Rio Carnival Dates

Rio Carnival is the biggest street party in the world, millions of people flocking to Rio de Janeiro each year to celebrate the famous festival. A major highlight is the impressive Sambadrome parade. where samba schools battle to win the hearts and minds of the audience with outrageous costumes, fabulous floats and elaborate dance routines set to the infectious rhythm of samba drums. The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is starting out as a most important festival before the somber mood of Lent and is considered one of the greatest shows on Earth.

Rio Carnival Dates 2014

Rio de Janeiro has long been considered as the Carnival Capital of the World. Not only, The Rio Carnaval is the biggest Carnival, but also it is also a standard against which every other carnival is compared and one of the most interesting artistic events on the Globe. Rio Carnival is the most important result of months of preparation.

People willingly expect the start of each year's Rio Carnival. It starts with the crowning of the Fat King, who is presented with a massive silver and gold key by the city's mayor. The following are the dates of the starting Saturdays. The most important carnival processions take place on the Sunday and Monday evenings after these dates :
  • March 1st 2014
  • February 12th 2015
  • February 6th 2016
  • February 25th 2017