Rio Travel Info | Rio de Janeiro Events

While maintaining universal themes, Christmas in Rio means tropical trees are decorated with lights and adornments as substitutes for pine trees used elsewhere. Santa Claus wears a traditional red suit, and nativity scenes are displayed in churches.

The city will celebrate the birth of Jesus by filling up the city with millions of colored lights and wonderful decorations. In downtown Rio, the churches and the cultural centers will open their doors for the Christmas carol concerts. Decorations and lights will be installed on The Flamengo Attero, along the sea-fronts of the city, [...]

The weeks that precede the 2010 Carnival will be filled with the best parties in the world, live and exciting rehearsals of bands and groups, entertaining samba shows at Terreirão and final repetitions at the samba schools. The sound and lighting tests on the Samba Runway will be directed by the world famous samba school [...]

It is considered the world’s largest contemporary street art event where architects, designers, creation artists, fashion designers, carnival professionals will present in a very rare way the 50 best natural size nativity scenes which were selected by the UFRJ – Rio de Janeiro Federal University School of Fine Arts. These scenes will be presented at [...]