
Culture • November 27, 2024
Discover the samba wheels of Rio
By Mariana Novaes
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Rio de Janeiro is proud to be the cradle of good music and popular culture! Scattered across various corners of the city, more than 150 samba wheels come to life in public spaces, bringing joy and authenticity to cariocas and visitors.
Rio de Janeiro is proud to be the cradle of good music and popular culture! Scattered across various corners of the city, more than 150 samba wheels come to life in public spaces, bringing joy and authenticity to cariocas and visitors.
This survey, made by the Prefeitura do Rio in partnership with the Municipal Secretariat of Culture, highlights the strength of samba as Cultural Heritage. The mapped wheels were evaluated by experts and the Association Rede Carioca de Rodas de Samba, ensuring diversity and quality in each experience.
Find out where some of the most traditional wheels happen and live unforgettable moments to the sound of this rhythm that is the face of Rio!
SAMBA ROADS IN THE RIO
CENTER
Prabenzer
Lion Pagoda
Every Tuesday, 5:00 p.m.
Samba Charm
One Sunday a month at 11:00
Samba do Rio Longo
Honest Samba
2nd Saturday of the month at 5pm
Old rascals
3rd Sunday of the month at 10am
House of Maribondo
1st Saturday of the month, 6:30 p.m.
Samba Wheel of the Board of Directors
1st Saturday of the month at 3pm
Samba of Caboclo of Gandhi's Sons
4th Friday of the month at 6 pm
Round Block Samba Wheel
4th Sunday of the month at 2pm
Wheel of Sambastião
2nd Saturday of the month at 4 pm
Samba Wheel Asks Teresa
Is Samba in time?!
Samba of Lebara
2nd Sunday of the month at 2pm
Rua André Cavalcanti - Lapa
Pedra do Sal Samba Wheel
Samba of Yellow House
Chico Alves
2nd Sunday of the month at 2pm
Root Mal Samba Group
Fish Samba
3rd Sunday of the month at 4pm
Wheel of Samba Prose Girl
3rd Saturday of the month at 2pm
Tbengston Balance and Samba in Balance
2nd Friday at 8 p.m.
Cultural Project to New Composers
Yes to Samba: The samba dxs Teachers
Teles Samba
Friendship Samba Show
Every Saturday at 2:00.
Samba da Cabaça
Crying in Glory Square
Creole Team Pagoda
Glorious Wheel of Samba
Samba in Heaven
Volta Samba
1st and 3rd Sundays per fortnight at 3pm
Samba in the Senate Warehouse
1st and 3rd Sundays per fortnight at 2pm
Pure Dust
2nd Thursday of the month at 8 p.m.
The Shabba Shines
2nd Saturday of the month at 8 p.m.
Alcindo Guanabara Street - Centro
Mangueira Ground
3rd Saturday of the month at 3pm
Women of Small Africa
1st Saturday of the month at 8 p.m.
Roda Ed Samba - Santos
4th Sunday of the month at 2pm
Gastro Samba
1st Sunday of the month at 2pm
Race Party
4th Friday of the month at 6 pm
Good Balaio
2nd Friday of the month at 6 p.m.
Samba das Levianas
4th Sunday of the month at 2pm
NORTH AREA
Samba Delas in the Wheel of Samba
Do it in the square
2nd Sunday per quarter at 2pm
Cultural Movement Samba Wheel of the Baron
2nd Sunday of the month at 1 pm
Samba of Dawn
1st and 3rd Sundays per fortnight at 3pm
Block Wheel Joy of Vila Isabel
2nd Sunday of the month at 3pm
Pig Pagoda
Samba of the Gurgel Honorio Fair
Every Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
Samba das Rosalinas
There's Black on the Wheel
Samba da Feira RJ
Every Saturday at 6:00 p.m.
Samba Marechal
House of Teresas on the Street
Every second Sunday of the month at 2:00 p.m.
Cryogenic Project
Black Grounder
Samba Wheel of the Branch Chief
1326 Uranos Street - Pottery
Cabral United
Quintal do Alvinho
Samba Hungry Project
2nd Saturday of the month at 4pm
Samba in Square - Batuke of Lipstick
1st Sunday of the month at 3pm
SOUTH AREA
Samba das Levianas
Ipanema Girl Park - Arpoador
Sambotics in Largo do Boticário
Coret Batuque
Sambatero
Samba is my gift
Laranjeiras Street, 336 - Laranjeiras
Wheel of Choro and Samba Group Pixin Bodega
Samba Sacopã
2nd Saturday of the month at 5pm
Roots of Samba
2nd Sunday every two months at 5pm
Grapiúna Set
Samba of Plaza Mauro Duarte
Song of Samba
Samba D’ojuara
2nd Saturday of the month at 2pm
Attitude in the Crusade / Pago Charm South Zone
2nd Saturday of the month at 10am
Gávea Cry
1st Saturday of the month at 3pm
SWEDEN AREA
Samba do Joá - Talk Wheel with Acarajé
2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month at 10am
The full list you find on social networks of Municipal Secretariat of Culture
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