Calendar of special events in Brazil
(dates can vary every year - confirm exact dates with us)

January

1st - Angra dos Reis - Rio de Janeiro
Maritime Procession - A maritime show of over 2 thousand decorated boats.

7th to 11th - João Pessoa - Paraiba
Micaroa - Traditional carnival event in Paraíba attracking 200 thousand persons.

Second Sunday after the Dia dos Reis - Salvador - Bahia
Washing of Bonfim - Always happens on the second Sunday after the Dia de Reis como parte da Festa do Bonfim

February

February 2nd - Salvador - Bahia
Iemanjá - Religious Spectacle honoring the mother of the waters. Boats leave from the beach bringing offerings.

February 20-28 - Different States
Carnaval - In Rio de Janeiro the main sambaschools show their art at the sambódromo on Sunday and Monday. For whom prefers street festivities there are alternatives as Olinda, Recife and Salvador. In Salvador you can not miss on Friday the Olodum entrance to Pelorinho and wensday morning the famous meeting of the trios elétricos at the Castro Alves square with the presence of 250 thousand people. A million of people acompany 15 trios elétricos at the parade of the Galo da Madrugada (Saturday Night in Recife). The rival Olinda takes over 200 blocs on its streets dancing to the sound of frevo and maracatu.

March

Beginning of March or April - São Paulo - SP
Formule 1: the grand Brazilian race At the autodromo in Sao Paolo over 30 thousands people come to assist one of the biggest sprtive events of the country. You can buy tickets for the trainings (on Friday and Saturday) and for the race on Sunday

April

09th to 12th - Pernanbuco -Ceará - Minas Gerais - Goiás
Semana Santa - In the historical cities of Olinda, Mariana, Ouro Preto and Goiás you can follow great processions on the Ash Friday. Over 180 km from Recife a 50 thousand people pelgrimage takes place to see the images of the last moments of Christ. In Fazenda Nova the largest theater in the world is set up: the new Jerusalém, with 70 thousands of places. During one week fifty professional actors and 500 co-actors (regions' inhabitants) play 60 scenes on 9 stages. The scenery impresses because of its grandeur in combination with the rocky formations of the region. The drama of the Ashes is always performed directly after sunset. (Olinda - PE, Mariana e Ouro Preto - MG Goiás - GO e Fazenda Nova CE, )

16th to 19th - Campina Grande - Pernambuco
Micarande - One hundred and eighty thousands of people participate in this carnival on alternative dates. There are trios elétricos, blocos and trevo groups.

17th to 21st - Feira de Santana - Bahia
Micareta - It was the first carnival on alternative dates and hás taken place for 61 years. Dozens of trios elétricos and famous groups play for the crowd.

12th to 14th - Goiás
Fest of the Divine - The historical city of Goias celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit to the apostoles

30/04 to 3/05 - Torres - Rio Grande do Sul
Festival of the hot air baloons - 20.000 people come to this festival, where over 30 baloons can be admired and there are expositions and parachuting shows.

May

12th to 13th - São Paulo - S.P
Carnasampa - In one weekend the Água Espraiada avenue is visited by over 1,5 million people, with 5 bahian bands and 8 trios elétricos. (São Paulo - SP)

19th to 31st - Londrina - Paraná
International Theatr Festival - Theater groups from Brazil and abroad present themselves at this event that is taking place for 31 years.

31/05 to 02/06 - Pirenópolis - Goiás
Festival of the Holy Spirit - Event with a 179 year tradition that mixes dances (congada and pastorinhas) with battle similations (horse back riding).

June

All over Brazil the typical June parties take place

29/05 to 28/06 - Campina Grande - Paraiba
June party - There is party on the streets with flags, over 300 dancing groups, tents with typical drinks and food, games, satisfying over a million visitors

01 a 30 - Caruaru - Pernambuco
Festa Junina - On São João day (23) around 30 thousand fires are lit all over the town. The biggest is 26m high. There are plenty of events during the whole month. One part of the city becomes a dancing place with tents, shows and parades of decorated vans.

12 to 14 - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais
Carnabelô - Another alternative data carnival with 1,3 millions of persons accompanying the blocos and 11 bahian bands.


23 to 30 - São Luis - Maranhão
Bumba-Meu-Boi - Folkloric festivities in Maranhão. Presentations of various groups in different parts of the city.

05 to 14 - Lages - Santa Catarina
Festa do Pinhão -The pinetree fruit is the reason for plenty of events. Over 300 thousand of persons accompany 100 shows on 5 stages in the city. Also there are South American shows with folklore groups from various countries.

28 to 30 - Parintins - Amazonas
Folklore festival - The Boi-Bumbá party changes Parintins. Thirty five thousand of people arrive by boat to the city to join the parade of the 2 blocos (the Garantido and the Caprichoso), that tell the story of the amazonic folklore. The dispute between the two divides the city and is marked by rhitms that remind indigenous parties. There are many costumes, flags, decorated vans and everything is happening at the Bumbódromo.

July

10 to 22 Joinville - Santa Catarina
International Dance Festival - Over 6 thousand of dancers from Brazil and abroad present themselves in parks, factories and the Ivan Rodrigues auditory.

20 to 26 - Ilha Bela -Coast of São Paulo
Sailing Week - One of the major nautic happennings of Brazil. Olympic Champions participate in the tournee.

20 to 25 - São Paulo - São Paulo
Fenasoft - The major IFT fair on the country.

Last week of the month - Fortaleza - Ceará
Fortal - Considered the major alternative data carnaval of Brazil. One and a half million of people go to the sea avenue to see the trios elétricos and the 15 carnival blocos. A four day party.

August

14 to 23 - Gramado - Rio Grande do Sul
Festival of the Cinema - In the winter of the Gaúcha mountain range acontece a principal premiação do cinema nacional. Também tem a participação de filmes de outros países latino-americanos.

21 to 30 - Barretos - São Paulo
Party of Peão de Boiadeiro - A multitude of persons gathers at the Parque do Peão to see duels between cowboys, rodeos, and guitar festivals. This event attracks over 1,5 million tourists.
September

03 to 27 - Holambra - São Paulo
Expoflora - A pavilion of 3 mil metres gathers 180.000 persons that buy different types of flowers and plants.

20 to 28 - Cáceres - Mato Grosso
Internacional Fishing Championship - 180.000 people follow this fishing event in the Pantanal.

October

04/10 to 13/12 - São Paulo - SP
Bienal internacional de São Paulo - Main plastic arts event of the country that reunites important national and international artists.

15 to 25 - São Paulo - SP
Automobile Exposition - Shows the new developments and launches of the automobile industry.

07 to 11 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
Brazil Surf Championship - On the beach of Barra da Tijuca the main surfing event of the country takes place

Last week of october - Recife - Pernambuco
Recifolia - The beach of Boa Viagem becomes the stage for a show of nothern music styles. The corwd dances on the rhitms of axé music, frevo, Forró, reggae, samba, timbalada and pagode. The mixture of the rhitms makes over a million persons participate in this out of season carnival.

Second part of october - Blumenau - Santa Catarina
Oktoberfest - Brazilian version of the Munique similar. It was created to restore the city after a flood. Around 500.000 persons come by 5 large pavilions drinking half a million litres and eating 40.000 typical dishes from Bavaria. There are folkloric shows and a polka and marches presentation. This feast lasts 18 days.

November

05 to 08 - Porto Galinhas - Pernambuco
Surfing competition

December

10 to 13 - Natal - Rio Grande do Norte
Carnaval - Carnival on alternative dates. Famous group performance such as Banda Mel, Chiclete com Banana, Asa de Águia and Cheiro de Amor.

31 - São Paulo - SP
São Silvestre - 12.000 athletes leave at 17:00 for a 15km run trough the important streets of the city.

31/12 to 01/01 - Rio de Janeiro RJ
New Year - Traditional burning of fireworks on the Copacabana beach, where over 2,5 million people gather to assist the show. There are waterfalls made of fireworks and different special effects.