Ty Segall Plays Brazil for the First Time, After Almost Twenty Years
Key Facts
- What happened. Ty Segall plays São Paulo on November 15, his first show in Brazil after nearly twenty years.
- Where it is. Audio on Avenida Francisco Matarazzo, a 2,800-capacity standing room in Barra Funda.
- What it costs. Six tiers from R$180 (about US$35) to R$520 (about US$102), plus fees.
- The cheaper way in. A solidarity ticket is sold in exchange for a kilo of non-perishable food.
- The catch. It is 18 and over, with no accompanied-minor exception published.
- What comes next. Three other Latin American dates, in Mexico, Argentina and Chile.
Ty Segall has made roughly seventeen albums since 2008 and has never played Brazil. That ends on November 15, in a club rather than at a festival.
This is not a stadium booking or a festival slot. It is one Sunday night in a 2,800-capacity room, promoted by the independent outfit that brought Bikini Kill to Brazil.
The Show
Ty Segall plays Audio on Sunday November 15. Doors open at 18:00, and the venue is at Avenida Francisco Matarazzo 694, in Barra Funda.
The venue calls itself Audio, one word and no accent. Listings that write Audio Club or Áudio are using names the house does not use.
The promoter is Associação Cultural Cecília, the São Paulo independent-culture association founded in 2008. It has staged more than a thousand shows and previously brought Acid Mothers Temple, Lee Ranaldo, Tom Zé and Bikini Kill.
Two São Paulo bands open, Ema Stoned and Bike, with a DJ set by Supernovissima. No stage time for the headliner has been published, so do not plan around one.
Prices, and the Food-Donation Ticket
The seller lists six ticket offers, from R$180 (about US$35) to R$520 (about US$102). The published headline is from R$180.
At the on-sale in July the first lote ran at R$180 for meia-entrada and R$360 (about US$71) full, plus fees. The current lote could not be read from open pages.
There is also an Ingresso Solidário, a discounted ticket bought in exchange for a kilo of non-perishable food at the door. Salt and cornmeal are excluded.
Conversions use 5.0856 reais to the US dollar, the Banco Central closing rate for September 8, 2026.
The seller’s price table sits inside a purchase flow we could not read. We are not printing a tier list we cannot see.
Payment is by card or Pix, in up to twelve instalments. Buying through the seller’s app within about 500 metres of the venue waives the service fee.
The Half-Price Rule, and Who It Covers
There is one sector, Pista, holding 2,800 people. The meia-entrada quota is 1,120 places, or forty per cent, as federal law requires.
Half price covers students with the national student card and people registered in the federal social database. Public-school teachers and people with disabilities plus a companion also qualify.
Over-60s get fifty per cent separately under the elderly statute, and that entitlement sits outside the forty per cent cap.
Documents are checked at purchase and again at the door. Anyone who cannot produce them pays the difference to get in.
For most foreign visitors this is not an accessible discount. It requires Brazilian documentation rather than simply being a student somewhere.
Who Ty Segall Is
Ty Segall is an American garage-rock musician and producer from Laguna Beach, California, born in 1987. He records for Drag City in Chicago.
He is known as much for volume of output as for volume of amplifier. His solo discography runs to roughly seventeen studio albums since 2008, sometimes three or four in a single year.
That count excludes a parallel run of bands and collaborations, including Fuzz and GØGGS. His range runs from fuzz-blown garage punk to acoustic and glam-inflected records.
He is a central figure of the Californian garage revival of the 2010s. That scene also produced Thee Oh Sees and his own bassist, Mikal Cronin.
What He Is Touring
The album is Chrome, nine tracks released on August 28 through Drag City. A companion record called Love Fuzzz came out the same day.
He is touring with a full band rather than solo. The line-up is Mikal Cronin on bass, Emmett Kelly on guitar, Ben Boye on keyboards and Evan Burrows on drums.
That is the same line-up credited on the album, several songs of which were written in the room during rehearsals.
Speaking to Rolling Stone Brasil in September, he said he wants to dig through record shops while he is in the country. On the show itself he was blunter: come if you want to hear rock and roll played very loud.
The Rest of the Latin American Run
São Paulo is the only Brazilian date, and Brazilian coverage calls it a single show. It is one leg of four across the region.
Querétaro in Mexico comes first, on October 24 at the Cervecería Hércules. Buenos Aires follows on November 7 at Niceto Club.
Santiago is on November 10 at Blondie, then São Paulo on the 15th. Argentine coverage frames Buenos Aires as a return, so Brazil is the debut and Argentina is not.
The venue sits beside the Barra Funda metro and rail interchange, which is the practical way there and back. Paid parking is sold separately, from 17:00, at Avenida Francisco Matarazzo 678.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this really Ty Segall’s first show in Brazil?
Yes. He has been recording since 2008 and has roughly seventeen solo albums, and this is his first Brazilian performance.
How much are tickets?
Six tiers from R$180 (about US$35) to R$520 (about US$102), plus fees. A solidarity ticket is also sold in exchange for a kilo of non-perishable food.
What time does he play?
Doors are at 18:00 and no stage time has been published. With two support bands and a DJ set, the headline set will be considerably later.
Can I get in under 18?
No. The show is 18 and over, and neither the venue nor the seller publishes an exception for minors with a guardian.
Sources: Ticket360, official ticket page, Audio, the venue’s own listing, Drag City, the label’s tour dates, Billboard Brasil, the announcement, Rolling Stone Brasil, interview, Gimme Shelter, first-lote prices, Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos, the Brazilian debut, Chrome on Bandcamp, release date and credits
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