartaxo. Bona Blubell + Petit Comité in its second-set stretch through the evening.
—Bar Brahma Centro. live music programming running through to 02h close, the Av. Ipiranga / Av. São João corner at midweek capacity. Beco 203, Cabaret, Z Carniceria all open on the Augusta corridor — Z Carniceria the latest at 05h. Vila Madalena bars at full Wednesday pavement crowd until 02h. D-Edge Wednesday programme running into late close. Tomorrow Thu May 14: the work-week peak. Blue Note SP Fortuna e Grande Bazar — Tudo é Mundo at 20h — the duo’s project with Brazilian-percussion grounding — and Bono Especial 65 Anos — U2 Ultravioleta at 22h30, the U2 tribute marking Bono Vox’s 65th anniversary (the cantor’s birthday was last Sunday, May 10). Bona Anaïs Sylla 20h. D-Edge Moving Thursday flagship night. Friday May 15: the cold front arrives — 18 °C, 50 % rain. The dry-week window closes Thursday night. Saturday May 16: Mon Laferte at Espaço Unimed; Coisa Híbrida convida Assucena, Bebé, Ítallo França e Marina Nemesio at Bona; full big-room calendar back online. Tonight is the second-from-last clear-weather night of the work week — the city operating at full midweek gear before the system arrives.
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Blue Note SP (Av. Paulista): Metro Consolação (Yellow Line 4) directly underneath the Conjunto Nacional. Bona Casa de Música (Sumaré): Metro Vila Madalena (Green Line 2) three minutes’ walk to R. Dr. Paulo Vieira 101; alternatively Metro Sumaré on the same Green Line. Augusta corridor: Metro Consolação or Paulista (Green Line 2). Vila Madalena bars: Metro Vila Madalena or Fradique Coutinho (Yellow Line 4). Bar Brahma Centro: Metro República (Red Line 3 / Yellow Line 4). D-Edge (Barra Funda): Metro Marechal Deodoro (Red Line 3) eight minutes’ walk. Weather: Cool mostly cloudy Wednesday — 24 °C, 10 % rain, the dry week continuing from Tuesday. Thursday similar (25 °C, 10 %); Friday: cold front incoming with 18 °C and 50 % rain — the dry-week window closes Thursday night. Saturday partial recovery (24 °C, 25 % rain); Sunday wetter (22 °C, 65 % rain). The Wed–Thu pair is the working-week clear-weather window. Ride-hailing: 99 and Uber operate normally with low Wednesday surge — only meaningful spike around Blue Note SP egress between sessions (22h–22h15 and 00h–00h30) and the post-show Bona return after 22h30. Metro runs reduced hours after midnight Wednesday; the Av. Paulista–Augusta walking cluster is the easiest single-metro return for those staying in Consolação. The Paulista–Sumaré ride is approximately 15 minutes and R$15–20 on Wednesday-evening pricing. Safety: Standard Wednesday — Av. Paulista, Augusta, Vila Madalena, Centro and the Conjunto Nacional area all well-lit and busy until close. The Av. Paulista–Consolação corridor well-policed; the side-streets between Augusta and Frei Caneca thinner after midnight — ride-hailing rather than walking on the cross-streets after 02h. São Paulo tonight runs at its standard Wednesday-midweek gear with two album-launch bookings as anchors and the standing bar circuits at full work-week capacity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Davi Cartaxo and what is the TEMPLO album?
Davi Cartaxo is a Brazilian singer-songwriter born in Fortaleza, Ceará, and based in São Paulo, named by Rolling Stone Brasil in 2024 among the 25 names of the future of Brazilian music.
TEMPLO is his second studio album, released on streaming platforms on May 7, 2026, via the Odd Sounds label with musical production by Gustavo Scaranelo.
The album works a pop-rock palette with flirtations toward indie rock, nova MPB and nu-disco; track list runs eight songs including the title track, “Se Você Quiser Eu Quero”, “O Show Tem Que Continuar”, “Sem Pressa”, “Pega Leve”, “Pequena”, “Pretexto” and “Poseidon”.
The show de lançamento at Blue Note SP on Wednesday May 13, 2026 at 20h is the first live presentation of the album.
How do I book Blue Note SP tickets for the Wed May 13 sessions?
Tickets for both Wednesday May 13, 2026 sessions at Blue Note SP are sold separately via Eventim (eventim.com.br).
The 20h Davi Cartaxo TEMPLO launch opens access at 19h with ticket; the 22h30 Picanha de Chernobill late session opens access only at the end of the first show.
Per Blue Note’s house format following the New York mother-house dynamic, attendees of the first show must clear the room within 15 minutes of show end to make way for the late-session crowd. Window seats and tables near the stage typically sell first.
The Conjunto Nacional 2º andar at Av. Paulista 2073 is directly above Metro Consolação on the Yellow Line.
What’s at Bona Casa de Música on Wednesday May 13, 2026?
Bona Casa de Música at R. Dr. Paulo Vieira 101 in Sumaré runs “Ella and Louis por Blubell e Petit Comité” at 20h on Wednesday May 13, 2026.
The project pairs the São Paulo cantora Blubell with the chamber-jazz trio Petit Comité — Maurício Tagliari, Luca Raele and Igor Pimenta — on the Ella Fitzgerald–Louis Armstrong duets songbook, the Norman Granz–produced catalogue Verve recorded between 1956 and 1959.
Bona is a 120-capacity indie-Brazilian-music room three minutes’ walk from Metro Vila Madalena (Green Line 2), with daily hours 18h às 01h and tickets via Eventim.
The casa is the structural non-Paulista alternative for ticketed Wednesday programming in SP.
What’s the weather forecast for São Paulo this week?
Wednesday May 13, 2026 in São Paulo reaches 24 °C with 10% rain probability — cool mostly cloudy, the dry stretch continuing from Tuesday. Thursday May 14 stays similar at 25 °C with 10% rain.
Friday May 15 brings the next cold front with 50% rain forecast and 18 °C high — the dry-week window closes Thursday night. Saturday May 16 partial recovery at 24 °C with 25% rain forecast. Sunday May 17 wetter at 22 °C with 65% rain forecast.
The clear-weather work-week window is Wednesday–Thursday before the system arrives. Both Av. Paulista and Vila Madalena pavement sit-out remain comfortable through Thursday.
What’s happening in São Paulo nightlife on Thursday May 14, 2026?
Thursday May 14 brings the work-week peak before Friday’s cold front.
Blue Note SP runs two sessions: Fortuna e Grande Bazar — Tudo é Mundo at 20h and Bono Especial 65 Anos — U2 Ultravioleta at 22h30 (the U2 tribute marking the cantor’s 65th birthday on May 10). Bona Casa de Música runs Anaïs Sylla at 20h.
D-Edge opens its flagship Moving Thursday night in Barra Funda. The Augusta corridor and Vila Madalena bar strips operate at peak weekday capacity.
The Thu-Fri 14–15 May pivot brings the cold front: 18 °C and 50% rain on Friday, with Saturday’s Mon Laferte at Espaço Unimed as the weekend’s big-room anchor.
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