Rio de Janeiro’s August Concert Calendar Stacks Up with Rosalía, Caetano Veloso and More
Rio de Janeiro’s August 2026 concert calendar features Rosalía, Caetano Veloso with Emicida, Maria Bethânia, Djavan and Simone across major...
August 6, 2026Topic
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Brazil singer Majur celebrates being first trans woman on the cover of ‘Vogue Bride’
Brazilian Singer Majur celebrated being the first trans woman to be on the cover of "Vogue Noiva" magazine worldwide. The...
September 16, 2021
Brazil’s singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso announces August tour of 3 European countries
Caetano Veloso, one of Brazil's best-known singer-songwriters and winner of several Grammy awards, confirmed Wednesday on social networks that he...
June 30, 2021
In Brazil, Gilberto Gil popularized Bob Marley’s reggae
"Bob Marley was one of the greatest interpreters of this consciousness of exclusion, of inequality. He was the last artist...
May 12, 2021
‘Queermuseu’ Opens at Rio’s Parque Lage School of Visual Arts this Saturday
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Saturday, August 18th, the much-anticipated, previously vetoed ‘Queermuseu: Cartografias...
August 17, 2018
Tom Zé Returns to Rio’s Circo Voador this Saturday
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Icon of the sixties Tropicália movement Tom Zé is making...
June 20, 2018
Jorge Ben Jor to Play Rio’s Circo Voador this Friday and Saturday
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – There aren’t many names in Brazilian music bigger than Jorge...
June 1, 2018Gilberto Gil’s ‘Refavela 40’ Plays 3-Nights at Rio’s Theatro Net
Marking forty years since the release of the album, ‘Refavela,’ Bem and Gilberto Gil are taking up a three-night residency...
May 22, 2018
Rio Hosts a Free Show in Copacabana Calling for Direct Elections
Caetano Veloso, Criolo and Mano Brown are all performing in a free protest show calling for Temer's removal.
May 26, 2017