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Nightlife and entertainment
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Bars
, some with live music and most with a predominantly young and trendy clientele, are spread out along, and just off, Avenida Osvaldo Aranha, alongside the Parque Farroupilha and near the Federal University. Favourites change constantly, but the
Doce Vicio,
Rua Vieira de Castro (off Avenida JosAİ BonifA?cio at the park's southern edge), and, for dancing, the
Ocidente,
on Avenida Osvaldo Aranha itself, are usually lively. Be warned, though, that things don't get going until around 11pm.
Throughout the year, Porto Alegre's numerous Centros de TradiA§A?o GaA?cha organize traditional meals, music and dance performances. Tourist offices have only limited information on the events, but full details are available from the Movimento Tradicionalisto GaA?cho, Rua Guilherme Schell 60 (tel 051/223-5194).
Porto Alegre boasts a good popular
music scene
and a considerable
theatrical
tradition. Foreign performers of all kinds usually include Porto Alegre on any Brazilian or wider South American tour. The
Sala Jazz Tom Jobim
at Rua Santo AntA?nio 421 (tel 051/225-1229) features the city's best
jazz
, or there are live afternoon jazz sessions at the
CafAİ Concerto
within the Casa de Cultura, which also has a good art-house
cinema
. There are three more screens at the EspaA§o Unibanco, Rua dos Andradas 736 (tel 051/221-7147), another art-house cinema. Finally, the Centro Cultural Usina do GasA?metro, a converted 1920s power station on the banks of the river just west of the centre, is well worth a visit; there's always something going on in its cinema, theatre and galleries, and it also has a cafAİ and a good bookshop. Other useful information
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