Recife is home to three major stadiums, reflecting its standing as the northeast's leading football (soccer) centre. Recife has a symphony orchestra, a conservatory of music, and several theatrical companies, including the nationally renowned Pernambuco Amateur Theatre and the Popular Theatre of the Northeast.

Sport Club do Recife (Portuguese pronunciation: [spTti klub du esifi]), known as Sport Recife or Sport, is a Brazilian sports club, located in the city of Recife, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.

Jogo do Bicho, which translates to "The Animal Game," is an illegal gambling game in Brazil. It was created in 1892 by Baron Joo Batista Viana Drummond, and it involves betting on a set of animals, each of which corresponds to a four-digit number.