CCBB Rio celebrates 36 years with exhibitions, theatre, music and cultural programming in October

In October, the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center is 36 years old in Rio. To celebrate this brand, the cultural space promises to start the month with an intense and varied schedule, which includes exhibitions, theatrical shows, music shows, cinema and educational activities. Among the novelties are two great exhibitions and theatrical premieres that should attract audience of all ages.

From day 8, CCBB receives Flavius Cerqueira: A Sculptor of Meanings, with bronze sculptures depicting heroes and heroines of everyday life, composing a “garden of affections”. Curated by anthropologist and historian Lilia Schwarcz, the artist's partner for over a decade. On the 29th, the exhibition opens Mangrove, with works by artists such as Lasar Segall and Hélio Oiticica. The show transforms mud and clay into creative vehicles and highlights the environmental importance of mangroves, aligning with the debates of COP 30.

In the theater, the public will be able to follow, from the 10th, In the Jungles of Brazil, a spectacle reinterpreting the expedition of Marshal Rondon and former American President Theodore Roosevelt through the interior of Brazil. For children, the Eranos group occupies the CCBB with the Show Early Childhood, offering workshops, theater sessions and exhibitions. Already on the 22nd, the assembly A Trial, by Christiane Jatahy, leads to the ethical dilemmas of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, with Wagner Moura and Julia Bernat in the cast.

The cinema is also highlighted: from October 15 to 19, the Mountain Festival River, which values nature and outdoor activities, displaying films about adventure sports and social and environmental awareness. From the 29th, the 20th edition of Italian Film Festival in Brazil, celebrating Italian film production. At the same time, MAM Cinemateca presents special sessions, including Chaplin classics.

Music is another highlight of the month. Between 4 and 11, Unirio's 7th Barroca Music Week presents concerts, masterclasses and open rehearsals. On the 23rd, the Symphony Petrobras Orchestra returns to the CCBB with the series Comments, within the project “Music in the Museum”.

October also marks anniversaries: CCBB celebrates another year of history on the 11th and 12th with the union of the gastronomic fair Local Joint and the literary festival FLOPEI. On the 18th, Yabás Fair, celebrating the Afro-Brazilian ancestry, and on the 25th, Black Good Ball completes 12 years with music and performances in Praça da Pira.

On the 11th and 12th the 4th edition of the Rio de Janeiro Battle of Robots, while from 16 to 19 occurs the first face-to-face meeting of podcast Time Turned, with debates on climate change and sustainability.

In the literary field, the CCBB Reading Club welcomes on the 8th the Franco-Ruandese writer Scholastique Mukasonga, known for preserving Rwanda’s memory in her work, including the book The Woman with bare feet. Already on the 18th, the colloquium “The other sides of the coin” discusses the history of the coins from the exhibition From Salt to Digital: Money in the Bank of Brazil Collection. Other attractions will be released in the coming days.

CCBB in numbers

Since its inauguration on October 12, 1989, the space has received more than 60 million people and has carried out more than 2,500 cultural projects, according to the institution's report.

Still according to the same report, only in 2025 were more than 700 thousand visitors. In theatrical programming, the public crowded the three stages of the building in productions that ranged from children's shows to unpublished premieres. The show Twenty! also stood out by being among the most nominated for the 36th Shell Theatre Award.

Recognized internationally, CCBB Rio has been in the ranking of the British newspaper since 2011. The Art Newspaper among the 100 most visited museums in the world. In 2024, it was the most visited in South America and the 64th globally. He also won, for the sixth consecutive time, the title of Rio’s most beloved Cultural Center, according to readers of the magazine See Rio.

First of the five CCBBs scattered throughout the country, the space of Rio brings together three theaters, two cinemas, library, auditoriums, multipurpose rooms, besides the Banco do Brasil Museum and the Historical Archive, occupying almost 20,000 m2 of built area.

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