Rio de Janeiro events through May 2027

Sebrae Rio Summit brings together entrepreneurs, business development professionals and people looking for practical uses for new technologies. From 10 to 12 November 2026, talks and discussions at the Riocentro convention centre will explore innovation, customer behaviour and changes in business.

Weather forecasting matters beyond choosing a day at the beach. It connects with water resources, agriculture, energy, aviation and protecting people during dangerous weather. These links are the subject of the 24th Congresso Brasileiro de Meteorologia, taking place in Rio on 16–19 November 2026.

The Union World Conference on Lung Health brings together people approaching lung health from different perspectives: researchers, clinicians, community representatives, NGOs and health authorities. Their meeting takes place in Rio de Janeiro from 17 to 20 November 2026.

CIH 2026 focuses on preventing and controlling infections in healthcare settings. The 20th Congresso Brasileiro de Controle de Infecção e Epidemiologia Hospitalar brings specialists, researchers and healthcare professionals together to discuss patient safety, emerging threats and developments in practice.

The World Rescue Challenge brings rescue teams together for professional extrication and trauma care competitions. Rio de Janeiro hosts the 2026 event with Brazil’s ABRES and the World Rescue Organisation. The competition days at Riocentro run from 19 to 22 November.

The Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit, known as SIPS, brings scientists, engineers, researchers and industry representatives to Rio. From 30 November to 3 December 2026, they will discuss sustainable technologies through a series of scientific symposia.

MRO Latin America is an aviation industry meeting focused on aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul. In 2027, its conference and showcase take place on 17–18 February at Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro. The event is intended for airlines, maintenance organisations, manufacturers, suppliers and leasing companies.

SBC Summit Rio is a business conference and exhibition for betting and gambling industry professionals. The organiser has announced its return to Riocentro on 2–4 March 2027. The audience includes operators, technology suppliers, affiliate teams and payment specialists. It is a professional industry event rather than a video game festival.

The Ocean Decade Conference is an international meeting about using knowledge of the ocean to address challenges facing coastal communities, the economy and the environment. Its main conference takes place on 7–9 April 2027 in the Pier Mauá warehouses. It is jointly organised by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the City of Rio de Janeiro.

Rio2C brings together the creative industries, combining film, music, new technologies and opportunities to find partners for projects. It takes place at Cidade das Artes from 12 to 17 April 2027. Several formats share the event, so a professional delegate’s visit will differ from a day at the festival programme.

LAAD Defence & Security is a professional defence and security exhibition. Its 2027 edition is announced for 13–16 April at Riocentro. It brings together representatives of the armed forces, police, government bodies and companies working in security and the defence industry.

Windsor Barra Hotel hosts the 11th IAOO World Congress from 5 to 8 May 2027. Its subject is oral, head and neck oncology. The programme brings together specialists working at different stages of a patient’s care, from diagnosis and treatment to recovery and life afterwards.

The INC World Nut & Dried Fruit Congress is a professional meeting for the nut and dried fruit industry. Company executives, buyers, suppliers and other international trade professionals gather in Rio from 5 to 7 May 2027. The focus is on the market and its future, rather than a consumer tasting fair.

The Sociedade de Cardiologia do Estado do Rio de Janeiro’s 44th congress takes place on 6 and 7 May 2027. SOCERJ brings together cardiologists, other healthcare professionals and the scientific community. The meeting’s theme is “Cardiology without borders: science, innovation and access”.

InterPore2027 brings together porous media researchers, working in a field where fundamental theory meets questions in energy, the environment, health and materials science. The international conference takes place in Rio de Janeiro from 10 to 13 May 2027.

AB2L Lawtech Experience explores change at the intersection of law and technology. Its sixth international legal innovation congress is announced for 12 and 13 May 2027 at Pier Mauá. The legal community, technology companies and researchers meet to consider how legal practice itself may change.

The 64th Congresso Brasileiro de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia takes place in Rio from 12 to 15 May 2027. CBGO is the congress of FEBRASGO, Brazil’s federation of gynaecology and obstetrics associations. Riocentro is the announced venue.

ExpoRio Cidade Nova hosts the fifth FPSO Expo from 18 to 20 May 2027. The meeting is dedicated to floating production, storage and offloading systems. The abbreviation FPSO represents a specialist area of offshore energy with its own technical and operational challenges.

Tião: um fotógrafo da Providência presents Rio through photographs taken by someone who lived alongside his subjects. Sebastião Pires de Oliveira, known as Tião, photographed residents of the port area and Morro da Providência. His images preserve everyday life, celebrations, the cityscape and personal connections.

Beleza valente at Museu de Arte do Rio introduces Zanele Muholi’s work, bringing art together with social action. Photography becomes a way to tell the stories of Black LGBTQIAPN+ communities in South Africa and elsewhere, preserving faces, experiences and the right to be seen. The exhibition runs until 29 November 2026.

Amazônicas — Poéticas Femininas explores the Amazon through contemporary art by women from the states of Pará, Acre and Amazonas. The artists look beyond landscapes to consider memory, the body, family histories, spirituality and life in their region. The exhibition runs at CCBB Rio until 16 November 2026.

Tainan Cabral’s Armadilhas no Paraíso looks at Rio from its western districts, the Zona Oeste. The starting point is a tension between everyday difficulties and the strength of popular celebration. The exhibition offers the artist’s perspective on urban experience beyond the city’s familiar postcard views.

The GOMPA collective approaches Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein through two productions at CCBB Rio. One tells children a story of friendship and accepting differences. The other combines theatre and dance for an adult audience, exploring a woman’s refusal to meet her creator’s expectations. The programme continues until 15 November 2026.

Qualistage hosts The Hayley Williams Show on 9 November 2026. This is a solo performance by Hayley Williams, separate from Paramore’s concerts. Annie DiRusso is also announced for the evening, giving fans an opportunity to see Williams’s own concert project during a trip to Rio.

Nando Reis brings the Pra Você Guardei o Amor tour to Qualistage on 13 November 2026. The programme focuses on his romantic repertoire: songs about love, closeness, separation and the different ways people experience relationships.

Gilsons perform at Vivo Rio with guest Gilberto Gil on 13 November 2026. The date celebrates the concert hall’s twentieth anniversary: Gilberto Gil took part in its opening in 2006, and the story now returns to the stage through a meeting with a new-generation trio.

Simone Mendes performs at Qualistage on 14 November 2026. Her solo music is rooted in sertanejo, a Brazilian popular style where personal stories of love and separation become songs for audiences to sing together.

CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso bring the FREE SPIRITS World Tour to Vivo Rio on 20 November 2026. The Argentine duo combine trap, rock and pop with humour, theatrical play and emotional openness.

Mariah Carey brings her Christmas Time concert production to Rio on 21 November 2026, inside Farmasi Arena. The seasonal programme celebrates her Christmas repertoire in a dedicated stage show.

Qualistage hosts O Grande Encontro with Leci Brandão, Sandro Luiz, Tião Casemiro and Luan Pureza on 22 November 2026. Artists from different generations bring samba together with the musical traditions of Afro-Brazilian culture and Umbanda.

Farmasi Arena hosts Roberto Carlos: Gravação do Especial on 26 November 2026. The evening is announced as the recording of a special year-end television concert. Audience members can attend a performance being prepared for viewers at home as well.

Seal performs at Qualistage on 26 November 2026. His music combines pop, dance sounds and soul; for many listeners, “Kiss From a Rose” was their introduction to his voice.

Major RD presents the ALFA tour at Fundição Progresso on 27 November 2026. The evening combines rap with the instrumental power of Brazilian rock, bringing a new stage of the performer’s work to the concert hall.

Jorge Vercillo performs JV30 Parte II — Mais um final feliz at Qualistage on 28 November 2026. The evening is announced as the closing concert of the tour marking thirty years of his career, exploring different sides of the singer and composer’s work.

Fresno performs with Nova Orquestra at Fundição Progresso on 28 November 2026. Lucas Silveira, Vavo and Guerra present songs from different periods of the band, with particular attention to A Sinfonia de Tudo Que Há, the album turning ten in 2026.

Gipsy Kings by Diego Baliardo perform at Qualistage with guest Sidney Magal on 29 November 2026. The programme brings guitar-driven flamenco rumba together with Brazilian popular music and Magal’s dance repertoire.

Ferrugem records a live video version of Sentimento at Qualistage on 5 December 2026. The project brings the world of his album of the same name onto the stage: songs about falling in love, longing, disappointment and trying to let a relationship go.

Armandinho performs with his band at Fundição Progresso on 5 December 2026. His music combines pop, reggae, rock and surf rock with a romantic tone. Melody, an unhurried rhythm and songs to enjoy with friends make this an evening to consider.

Carol Biazin makes her first Fundição Progresso appearance with Odeio Muito a Despedida on 12 December 2026. The concert introduces contemporary Brazilian pop through a songwriter combining new material with songs from earlier creative chapters.

Qualistage brings together two full concerts on 19 December 2026: Di Ferrero presents SE7E, while Thiago Castanho and Marcão Britto perform Charlie Brown Jr. Acústico. Each programme has its own musicians and repertoire, connecting different stages of Brazilian rock.

ConeCrewDiretoria celebrates its twentieth anniversary at Fundição Progresso on 19 December 2026. The group returns to Lapa, the neighbourhood associated with its early performances and its move from the city’s underground scene to a wider audience.

Mundo Bita and Orquestra Petrobras Sinfônica present Natal do Bita at Vivo Rio on 20 December 2026. The family concert combines Christmas melodies with songs from the children’s music project. Felipe Prazeres conducts, with guest Chaps, Mundo Bita’s creator and songwriter.

Xuxa presents O Último Voo da Nave at Maracanã on 20 December 2026. The title, “The Spaceship’s Last Flight”, returns to her stage spaceship and a world familiar to generations of Brazilian viewers.

The main samba school parades turn the Marquês de Sapucaí Sambadrome into a vast stage of music, costumes and moving floats. In 2027, Grupo Especial’s competition nights take place on 7, 8 and 9 February. The six highest-placed schools return for the champions’ parade on 13 February.

The SURFILMUSIC Tour connects Jack Johnson’s music with surfing and film. The Rio concert takes place at Qualistage on 16 February 2027, with Donavon Frankenreiter and G. Love announced as support acts. It offers a musical evening to add to a trip that already includes time by the sea, walks and relaxation.

Arnaldo Antunes and Adriana Calcanhotto perform Vice-Versa at Qualistage on 20 March 2027. Their longstanding creative relationship led to a first joint album, released in September 2026. The tour brings these new songs into a live stage setting.

Criolo performs at Fundição Progresso on 3 April 2027 with the tour marking fifteen years of Nó na Orelha. Released in 2011, the album brought rap together with samba, bolero, Afrobeat, reggae and Latin American rhythms.

Nathalie Lermitte presents Piaf Le Spectacle — Hymne à La Môme at Vivo Rio on 8 April 2027. The production celebrates Édith Piaf through live performances of her songs, accompanying musicians and archive imagery.

Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators bring the Flying Blind Tour 2027 to Fundição Progresso on 13 April 2027. The guitarist returns with his longstanding project, combining Myles Kennedy’s vocals with Slash’s guitar sound and The Conspirators’ musicianship.

Shrek — O Musical begins its run at Cidade das Artes on 19 May 2027. Tiago Abravanel plays Shrek, with Evelyn Castro as Donkey. The production brings the story familiar from DreamWorks animation to musical theatre, combining songs, humour, costumes and scenery.

Rio hosts the SSL Gold Cup Final Series from 18 November to 13 December 2026. Forty national teams compete in SSL 47 yachts on Guanabara Bay. By using the same class of boat, the competition puts the focus on teams and their skills.

HYROX combines running with exercises at workout stations. Competitors come to Rio to test their strength and endurance, accompanied by friends and supporters. The organiser has announced two days at Riocentro: 21 and 22 November 2026.

Rio Open is a men’s tennis tournament, offering a chance to watch professional tennis during a visit to Rio. The 2027 edition takes place on 13–21 February at Jockey Club Brasileiro. The organiser has already announced João Fonseca, Flavio Cobolli, Casper Ruud and Lorenzo Musetti among the players; the final line-up may change.

Maratona do Rio brings runners together over several days. The programme for 27–30 May 2027 includes 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon races, plus Desafio: a half marathon and marathon on consecutive days. You can come to run your own race or support someone at the finish. Each distance has its own date and start location, which makes choosing the right race essential to your plans.