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, show-only ticket — the final price in your currency is shown before you pay.
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
Dinner guests are seated from 19:00 in the main room under the dome. The three-course Brazilian menu — couvert, a choice of starters, mains and desserts — is served over the next hour and a half, with the premium tier's sparkling wine poured at the table.
20:30
Show-only guests arrive for the curtain at about 20:30. 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 — before the lights come up a little before 22:30.
After
You step out onto Avenida Nossa Senhora de 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. Tables aren't allocated at booking, so arriving early within your seating gives you the best choice.
Smart-casual works; sportswear, bare feet, see-through clothing and costumes 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. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.
The venue recommends arriving by taxi or ride-hail, and there's a valet service if you drive. Copacabana's metro stations are a short walk away. From Ipanema, Leblon or the Zona Sul hotels it's a ten-to-twenty-minute ride; from the centre or Santa Teresa allow longer at evening rush.
Rio, Copacabana and the world the show draws on
Representative images of Rio de Janeiro and Brazilian performance.
Planning your night
The three tickets are the same show at three price points: show only, dinner and show, and dinner with sparkling wine. If you only want the musical, the show-only ticket is a fraction of the price; if you want the full Roxy evening, the dinner tiers seat you under the dome from 19:00. Decide that first — dinner tables are the ones that sell out.
Fridays and Saturdays fill first, and the whole calendar tightens from December through Carnival and again in July. GetYourGuide offers free cancellation up to 24 hours before and reserve-now-pay-later, so hold your night as soon as your Rio dates are set and adjust later if you need to.
Tables aren't allocated when you book, so arriving at the start of the dinner seating gives you the pick of the room. Show-only guests should be there a little before 20:30 — the curtain doesn't wait, and latecomers are seated where there's space.
Smart-casual is right; sportswear, flip-flop beachwear and bare feet aren't admitted. The air conditioning is strong enough that the venue itself suggests a sweater or jacket — the single most common note in reviews.
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 | Entry to 'Aquele Abraço' from about 20:30 — no dinner or drinks | About 1.5 hours; the cheapest way to see the production |
| Dinner & show | Three-course Brazilian menu (couvert, 2 starters, 4 mains, 3 desserts to choose from) from 19:00, then the show | About 3.5 hours; drinks are extra |
| Dinner, sparkling wine & show | A wider menu (3 starters, 6 mains, 4 desserts) plus a half bottle of sparkling wine or wine per person, then the show | The premium tier; a non-alcoholic option is available |
| With hotel pickup | Any of the above plus transfer from Zona Sul hotels | Booked as a separate GetYourGuide listing |
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.
Dinner seatings begin at 19:00 and the show starts at about 20:30, running roughly ninety minutes, so the evening ends a little before 22:30. Show-only guests should arrive before the curtain. Check the live listing for the exact times on your date.
Smart-casual. Sportswear, bare feet, see-through clothing and costumes aren't allowed. Bring a sweater or jacket — the venue's own advice — because the air conditioning is strong.
Minors are admitted only when accompanied by an adult; unaccompanied minors aren't allowed. It's an evening show with a late finish, so it suits older children better than young ones.
Booked through GetYourGuide, the listing offers free cancellation up to 24 hours before for a full refund, and on most dates you can reserve now and pay later. Inside 24 hours the booking is final, so hold a date early and adjust rather than waiting.
No. There's a show-only ticket that admits you for the performance from about 20:30 without dinner or drinks, at a much lower price. The two dinner tiers add the three-course menu from 19:00, and the premium tier adds a wider menu plus a half bottle of sparkling wine or wine per person.
Not on the show-only or dinner-and-show tickets — drinks are bought at the venue. The premium dinner tier includes a half bottle of sparkling wine or wine per person, with a non-alcoholic alternative available.
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 is on 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; Copacabana's metro stations are a short walk. A separate GetYourGuide listing includes hotel pickup from the Zona Sul.
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