Rio Travel Info | Rio de Janeiro Events

Between 16 and 24 of July 2011, Rio de Janeiro will host the World Military Games, which is a multi-sports event at sports centers and military facilities. There will be five distinct military competitions, as follows: navy pentathlon, military pentathlon, aeronautic pentathlon, parachuting and orientations.

The Cinesul is the Ibero-American Festival of Cinema and Video that screens fictional and documentary films at several venues throughout the entire city. In addition, there is going to be a special exhibition at the Botanic Garden which will focus on moviemaking and a chance to network at seminars and workshops.

The Brazilian Grand Prix Horse race is an annual event that takes place at the Gavea Hippodrome in Rio. Through the three-days event, there will be several races, but the most important one will occur on day 2 – Grand Prix. The address for this event is: 31 Praça Santos Dumont 3534-9000.

Organized at Riocentro – GL Events Centro de Convenções – Av. Salvador Allende, 6.555 – Jacarepaguá, the 2010 edition of the RJ Car Show will reach its 18th annual and consecutive edition and will be the home of many vintage cars, sports cars, classic cars and competitive cars. It will be held between July 16th [...]

It will be organized between the 15th and 17th of the month at Píer Mauá – Cais do Porto – Av. Rodrigues Alves. This 12th edition will be larger in comparison with the previous shows, capable of offering 20,000 m2, divided into 4 pavilions. An estimate number of visitors is 40,000. The agency is going [...]