Hall discloses special operational plan for the Rock in Rio 2026

The Prefeitura do Rio released, on Thursday (27/08), the operational scheme that will be adopted for the Rock in Rio 2026, in days 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 of September, in the City of Rock. The plan was presented at the Center for Operations and Resilience (COR-Rio), by the municipal agencies and departments involved.

The event takes place in seven days, two working days, two weekends and the Brazilian Independence holiday (7), in the Southwest of Rio. Because it is a large event, with a tourist impact and intense circulation, the Prefeitura do Rio, through the Riotur, set up a plan to guarantee the proper routine functioning of the city.

Special transit operation

The Rio de Janeiro Traffic Engineering Company (CET-Rio) will implement a special transit scheme. To enable the arrival and exit of the public to the event, the entire surroundings of the Olympic Park will be restricted circulation and with a parking ban on the days of the event. Only registered residents' vehicles, official vehicles and the BRT can access the blocked area.

The control of access to the blocked area for the festival will be through reading plates through the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system and high visibility Totens for confirmation of the vehicle access status in real time.

The previously registered residents will receive “green light” for access. The other vehicles, without registration, will receive “red light” and will be directed out of the blocking area. This process speeds up the release of cars and improves fluidity, because only registered vehicles will have access to the region.

OCR and Totens System

In addition, traffic agents will act through video monitoring. The goal is to ensure mobility on access routes to Rock City and also curb possible irregularities within the blocked area, such as parking in a prohibited location, for example. The routes where the action will be developed will be duly signaled as determined by Resolution Contran 909/2022. In addition to the teams working in the region, traffic agents will be remotely monitoring, through the cameras, in real time, any traffic violations that are being committed.

In each day of the event, CET-Rio will have 210 professionals in traffic actions, between operators and support team; 20 operational vehicles and 40 motorcycles will be engaged in the work of maintaining traffic flow, curbing irregularities and guiding pedestrians and drivers. In addition, 39 mobile and fixed variable message panels will reinforce disclosure about the schedules of alternative road closures and routes.

CET-Rio technicians at the Center for Operations and Resilience (COR-Rio), will monitor the entire area of the event through the cameras so that, if necessary, semaphoric adjustments are made in order to maintain good traffic conditions.

For rapid clearance in case of accidents or vehicle breakdowns, 17 CET-Rio trailers will be positioned at strategic points of the main roads of the region.

Interdictions

From 14h to 05h during all event days

Av. Ambassador Abelardo Bueno to its full extent, and the Av. Engineer Carlos Carvalho between the Road Colonel Pedro Correa and the Road Arroio Pavuna;

Estrada Coronel Pedro Corrêa, between the return of BRT station Pedro Corrêa and Avenida Abelardo Bueno;

Av. Salvador Allende, side lane, direction Road of the Bandeirantes, between the needle of the side lane for the central runway, at the height of Rua Pedro Calmon until the needle of the central runway for the lateral runway, near the Station of the BRT Morro do Outeiro;

Rua Aroazes;

Jaime Poggi Avenue;

Franz Weissman Street;

Rua Francisco de Paula, in the stretch between Av. Ambassador Abelardo Bueno and Av. Jaime Poggi;

Jorge Faraj Street;

Bruno Giorgi Street, among others.

ALTERNATIVE LABELS

Vehicles, which normally travel by Av. Ambassador Abelardo Bueno, must use the following alternative routes:

RECREITION – JACAREPAGUA

Av. Lucio Costa, Av. of the Americas and Av. Ayrton Senna.

CENTER (YELLOW LINE) – RECREE / VARGENS

The vehicles coming from the Center, via Yellow Line, should use the Av. Ayrton Senna, Av. of the Americas and Av. Welcome from Novaes.

BARRA / RECREITION – TRANSOLYMPIC

Drivers must follow Salvador Allende Avenue. The drivers by Av. Ambassador Abelardo Bueno can follow the Road Arroio Pavuna, Estrada dos Bandeirantes and then access the Transolympic using the Road Calmete.

MERGERS

The vehicles of the residents of the immediate vicinity of Rock City were previously accredited and should access their homes following the guidelines during the accreditation process. Due to the large number of pedestrians in the blocked area, residents should avoid driving whenever possible.

PROHIBITION OF PARKING

On the day of the event, parking will be prohibited, in addition to the already regulated places, in various ways of the region. It is essential that drivers observe all the signs so that they do not have their vehicles removed for public storage.

CITY ROTIN OPERATIONS

During the days of the festival, the interdictions for the maintenance of the city tunnels and the Competition Cycling Protection Area (APCC) of Porto will be suspended. Reversible bands and leisure areas will work normally.

IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS

The circulation of roads around the event should be avoided, mainly Av. Abelardo Bueno, Estrada dos Bandeirantes and Av. Salvador Allende and Av. Engineer Carlos Carvalho.

There will be no parking space around the event. The main recommendation to arrive and leave the event is the use of public transportation, especially the BRT, Metro and its integrations.

Special operation of transport and mobility

The Municipal Transportation Department (SMTR) and MOBI-Rio prepare a special mobility operation to facilitate public displacement that goes to Rock in Rio 2026. On the seven days of the festival (4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 September), MOBI-Rio will operate a special BRT service to expand the public transport offer and ensure faster, more organized and safer trips to Rock City in Olympic Park: the BRT Expresso Rock in Rio. Tickets are already for sale and cost R$ 29, with payment exclusively for Jaé app.

As the main axis of the operation prepared by the City Hall, the BRT will have three special services that will make direct and semi-direct links to Rock City, through the exclusive corridors of the system to ensure faster and more comfortable trips. The services will be operated with articulated buses.

SE 08 - T. Oceanic Garden x T. Olympic Center (direct) - travel time 30 minutes;

SE 09 - T. Dawn x Morro do Outeiro (direct) - travel time 18 minutes;

SE 10 - T. Paulo da Portela x Morro do Outeiro (semidirecto), with stops at stations Praça Seca, Tanque and Taquara - travel time 40 minutes.

Jae will be the means of payment of the special service

Tickets for the special services of the Rock in Rio Express BRT can already be purchased by the Jaé app. The purchase is totally digital: the passenger selects the day of the festival where he wishes to use the service, pays R $ 29 per ticket and guarantees the trip to the chosen date.

To use the Rock in Rio Express BRT, you need to have the Jaé app and register on the platform. Tickets must be purchased with the balance of the Transport Account, which can be reloaded by Pix or credit card.

Jaé also offers an alternative to facilitate the purchase by foreign tourists. It is possible to purchase Rock in Rio Express tickets without the need to register a number in the application. In this case, the user can register only by informing the email address or mobile phone number and making payment for Pix or credit card.

Each user can buy up to 10 tickets for each day of the event, which allows the purchase of tickets also for family and friends.

Boarding and bracelet for return

On the day of the event, the passenger must present the QR Code of the special boarding service. When disembarking at the Olympic Center Terminal or Morro do Outeiro Station, the passenger will be directed to the tent located near the entrance of Rock City. On-site, the QR Code will be validated for the delivery and placement of the bracelet that will allow shipment to the special return services. The bracelet is individual, valid only for that day. Passengers who use only the special service on the return will also be able to board by purchasing the special ticket worth R $ 29, exclusively through the Jaé app.

BRT stations will have changes in schedules

To organize the flow of passengers during the festival, some stations around the Olympic Park will operate with different times:

* Rio 2 Station: from 5h to 22h;
* Olympic Park Station: from 6h to 10h;
* Pedro Corrêa Station: from 5am to midnight;
* Sarah Network Station: 24-hour operation on event days.

MOBI-Rio teams will guide passengers and organize boarding and landing throughout the festival.

Step by step to buy BRT Express Rock in Rio

– Access Jaé app.
– Click BRT Express Rock in Rio – sale
– Select “Buy Ticket”
- Choose the number of people.
– Select the desired day(s).
– Make the payment using the balance of the Transport Account, Pix or credit card.
– Confirm the purchase.

After confirmation, the order will be available under “My Orders”. And the QR Code will be made available on the day of the event.

Guidelines:

>>> Each Jaé account can purchase tickets for up to 10 people in a single purchase.

>>> QR Code will only be for the day selected when purchasing the special service ticket, it will not be possible to use it on another date.

>>> For the validation of the bracelet, the QR Code accepted is what will be generated in the purchase of the special service.

MetroRio will have special operation

The Ocean Garden Station will be open 24 hours for boarding. The other stations will operate at dawn only for landing.

MetroRio will have a special operation scheme to serve the public who goes to Rock in Rio Brazil 2026. To facilitate the public's return and return during the festival days (4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 September), the Jardim Oceânico/Barra da Tijuca station, integration terminal with the Special Service BRT Rock in Rio, will be open 24 hours for boarding. The other stations of the subway system will operate at their normal time for boarding and, during the morning, will remain open, but only for landing.

Lines 1 and 4 will circulate from the Uruguay station to the Ocean Garden, the BRT connection station. Line 2 will follow between Pavuna and Botafogo, and the transfer between lines 1 and 2 can be made in the stretch of the Central station of Brazil/Centro and Botafogo throughout the festival.

MetroRio recommends the advance purchase of tickets accepted by the dealership (which cost R$ 7.90 per stretch) or charge the other cards, which can be used for integration to the Olympic Center, site of the event.

The integration between the metro system and the Special Service BRT Rock in Rio will be carried out exclusively at the Jardim Oceânico/Barra da Tijuca station. Vicente de Carvalho station will not have direct integration with the special service.

CONFIRE THE TARIFFS:

Coming and going of the event

Subway (Lines 1, 2 and 4)

R$ 7.90, per stretch

(Riocard, Jae and payment by approach - NFC)

Subway (Riocard, Jae and NFC) + BRT (Jae) = R$ 44.80

(15.80 round trip from the metro + R$ 29.00 round trip from the BRT with the special rate)

Social fare on the subway

The benefit of the Social Fare (Unique Intermunicipal Ticket) for elective customers to the program will remain normally maintained for boarding the subway system during the Rock in Rio.

Free of charge on the subway

Persons with disabilities (PCDs), children up to 6 years and 11 months accompanied by an adult with a valid free card or digital ticket, and over 65 years of age must present an official evidence document in the turnstiles for boarding at the stations during the special operation of the subway. Anyone who has doubts can search the social networks of the MetroRio, the SAC (0800 595 1111) or get information on one of the 41 stations of the system.

For more information on the operation of the subway, visit the website (https://www.metrorio.com.br/) or look for the subway SACRio (0800 595 1111).

Operation of MetroRio in the days of Rock in Rio 2026

Subway - Lines 1, 2 and 4

Days 4, 5, 11 and 12 September: from 5am to midnight, with normal operation. During the morning, the Jardim Oceânico/Barra da Tijuca station remains open for boarding, while the other stations remain open landing only until the opening hours of the operation on the following day (5h to Fridays and Saturdays or 7h to Sundays).

7 September (Independence Holiday): from 7am to 11pm, as occurs on holidays. During the morning, the Jardim Oceânico/Barra da Tijuca station remains open for boarding, while the other stations remain open landing only Between 23h of Monday and 5h of Tuesday.

Days 6 and 13 of September (Sundays): from 7am to 23pm, with normal operation and, during the morning, boarding the station Jardim Oceânico/Barra da Tijuca, and other stations open only for landing between 23h and 5h of Monday.

Transfer between lines 1 and 2

Days 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 September: in the excerpt shared between Pavuna and Botafogo

More information on the MetroRio website

VLT Line 1 will work 24 hours

The VLT Carioca will have special operation during the days of Rock in Rio to facilitate the displacement of cariocas and tourists after the shows. Line 1 (Terminal Gentleness x Santos Dumont) will operate 24 hours on days 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 September, with an express service between 23h and 5h.

During this period, the trains will circulate at intervals of 60 minutes, with boarding and landing at the Terminal Gentleza and at the Stations Road, Cordeiro da Graça, Carioca, Cinelandia and Santos Dumont. From 5 am, Line 1 resumes the regular operation, with care at all stops of the route. The other lines of the VLT will work normally, from 5:00 to 11:00.

The special operation aims to facilitate the return of the public of the festival, especially for passengers who use the subway, with integration with the VLT at the Carioca and Cinelandia stations, and for those bound for the port region, Rio Bus, Terminal Gentleza (which offers connection with buses and BRT) and Santos Dumont Airport. The service teams will also be strengthened during the operation.

Access and payment

The rate of the VLT Carioca is R$ 5. Payment can be made with the Jaé digital card, available in the app, or with the physical card, purchased in the self-service machines installed in the Terminal Gentleza, in the stops and stations.

The boarding is carried out after validation of the passage inside the trains. Simply approximate the physical or virtual card to the validators located near the doors of the compositions.

It is also possible to pay the ticket via Pix. For this, the passenger must select the option “Pay Pix” on the validator screen. Then a 60-second QR Code will be displayed which should be scanned by the financial institution's application to complete the transaction.

After payment, it is important that the passenger keeps the proof of the operation and an identity document throughout the trip, for presentation to the inspection team, if requested.

Service — Operation Rock in Rio

Line 1 – Terminal Gentleness x Santos Dumont

Days: 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 September
Time of special operation: From 11:00 to 5:00
Boarding and landing stations: Terminal Gentleza, Highway, Lamb of Grace, Carioca, Cinelandia and Santos Dumont.
From 5 a.m. regular operation, with boarding and landing at all stations of Line 1.
Other lines: normal operation from 5:00 to 11:00.

Urban Planning with SEOP

The Municipal Secretariat of Public Order (SEOP) set up a special scheme for the seven days of Rock in Rio 2026, in the Southwest Zone of the city, and will have employment of 478 agents in the region in urban planning actions, besides promoting the orientation of cariocas and tourists who go to the festival. The staff will act in 12-hour shifts. In addition, the operation will have the support of 47 vehicles, between cars and motorcycles, as well as 5 trailers. The teams will also work with a focus on the supervision of street vendors, especially to curb the sale of glass bottles and food without proven origin, supplementary transportation supervision and removal of irregularly parked vehicles.

Of the total number of agents, 359 will be used exclusively in the stations and articulations of the BRT, through the program BRT Seguro, ensuring the safety and planning of the modal. The program will operate in the stations of the Transoeste, Transolympic, Transcarioca and Transbrasil roads, with full coverage for the Rock in Rio 2026, ensuring the safety of passengers of the BRT System (MOBI-Rio).

Action of more than 400 municipal guards per day

The special operation of the Municipal Guard (GM-Rio) runs from 01 to 18 September. The total staff employed in these 18 days in all strategic areas that encompass the operation will be 4,708 municipal guards.

During the Rock in Rio, GM-Rio will intensify the actions aimed at urban mobility around Rock City, working in the operation of road blocks, monitoring and traffic monitoring and also in the orientation of pedestrian crossing, prioritizing road safety. In addition to the surrounding Rock City, the operation will also cover the main transport terminals for access to the event facilities, such as the Dawn Terminals and Ocean Garden.

The teams will act in the region of the event and in the main points of entry of the city, such as Rio Road, airports and the Pier Mauá; and preventive patrolling in the main tourist spots.

Real-time monitoring

All coordinated activity of City Hall bodies in the Olympic Park region will be monitored in real time by the Center for Operations and Resilience (COR-Rio) during the realization of the Rock in Rio. A total of 800 cameras will follow the public displacement through the routes in the region of the event (Olympic Bar, Curicica, Barra da Tijuca and Recreio dos Bandeirantes), the traffic blocking points and the BRT's embarkation and landing sites.

In order to speed up the integrated work of the Prefeitura do Rio teams, COR-Rio will have an advanced base mounted in Olympic Park, with operators dedicated exclusively to monitoring the event area. The operation will also have three drones to monitor public movement and mobility, as well as assisting the operation at points where there are no cameras.

The entire movement of people and the traffic of vehicles in the region will be accompanied by a daily staff of approximately 250 operators on duty, in the Situation Room, in the headquarters of COR-Rio, in Cidade Nova, in front of the largest videowall in Latin America, 104 square meters, consisting of 125 screens of 55 inches. An exclusive layout for the event was developed for the screen in order to facilitate the work of the timers.

The Center for Operations and Resilience of Prefeitura do Rio is responsible for monitoring and optimizing the operation of the city on a daily basis, anticipating and managing crises in collaboration with other bodies, offering the citizen the prompt response to the occurrences of the city.

COR-Rio guides cariocas and visitors to follow through social networks (@operacoesrio), the news channel of the Operations Center at WhatsApp and the COR app. River real-time information on traffic conditions, transport situation and weather forecast in Rio. In addition, digital panels installed in urban furniture, public transport, airports, commercial buildings and malls will inform the public about the traffic restrictions scheduled for the day of the event.

Urban cleaning of the region

Comlurb has prepared a special cleaning plan for the outside area of Rock City during the Rock in Rio 2026. The Company will have 142 garis in each of the seven days of shows, divided into three shifts of work, for 24 hours.

The cleaning service will be done throughout the extension of Avenida Abelardo Bueno and surrounding roads, such as: Avenida Salvador Allende, Avenida Ayrton Senna, Avenida das Américas, Avenida Armando Lombardi and Avenida Minister Ivan Lins, among others.

The daily service has 11 blowers, 6 mini dumpers, 3 compactor trucks, 4 large sweepers, 1 medium-sized sweeper, and 2 water pipes and 2 vans with motorcycle pump to wash the streets with reuse water and a mixture of detergent and hypochlorite, among other vehicles and equipment.

350 containers will be distributed on the route between the road terminals and the venue of the event, to ensure that everyone makes the correct disposal of their waste.

Public health actions

Rock City will have six medical stations under the responsibility of organizing the event, with 16 ambulances for possible removals. The Municipal Regulatory Center, of the Municipal Health Department (SMS), will act together with the medical coordination of the event to order transfers of patients with more complex conditions that need assistance in the public health system. Lourenço Jorge Municipal Hospital and CER Bar will be the reference units and will receive reinforcement in the shifts to meet any demand.

In the two weeks of the Rock in Rio, the SMS will make, from Thursday to Saturday, a new reinforcement of vaccination actions against measles at the entrance doors of the city (airports and bus) and places with great concentration of people, such as the edge of Copacabana, Urca (next to the station of the tram), and Terminal Jardim Oceânico, among other points. The number of cases of the disease rose again in Brazil, especially in São Paulo, and also in some neighboring countries, and the increase in vaccination coverage of children and adults is important to keep the population of Rio protected.

The secretariat will also perform health surveillance and health surveillance actions. In health surveillance, monitoring the epidemiological scenario (international, national and local) began four weeks before the Rock in Rio. In the pre-event, a technical visit was made to evaluate environmental conditions, risk factors and actions adopted; and vector control actions were carried out throughout the area of the event and contiguous areas.

During the Rock in Rio, there will be timemakers on all days of the festival monitoring and acting in front of events of interest to public health. Guidance will be given to the teams of the medical stations on diseases and diseases of compulsory notification; and the Heat Levels will be monitored. After the event is over, the SMS will monitor the epidemiological scenario for four weeks. Possible cases of diseases or diseases of notification will be referred to the responsible technical areas.

The Municipal Institute of Health Surveillance (IVISA-Rio) operates in the pre-event with health education, with guidance and clarification to suppliers and service providers involved in the event; and conducting technical visits in the assembly of food structures and medical stations. During the RIR, the hygiene and health conditions related to the production, handling, storage, transportation and distribution of food and beverages will be monitored; food collection and analysis will be performed to assess the hygiene and sanitary quality; health services supervision; beautification and application of tattoo and piercing activities; and fumigen products and illegal sale of smoking devices; and investigation of possible outbreaks in conjunction with the Health Surveillance.

Consumer service monitoring

The Municipal Department of Consumer Protection and Defense, through Procon Carioca, will be present at the Rock in Rio with a team of 22 agents working in the service to consumers and in the supervision of the establishments and services offered during the event.

The agents will be distributed at different points to guide the public. The inspection will check prices, products, services, licenses, permits, security conditions, emergency exits, first aid, access control and tickets.

The team will also check whether the information available to the public is clear, adequate and ostensive, ensuring more security and transparency for consumers during the event.

Actions for the safety of women

The Secretariat of Policies for Women and Care (SPM-Rio) will have specialized teams throughout the festival space, as well as actions to raise awareness and distribute information materials on prevention and help channels.

The Secretariat will have a special operation to welcome, advise and prevent women. The initiative aims to raise awareness among the public about the different forms of violence against women, reinforce the importance of prevention and disseminate the ways to seek help, especially the Women platform. River.

During the festival, SPM-Rio will have 65 professionals per day, among psychologists, social workers, lawyers, mobilizers, coordinators and support. The team will be distributed through the space of the event, ensuring active presence throughout the operation and prepared to welcome women who are going through situations of harassment and/or violence, offering emergency guidance and referral.

Improvement of lighting quality Olympic Park and surroundings

Two months in advance, RioLuz carried out a task force to ensure the safety and quality of lighting in the Olympic Park and its surroundings during the Rock in Rio. The work involved reviewing more than 200 poles, 60 light points within the Park, 15 commands and totems, as well as preventive maintenance in more than 12 streets and avenues of the region.

The teams also modernized eight luminaries near the lake and installed 10 new LED projectors. In all, professionals were mobilized with high basket trucks and munck, totaling 2,160 hours of work dedicated to the preparation of the Olympic Park for the festival. During all the days of the event, RioLuz will keep teams on call 24 hours a day to meet any occurrences and ensure the operation of the lighting.