Rio Carnival 2024

Live Stream, TV Coverage, Webcast Feed, Dates, Schedule

A cavalcade for the senses, Carnival in Rio is back again for 2024 and, as always with this amazing event, it promises to be an awesome spectacle drawing millions of spectators to the city with parades, music and an exposion of colours and sounds, With more of the action also now being brought to you via live stream, TV and online coverage, you can enjoy the festivities wherever you are.

In a highly competitive field that includes parades and events in locations as diverse as New Orleans, Trinidad and Tobago and Notting Hill, the Rio Carnival is widely acknowledged as the biggest and greatest in the world, with an almost unbelievable 2 million plus participants every year taking to the streets. It is also one of the oldest in existence, able to trace its roots as far back as 1823.

The carnival's events spread themselves far and wide across the city so if you're in town it's easy to find something to get involved in. The highlights of the carnival each year are the balls at the Copacabana Palace and nearby famous beach and of course the parade of the Samba Schools in the city's iconic Sambodromo, with the biggest of all the street parties taking place simultaneously directly outside.

Carnival Dates

The Rio Carnival in 2024 will be taking place 9 - 17th February.

Rio Carnival Schedule

The main events of the 2024 are:

Access Group Parades on Friday 9th and Thursday 10th February

Special Group Parades on Sunday 11th and Monday 12th February

Champion's Parade on Saturday 17th February

There are usually other events going on every day of the Rio Carnival, with street band parades at Copacabana and Ipanema beaches in the afternoons, dances at Cinelandia, concerts at Samba Land and Concerts in Lapa every evening.

Full details and last minute updates can be found here.

Carnival Tickets

For all the parades the doors open at 5pm and the parade continues until the early hours of the morning - 5 or even 6am finishes are not uncommon, so be prepared for a long night! Tickets available here.

TV & Live Streaming

The Rio Carnival has been available as a live stream for a few years now, albeit via a variety of broadcasters, including Brazilian channel Globo and online stations Yahoo and Red Bull TV, so we're confident of live coverage again for this year's main events.

We'll have updates on the live coverage as it becomes available - there will also be regular updates on the official Globo TV carnival page here:

Carnival on Globo TV

There is also the official page Carnival Live TV 2022

The Globo Play service (looks very much like a Brazilian Netflix) does have a carnaval section - although this is a paid service there is also the option to sign up for a 7 day free trial:

Globo Play Carnaval

There is also the excellent live streaming webcam on the Copacabana beach, which will be running live throughout the carnival:

Rio live webcam

Elsewhere around the world you can see our full range of live coverage of mardi gras and carnival events around the world, including the big Fat Tuesday parades in Trinidad & Tobago, Houma, Lake Charles and New Orleans here:

Watch Mardi Gras & Carnival live

Hotels and Accommodation

If you're planning on visiting Rio de Janeiro during the carnival and looking for somewhere to stay to attend the samba parades or other events then be aware that hotel prices tend to peak at this time, so an early reservation is strongly recommended. The venues around Copacabana are especially popular.

You can check out availability and make reservations for all of the top local hotels here.

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