Carnival all year round!!!

Pick your fancy dress and get the Carnival spirit, parading in a dream that's real!

Backed by the Rio de Janeiro Mayor's Office which built Brazil's largest art and entertainment complex the Samba Schools are proud to present the making-of the greatest show on earth.

Located in the Rio Docklands, "Cidade do Samba" clusters together the costumes workshops and float production centers of the largest Samba Schools in Brazil.

This entertainment complex is planned to offer visitors all the grassroots charm and excitement of Carnival throughout the year, enjoying the magic of the festivities that make Rio de Janeiro the world's party capital.

Visitors watch real floats being built and see Carnival costumes being prepared, while learning about unique percussion instruments that hammer out that irresistible samba beat.

The Forces of nature Show

The success with the show "Citizen Samba" last year boosted an even more elaborate presentation, carefully prepared by the choreographer Carlinhos de Jesus (design, art direction and script), the Carnaval designer Milton Cunha (Atelier and set design direction) and conductor Jorge Cardoso (musical direction).The spectacle is a work of LIESA and the Rio city hall, with encouragement of the Federal Law Rouanet for the private support to Culture. This made possible a technical upgrade, with more investments in lighting, sound, set design and costumes.

Singers, percussionists, Samba dancers, Bahian ladies, highlights, flag-bearers and masters of ceremonies from Special Group Samba Schools comprise the cast. The spectacle counts 141 costumes and six stage sets, produced by instructors and students of art workshops of the Project "Armazém do Samba", which aims to train new professionals for the Carnival industry, operating in Workshop 1, in Rio Samba City.

Great names of Brazilian music (MPB) such as Chico Buarque, Tom Jobim, Ary Barroso, Ataulfo Alves, Geraldo Pereira and Jorge Ben Jor, among others were selected to compose the soundtrack. The final part of the show is dedicated to a pout-pourri of samba-songs, almost all featuring nature-related themes. To close the presentation, the artists invite the audience to take part on a parade along the ground that surrounds the 12 workshops, to the sound of the samba-song that gave Beija-Flor Samba School the Carnival bichampionship, in 2008: "Macapaba: Equinócio Solar, Viagens Fantásticas ao Meio do Mundo".

Forces of nature show:

Thursdays, at 9 pm.

Dates:

 

Tickets: R$ 150,00, including drinks and tidbits.

Carnival Factories:

Visitation:

"Cidade do Samba" is Located between the Morro do Pinto hill and Avenida Rodrigues Alves, close to the old warehouses (Armazéns 10 and 11), Following a metal walkway, visitors tour the fourteen Carnival factories and learn about every stage of building a float, among many other activities.

Rio Samba City is open from Tuesday to Saturdays, between 10a.m and 5p.m.

Tickets: R$ 10,00