Later, they began assuming forms akin to U.S. brass bands, without the ... gathered at the steps of Rio’s municipal theater, rallying them for full-bore Carnival festivities.

Video. The 2025 carnival season began with unofficial streets parties in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, featuring 42 bands from ...

Rio Carnival is one of the biggest ... over 500 free street parties dance through most communities in the vibrant city with bands that encourage your own lively interpretation of signature ...

Rio's hotly contested carnival parade has been won by the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school with its tribute to a Brazilian outlaw from the early 20th Century which many compare to Robin Hood.

Revelers kicked off the 2025 carnival season with an unofficial carnival opening, with street parties around Rio de Janeiro ...

Rio de Janeiro's carnival parade, due to be held next February, has been postponed indefinitely, organisers say. The samba schools involved in the parade had previously warned it would be ...

The 2025 carnival season began with unofficial streets parties in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, featuring 42 bands from 9am to ...