Circo Voador, Music venue in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Circo Voador is a concert venue in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, formed by a large white tent with a ribbed, dome-like roof and open sides, set behind a white metal fence. In front, a metal arm on a silver pole supports the sign "CIRCO VOADOR" in rounded dotted letters. The fence has two arched canopies above a central opening, and red banners hang near tables and chairs inside. It holds around 2,500 people.

Circo Voador began in January 1982 with a blue-and-white tent on Arpoador beach in Ipanema, erected by theatre groups formed from Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone courses. After the tent was removed, the troupe secured a plot facing the Arcos da Lapa, where 54 imperial palms were planted on 23 October 1982. Closed in 1996 by mayor Cesar Maia, it reopened in 2004 after a court ruling forced the city to rebuild it.

The name means Flying Circus, and the venue keeps a circus vocabulary: the 1982 opening parade was the Surpreendamental Parada Voadora. Capoeira has a place here too, with the I Encontro Nacional da Arte da Capoeira held on site. On weekdays the Free School of Arts runs courses from percussion to dance, and free computer classes are offered with Telecentro.

The venue sits in the Lapa neighborhood, accessible on foot through lively streets with bars and restaurants nearby. You can explore the area before or after an event to grab food or drinks in the surrounding district.

The tent's sides are open, so the stage and audience share the same air as the Lapa street outside. The venue began in 1982 as a blue-and-white tent on Arpoador beach, erected by theatre groups formed from Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone workshops; the city later granted the Lapa plot facing the Arcos.