
Carnival • January 02, 2025
Schedule of street trials of samba schools of the Special Group
By Mariana França
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Photo: Alex Nunes
The year begins and we already think about it: the Carnaval 2025! The parades of the Special Group in Sapucaí will be on days 2, 3 and 4 of March, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, but the street rehearsals are free will begin now and promise to warm the public.
The year begins and we already think about it: the Carnaval 2025! The parades of the Special Group in Sapucaí will be on days 2, 3 and 4 of March, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, but the street rehearsals are free will begin now and promise to warm the public.
Paradise of Tuiuti
Monday's the day! Every Monday until the parades, the blue and yellow will meet at 8 pm to rehearse to the sound of the samba enredo: “Who is afraid of Xica Manincongo”.
Location: In front of the Pedro II College, in the São Cristóvão Field.
Time: from 8:00.
Willow
Programme for Thursday? We do! This is the time to meet and train samba-snatcher “Close Body Willow”.
Time: from 8:00.
Location: Maxwell Street, Andaraí.
United Tijuca
Thursdays promise to be animated with the U.S. rehearsals of Tijuca! You even have the parades to decorate “Logun-Edé: Holy Child that Old Respects”.
Time: from 7:00.
Location: Avenida Francisco Bicalho, no 47, Santo Cristo.
Vila Isabel
To get into the samba climate “ The more I pray, the more haunting appears”Every Wednesday is blue and white to have the party on the street.
Time: from 8:00.
Place: Boulevard Twenty-eight of September - Vila Isabel
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And to begin the countdown for Carnaval, you check all information and events on our carnaval.rio site.
The technical trials at Sapucaí begin at the end of January and you see the calendar here.
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