A Brazilian night series — Zug · Zürich

sau·da·de — (n.) the longing for something beautiful that is absent. A nostalgia for a moment you are still living.

An elegant roda de samba · One hundred seats · A secret address

Enter the night
The word

There is a word in Portuguese that your language does not have.

It names the ache of a beautiful thing while it is still happening —

the bossa nova chord that resolves a moment too late,

the last caipirinha turning to ice and lime,

the night you begin to miss before it ends.

We built that night. We call it saudade.

The night

Three hours, composed like a song.

18:30
Doors

The room glows amber. Velvet, monstera, candlelight on terracotta. Your first caipirinha is already waiting.

19:30
A Roda

Six musicians around one table — pandeiro, cavaquinho, surdo, voice. No stage. Samba the way Rio plays it for itself, not for tourists.

22:30
The Lounge

The lights sink lower. A DJ slips from samba into bossa and Brazilian jazz. Conversations begin that should not end.

23:30
Saudade

You leave. It doesn't.

The experience

Brazilian soul, Swiss precision.

Nº 01

The Music

A true roda de samba — Brazil's finest musicians in Europe, gathered around one table. Not a cover band. Not a show. A circle.

Nº 02

The Room

Velvet and monstera, amber light, terracotta and jungle green. A room dressed like a memory of Rio — tailored like Zug.

Nº 03

The Bar

A caipirinha program built on aged cachaça, Swiss ice and Amazonian fruit. Champagne for those who insist.

Nº 04

The Circle

One hundred seats. Never more. You don't watch this night — you sit inside it.

The first night
47.16° N — 8.51° E
A secret address in Zug

The date and the address are revealed to invited guests only. When the doors are announced, the list hears it first — and the list is short.

Autumn 2026
100 seats
By invitation
The invitation

Your name on the list costs nothing.

Hearing about it afterwards will cost you a year of waiting. Invitations, dates and the address go to the list first — quietly, and in order.

No spam, no noise. A handful of emails a year — each one worth opening.

Your name is on the list.

We will whisper first. Until then — keep the autumn free.

Tables & partners

Put your guests inside the circle.

One hundred of the region's most interesting people, in a room they will talk about for a year. This is experience marketing — not sponsorship of a poster.

The Named Table
CHF 3,500 / night
  • A table of ten, in the circle
  • Your name on the table card
  • Dedicated host & bar service
Most chosen
Patron of the Night
CHF 8,000 / night
  • Everything in The Named Table
  • The bar carries your name for the evening
  • Presence on invitations & materials
  • Private meet with the musicians
The Night Bears Your Name
CHF 15,000 / night
  • Naming rights — "presented by"
  • Two tables of ten
  • Category exclusivity
  • First right to the next night
Request the partner deck

Two partner places per night. Family offices, private banks and houses with taste are given priority.