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Carnival Parades

Learn All About The Carnival Parades In Rio De Janeiro.

The Access Group, Special Group and Champion's Carnival.

King Momo signals the start of Carnival parades throughout the city of Rio. The parading order for the 2025 Rio Carnival is decided by raffle at a ceremony organized by LIESA, the body that organizes Carnival parades.

The opening act at the Sambadrome is the Access Group Parade that will commence at 10:30pm on Carnival Friday, February 28th, 2025.

Men doing indigenous dance - Rio Carnival
Inocentes de Belford Roxo - Alex Ferro | Riotur

This is the first in a series of Carnival parades held over the next four days at the Sambadrome. Saturday, March 1st is scheduled for the second day of Access Group competition where samba schools in the second league will put up a spectacular show in a bid to gain a slot in the Special Group next year.

Carnival parades by the elite group begin on Carnival Sunday, March 2nd with six schools in the Special Group performing before a packed stadium and then the Second Day of Special Group Parade on March 3rd with six other samba schools.

Above the table of Special Group, Access Group and Winner's Parades of 2025

Special Group Parade Order 2024

March 2nd (Sunday) March 3rd (Monday)
10:00 PM To be definedTo be defined
11:15 PM To be definedTo be defined
00:30 AM To be definedTo be defined
01:45 AM To be definedTo be defined
03:00 AM To be definedTo be defined
04:15 AM To be definedTo be defined

Access Group Parade Order 2024

February 09th (Friday)
February 10th (Saturday)
21:00  União do Parque Acarí
Sereno de Campo Grande
21:45  Império da Tijuca
Em Cima da Hora
22:30 Acadêmicos de Vigário Geral
Arranco do E.D
23:15 Inocentes de Belford Roxo União da Ilha
00:00 Estácio de Sá Unidos de Padre Miguel
00:45 União de Maricá São Clemente
01:30 Acadêmicos de Niterói Unidos de Bangu
02:15 Unidos da Ponte
Império Serrano

Winners' Parade - Champion and 5 runner-up from Special Group

Start of the Parade March 8th (Saturday)
22:00 To be defined
23:00 To be defined
00:00 To be defined
01:00 To be defined
02:00 To be defined
03:00 To be defined