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COVER SAMBA SITE

Culture • November 27, 2024

Discover the samba wheels of Rio

By Mariana Novaes

Published on Updated on

4 min read

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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