Copacabana · Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
Dinner in a restored 1938 Art Deco cinema on Copacabana, then 'Aquele Abraço' — a ninety-minute Brazilian musical from the director of the Rio 2016 ceremonies, with more than sixty performers taking you through the five regions of Brazil. Named one of TIME's World's Greatest Places 2025.
Per person, for the show ticket on GetYourGuide, which totals your date in your own currency before you pay. The Roxy's dinner packages are sold on its own site.
The programme, hour by hour
The Roxy runs as a single evening with fixed times. This is how it unfolds for dinner guests; show-only guests join at the curtain.
19:00
Doors open at 18:30 and dinner guests are served from 19:00 in the main room under the dome. The three-course Brazilian menu — couvert, a choice of starters, mains and desserts — comes through the early part of the evening, with an opening act from the house band at 19:30 and the premium tier's sparkling wine poured at the table.
21:00
The main show starts at 21:00; show-only guests should be seated before it. The musical opens and moves through the five regions of Brazil in sequence, with more than sixty performers, live percussion and the dome and LED staging shifting with each region.
The regions
The structure is geographic: the rhythms and rituals of the Amazon north, the drums and dances of the northeast, the centre-west, the southeast with Rio's own samba and bossa nova, and the gaúcho traditions of the south — each with its own costumes, music and dance.
The finale
The show builds to a full-company finale that brings the regions together in the Carnival register everyone came for — feathers, percussion and the whole stage moving — to close the evening.
After
You step out into Copacabana with the beach a block away and the neighbourhood's bars and kiosks still open. The venue has valet parking, but a taxi or ride-hail is the simpler way back.
Why this show
The Roxy opened in 1938 as one of Copacabana's grand Art Deco cinemas and stood on the avenue for eight decades. Its restoration into a dinner-show house kept the scale of the old auditorium and added a luminous dome that reacts to the performance, so the room itself is part of the spectacle. It's the difference between a show in a hotel ballroom and a show in a landmark.
'Aquele Abraço' is directed by Abel Gomes, part of the creative team behind the opening and closing ceremonies of the Rio 2016 Olympics. The show carries that ambition: more than sixty artists, percussion, and a structure that travels through Brazil's five geographic regions rather than replaying Carnival for ninety minutes. Samba is in it, but so are the rhythms and dances of the north, the northeast and the south.
The dinner is a three-course menu of Brazilian cooking served before the curtain, with a premium tier that adds a wider menu and a half bottle of sparkling wine or wine. It's built to be finished before the lights go down, so the evening runs as one piece — table, then stage — instead of a meal interrupted by a performance.
The Roxy and Copacabana
The Roxy is in the heart of Copacabana, a block back from the beach on the neighbourhood's main avenue. A few things to know about the room and the night.
The Roxy was one of the great Art Deco cinemas of Copacabana's golden age, opened in 1938 on Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana. After decades as a picture house it was restored and reopened as a dinner-show venue, keeping the landmark facade and the scale of the auditorium while rebuilding the interior around the stage and the dome.
This is not an intimate cabaret: the main room seats several hundred guests at tables facing a wide stage, under a luminous dome and LED panels that change with the performance. The Roxy says its Rio de Janeiro and Brasil packages include access to the full table map when you book; with other tickets, arriving when doors open gives you more choice.
There's no strict dress code: the Roxy recommends smart casual or elegant, comfortable clothes, a little dressier for the Rio de Janeiro package, and bare feet aren't allowed. Photography on a phone for personal use is fine, but professional cameras, tripods, gimbals and flash are not. The room is strongly air-conditioned — bring a jacket or sweater. All ages are welcome; minors must come with a parent or guardian.
The venue recommends arriving by taxi or ride-hail, and there's a valet service if you drive. The Roxy is at Rua Bolívar 45, and it names Siqueira Campos and Cardeal Arcoverde as its metro stations.
Rio, Copacabana and the world the show draws on
Representative images of Rio de Janeiro and Brazilian performance.
Planning your night
Every ticket includes the same show. On GetYourGuide the Roxy sells the show ticket; its dinner packages, served under the dome from 19:00, are sold on its own site. Decide first whether you want dinner there, then book the route that fits.
The Roxy plays Wednesday to Sunday only. GetYourGuide will refund you in full for a cancellation made 24 hours out, and you can reserve now and pay later, so claim your night the moment your Rio itinerary is fixed and rework it later if plans move.
The Roxy recommends arriving when doors open at 18:30. The Rio de Janeiro and Brasil packages include access to the full table map; with other tickets, arriving early gives you more choice. The main show starts at 21:00.
There's no strict dress code: smart casual or elegant, comfortable clothes are what the Roxy recommends, and bare feet aren't allowed. The hall is kept at 20 to 22°C, and the venue itself suggests a light jacket.
The Roxy is a block from the beach. A sunset walk along the promenade, a drink at a beach kiosk, then dinner and the show makes a complete night without leaving the neighbourhood — and Ipanema's bars are a short ride away afterwards if you're not done.
Three tickets, one show
| Ticket | What it includes | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Show only | The 'Aquele Abraço' show ticket sold on GetYourGuide; check the option's inclusions at checkout | About 1.5 hours; the cheapest way to see the production |
| Dinner & show | The Roxy's Copacabana package: a three-course dinner from 19:00, the opening act, then the show | Booked on the Roxy's own site; full refund only 72 hours or more ahead |
| Dinner, sparkling wine & show | The Roxy's Rio de Janeiro package: its own three-course menu plus half a bottle of sparkling wine or wine per person, then the show | Booked on the Roxy's own site; includes access to the full table map |
| Brasil (top package) | Exclusive seating, a longer dinner, drinks and professional photos, then the show | Booked on the Roxy's own site |
Roxy Dinner Show — questions before you book
It's a dinner-and-show evening in the restored 1938 Roxy cinema on Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. Dinner guests eat a three-course Brazilian menu from 19:00; then 'Aquele Abraço', a ninety-minute musical directed by Abel Gomes of the Rio 2016 ceremonies, takes the audience through the five regions of Brazil with more than sixty performers. TIME named it one of the World's Greatest Places 2025.
Doors open at 18:30 and dinner is served from 19:00, with an opening act at 19:30. The main show, 'Aquele Abraço', starts at 21:00. Show-only guests should arrive before the main show. Check the live listing for the exact times on your date.
No strict one: the Roxy recommends smart casual or elegant, comfortable clothes, a little dressier for the Rio de Janeiro package. Bare feet aren't allowed. Bring a sweater or jacket — the venue's own advice — because the air conditioning is strong.
All ages are welcome, but minors must come with a parent or guardian. It's an evening show with a late finish, so it suits older children better than young ones.
GetYourGuide handles the booking, and its terms for this ticket give you a full refund on any cancellation made 24 hours or more before your seating (the Roxy's own direct-sale terms ask for 72 hours), with reserve-and-pay-later available on most nights. Inside 24 hours the booking is final, so hold a date early and adjust rather than waiting.
No. On GetYourGuide the Roxy sells the Aquele Abraço show ticket, and its own site sells a show package with a welcome drink. For dinner, the Roxy sells dinner packages on its own site, from a three-course dinner to a top package with drinks and photos.
It depends on the package. The Roxy's show package includes a welcome drink, the Rio de Janeiro dinner package includes half a bottle of sparkling wine or wine per person, and the Brasil package includes wine plus soft drinks and juice. On GetYourGuide, check the option's inclusions at checkout.
Yes, with a phone, for personal use. Professional or semi-professional gear — cameras, tripods, gimbals, GoPros, stabilisers — and flash photography aren't permitted.
The Roxy's entrance is at Rua Bolívar 45, on the corner of Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, a block back from the beach in the heart of Copacabana. The venue recommends taxi or ride-hail and has a valet service; The Roxy names Siqueira Campos and Cardeal Arcoverde as its metro stations.
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