If you have a ticket to Rio de Janeiro this year-end, you will enjoy reading this news. If you still don’t know where to go during the New Year’s holiday week, here’s a good suggestion.
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, announced the city’s New Year’s Eve programming for 2025. The city will host shows by Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia, Ivete Sangalo – for the first time at the Rio festival (She is from another state, Bahia), Anitta, Xand Avião, and the champion of the 2024 carnival, the samba school Unidos de Viradouro.
In total, there will be 13 stages spread throughout the city. However, the expectation is that only Copacabana, the main celebration site, will receive up to two million people on the last night of 2024.
According to the mayor, this year’s event will have the largest number of shows in the history of Rio’s New Year’s Eve, with more than 20 shows still to be announced. “What we want is to welcome visitors, so we are inviting everyone to spread out across the city’s New Year’s Eve parties,” he said in an interview.
The president of RioTur, Patrick Côrrea, emphasized that New Year’s Eve will be celebrated not only in Copacabana but in various locations throughout the city. “Last year, several stages around the city attracted five million people to celebrate New Year’s in Rio, so we want to surpass that mark,” he highlighted.
Fireworks
In 2025, ten barges will be distributed along Copacabana beach for the 12-minute fireworks display that will take place between December 31 and January 1. In 2024, the celebrations at Copacabana beach gathered 2.5 million people. According to the Rio city hall, the economic impact was R$ 3 billion during the last New Year’s Eve.
“We want hotels to be full, bars, restaurants, and businesses to be productive. One of the most important activities in Rio is tourism, people coming to visit [the city], and the entertainment industry,” said Mayor Eduardo Paes.
“Rio is a city with many options and alternatives, so we always want to encourage and create reasons for people to come to Rio de Janeiro, not just for its natural beauty, tourist attractions, and historical sites. We always want to have great events and gatherings here,” concluded the mayor.
Source: Agência Brasil