Thousands of people who arrive in the Marvelous City are attracted by the Rio carnival. In addition to the famous samba school parades at the Sambadrome, one of the city's biggest attractions during this time are the street blocks, whether official or unofficial.
From the South Zone to the North Zone of Rio, passing through Barra da Tijuca and Centro, the street carnival block program offers many options for all tastes and ages. Check out the agenda below, dress up your costume and get ready to enjoy days of great revelry!!!!
February 18, 2023 – Carnival Saturday
Centro & Paquetá
Sky on Earth
Where: Rua Alm. Alexandrian, Santa Teresa
Concentration: 6:30 am
Style: Marchinhas
Multiblock
Where: Avenida Henrique Valadares, 41, Centro
Concentration: 7am
Style: Mix of Samba, Marchinha, Olodum, Funk and Brazilian Rock
Cordão da Bola Preta (Opening of Carnival)
Where: Rua Primeiro de Março, Centro
Concentration:8h
Style: Old Block
Black Silver Cord
Where: Praça da Harmonia, Gamboa
Concentration: 8:30 am
Mouse Alley
Where: Rua Joaquim Silva, 11, Lapa
Concentration: 10am
Serragens Block
Where: Rua Adelaíde Alambari, 85, Paquetá
Concentration: 12pm
Afoxé Sons of Gandhi
Where: Harmony Square, Health
Concentration: 2pm
Carioca da Gema
Where: Rua dos Arcos, 24, Lapa
Concentration: 3pm
Batuquebato
Where: Praça XV, 20, in front of the Stock Exchange Building, Centro
Concentration: 3pm
Camel Block
Where: Praia José Bonifácio, 175, Paquetá
Concentration: 4pm
They Say
Where: Rua Nabuco de Freitas, 50, Santo Cristo
Concentration: 4pm
It happened
Where: Largo das Neves, 8, Santa Teresa
Concentration: 4pm
Treta Block
Where: Rua Imperatriz Leopoldina, 55, Centro
Concentration: 6pm
South Zone
Scandal
Where: Rua Jardim Botânico, 758, Jardim Botânico
Concentration: 8am
Excitement at 9
Where: Av. Atlântica, 4122, Copacabana
Concentration: 9am
Two There, Two Here
Where: Rua Álvaro Ramos, 11, Botafogo
Concentration: 9am
Barbas's Block
Where: Corner of Rua Arnaldo Quintela and Rua Assis Bueno, Botafogo
Concentration: 2pm
Style: Old Block
Fire in the Underwear
Where: Rua Anita Garibaldi, 60, Copacabana
Concentration: 2pm
Friends of Catete
Where: Rua do Catete, corner of Dois de Outubro, Catete
Concentration: 2pm
Band of Glory
Where: Taberna da Glória, Rua do Russel, 30, Glória
Concentration: 4pm
Medicine is Samba
Where: Av. Atlântica, 3264, Copacabana
Concentration: 4pm
Ipanema Band
Where: Rua Gomes Carneiro, 55, Ipanema
Concentration: 4pm
Barra/Recreio/Jacarepaguá
Love Band
Where: Av. Lucio Costa, 3360, Barra
Concentration: 8am
Battle of the Blocks
Where: Av. Lucio Costa, 16560, Recreio
Concentration: 8am
Barra Block
Where: Praça do Ó, Barra
Concentration: 9am
Little Box Block
Where: Estrada dos Bandeirantes, 24.200, Vargem Grande
Concentration: 10am
Uncle Tonho's Block
Where: Caugula, 526
Concentration: 3pm
10 E Music
Where: Av. Lucio Costa, 16380, Recreio
Concentration: 3pm
Rio2Amores
Where: Rua Bruno Giorgi, S/N, Parish
Concentration: 4pm
Cidade Jardim Block
Where: Av. Vice-president José Alencar, 7, Curicica
Concentration: 4pm
February 19, 2023 – Carnival Sunday
Centro & Paquetá
Block 442
Where: Praça Mauá
Concentration: 6h
Boitatá Cordon
Where: Praça XV, Centro
Concentration: 10am
Style: Old Block
Turtle Block
Where: Rua Cerqueira, 75, Paquetá
Concentration: 12pm
C. C Dhel and the Plague Goats
Where: Rua Carlos de Carvalho, corner of Rua Carlos Sampaio, Centro
Concentration: 2pm
Play Rauuuul!
Where: Praça Tiradentes, Center
Concentration: 1pm
Style: Reinterpretations of Raul Seixas' songs
Santa Teresa clapper
Where: Rua Monte Alegre, 306m Santa Teresa
Concentration: 3pm
Banda da Conceição
Where: Major Valo Square, Health
Concentration: 5pm
Powerful Block
Where: Rua Imperatriz Leopoldina, 55, Centro
Concentration: 6pm
Take a Paquetá Island
Where: Praia da Moreninha, 148, Paquetá
Concentration: 6pm
South Zone
Sand
Where: Posto 12, Leblon
Concentration: 7am
Divine Bullshit
Where: Dirt Earth Field at Aterro do Flamengto, Praia do Flamengo, 340
Concentration: 8am
Laranjada Samba Clube
Where: Jardim Laranjeiras Square, Laranjeiras
Concentration: 8am
Style: Sambas-plots of all times
Bangalafumenga
Where: Pracinhas Monument, Glória
Concentration: 9am
What Pussy Is This – Children's
Where: Bar Paz e Amor, Rua Garcia D´Ávila, 173, Ipanema
Hours: 9am
It's all or nothing
Where: Rua Marquês, 41, Humaitá
Concentration: 10am
What the fuck
Where: Bar Paz e Amor – Rua Garcia D'Ávila, 173, corner of Rua Nascimento Silva, Ipanema
Concentration: 10am
Sympathy Is Almost Love
Where: Rua Teixeira de Melo, Ipanema
Concentration: 2pm
Lidinho Band (children's)
Where: Lido Square, Copacabana
Concentration: 3pm
Style: Children, parades in front of the Lido Band
Oh! How embarassing
Where: Av. Prefeito Mendes de Moraes, São Conrado
Concentration: 3pm
By Bag
Where: Corumbá Square, Botafogo
Concentration: 3pm
Choppinho by Paula Freitas
Where: Rua Paula Freitas, corner of Avenida Atlântica, Copacabana
Concentration: 4pm
Arteiros da Glória
Where: Rua da Glória, 190, Glória
Concentration: 4pm
Grande Tijuca
Nerd March
Where: Praça dos Cavalinhos (Xavier de Brito), Tijuca
Concentration: 2pm
Cart Block
Where: Ilha da Coroa, 81 – Barra da Tijuca
Concentration: 2pm – Sunday
Barra/Recreio/Jacarepaguá/Valqueire
Buddha of Barra
Where: Av. Lúcio Costa, 3636, Barra
Concentration: 10am
Little Princess of Recreio
Where: Av. Lúcio Costa, 16410, Recreio
Concentration: 1pm
Damn Right
Where: Rua Capitão Menezes, 1406, Valqueire
Concentration: 1pm
Bohemios da Pracinha is Vital
Where: Rua Ourém, corner of Rua Calmon, Curicica
Concentration: 2pm
Cidade Jardim Block
Where: Av. Vice-president José Alencar, 7, Curicica
Concentration: 4pm
February 20, 2023 – Carnival Monday
Centro & Paquetá
What a shame, love
Where: Buraco do Lume, Centro
Concentration: 7am
Style: Black Race and much more from Pagoda dos 90s
Exaggerated Block
Where: Praça Tiradentes, Center
Concentration: 8am
Bring the Bucket
Where: Rua Joaquim Silva, 133, Lapa
Concentration: 8am
InsanaRJ Block
Where: Rua dos Arcos, 24, Lapa, in front of Fundição Progresso
Concentration: 10am
National Dinosaurs
Where: Largo São Francisco de Paula, Center
Concentration: 11am
Style: National Rock of the 80s
Children of Martins
Where: Praça Tiradentes, 79, Centro
Concentration: 2pm
I love beer
Where: Rua Washington Luís, Lapa
Concentration: 3:30 p.m.
It happened
Where: Largo dos Guimarães, 2, Santa Teresa
Concentration: 4pm
Infiéis Carnival Association
Where: Largo Alexandre Herculano, Center
Concentration: 4pm
Band of the Invalids
Where: Rua dos Inválidos, 138, Centro
Concentration: 4pm
Colony Block
Where: Praia José Bonifácio, 175, Paquetá
Concentration: 4pm
Friends Block
Where: Rua dos Imperatriz Leopoldina, 55 Centro
Concentration: 4pm
South Zone
Run after
Where: Posto 11, Leblon
Concentration: 7am
Sergeant Pepper
Where: Avenida Infante Dom Henrique, 75, Flamengo
Concentration: 8am
Virtual
Where: Rank 1 Rudder
Concentration: 9am
Standing Oak
Where: Visconde de Caravelas, 14, Botafogo
Concentration: 8am
Largo do Machadinho, But Not Largo do Suquinho (Children's)
Where: Largo do Machado, Catete
Concentration: 9am
Scale My Cock
Where: Rua do Catete. 227, Catete
Concentration: 10am
Banda Clube Nobre do Bairro Peixoto
Where: Rua Siqueira Campos, corner of Avenida Atlântica, Copacabana
Concentration: 11am
Afoxé African Roots
Where: Posto 6, Copacabana
Hours: 2pm
Healthy Turkey
Where: Heleoneida Stuart Square, Leme
Concentration: 2pm
Crusade Empire
Where: Avenida Delfim Moreira, between Posto 12 and 11, Leblon
Concentration: 2pm
Monday Block
Where: Rua Marques, 15, Botafogo
Concentration: 3pm
Ipanema Band (Children)
Where: Rua Visconde de Pirajá, 61, Ipanema
Concentration: 3pm
Style: Children's Ball
Flamengo Stretch
Where: Rua Marques de Abrantes, in front of the Flamengo metro, Flamengo
Concentration: 4pm
Barra/Recreio/Jacarepaguá
Riviera Band
Where: Av. Mayor Dulcídio Cardoso, 2500, Barra
Concentration: 2pm
Cidade Jardim Block
Where: Av. Vice-president José Alencar, 7, Curicica
Concentration: 4pm
February 21, 2023 – Carnival Tuesday
Centro & Paquetá
Lud's Fervo
Where: Rua Primeiro de Março, Centro
Concentration: 7am
Carmelites
Where: Largo do Curvelo, Santa Teresa
Concentration: 8am
Style: Old Block
Cup Class
Where: Praia José Bonifácio, 175, Paquetá
Concentration: 8am
TriboQ
Where: Rua Sacadura Cabral, 45, Centro
Concentration: 10am
Smell on the Forehead
Where: Ladeira do Castro (next to Cine Teresa), Saint Teresa
Concentration: 11am
Flying Orchestra
Where: Aterro do Flamengo, height of Outeiro da Glória, Aterro
Concentration: 1pm
Rio plot
Where: Rua Sacadura Cabral, 45, Centro
Concentration: 3pm
Friendship Band
Where: Rua Tadeu Kosciusko, 79, Centro
Concentration: 3pm
Cousins' Block
Where: Ex-Combate Square, Paquetá
Concentration: 3pm
Santa Teresa Lullaby
Where: Rua Almirante Alexandrino, 1638, Santa Teresa
Concentration: 3pm
Quengas Band
Where: In the middle of Washington Luís, Lapa
Concentration: 4pm
Shoo away I'll go
Where: Praça Tiradentes, Center
Concentration: 4pm
Dubstra
Where: Rua Imperatriz Leopoldina
Concentration: 4pm
I Stayed Firm
Where: Ladeira do Barroso, 95, Gamboa
Concentration: 5pm
South Zone
Uncle Bio's nephews
Where: Av. Delfim Moreira – height of Rua Rita Ludolf, Leblon
Concentration: 7am
Vagalume, The Green
Where: Rua Jardim Botânico with Pacheco Leão, Jardim Botânico
Hours: 7am
Rocha da Gávea
Where: Praça Santos Dummont, Gávea
Concentration: 8am
Mess My Bandstand
Where: São Salvador Square, Laranjeiras
Concentration: 9am
Cardoso de Laranjeiras
Where: Rua Cardoso Júnior, 1, Laranjeiras
Concentration: 11am
Leblon Push Que Pega
Where: Avenida Delfim Moreira, Leblon
Concentration: 2pm
Youth Dependent on God
Where: Praia do Flamengo, 72, Flamengo
Concentration: 2pm
Band of Peru Naked
Where: Avenida Atlântica, 1976, Copacabana
Concentration: 2pm
Style: Traditionally, there are around 60 musicians including brass and percussion
Baby, I'll be right back!
Where: Avenida Princesa Isabel, corner of Rua Barata Ribeiro, Copacabana
Concentration: 2pm
Samba Club
Where: Rua Santa Clara and Avenida Atlântica, Copacabana
Concentration: 3pm
Tired Dog Block
Where: José de Alencar Square, Flamengo
Concentration: 4pm
Friends of Pedro Américo's Sueca
Where: Rua Pedro Américo, 363, Catete
Concentration: 4pm
Ipanema Band
Where: Rua Gomes Carneiro, 55, Ipanema
Concentration: 4pm
Largo do Machado, But Not Largo do Copo
Where: Largo do Machado, Catete
Concentration: 4pm
Duvivier Street Key Head
Where: Rua Duvivier, 37, Copacabana
Concentration: 4pm
Last Sip
Where: Santos Dumont Square, Gávea
Concentration: 4pm
UH block
Where: Serzedelo Corrêa Square, Copacabana
Concentration: 5pm
Barra/Recreio/Jacarepaguá
Cidade Jardim Block
Where: Av. Vice-president José Alencar, 7, Curicica
Concentration: 4pm
Nega Band
Where: Av. Lúcio Costa, 16150, Recreio
Concentration: 1pm
It's Small But Doesn't Get Soft
Where: Praça Professor Niremberg, Recreio
Concentration: 3pm
Smelly Skunk
Where: Rua Bruno Giorgi, Parish
Concentration: 4pm
North Zone
Jardim América Lemon Block
Where: Rivadavia Corrêa Square (Praça da Sete), Rua Monsenhor Castelo Branco, Jardim América
Concentration: 4pm
February 22, 2023 – Ash Wednesday
center
Plant in the Mind
Where: Praça Cardeal Câmara (Arcos da Lapa, Lapa)
Concentration: 2pm
Cotton Candy
Where: Ladeira do Faria, 95, Gamboa, Saúde
Concentration: 2pm
Bury me on Wednesday
Where: Rua Monte Alegre, 360, Santa Teresa
Concentration: 3pm
Bey's Block (Old Family Block)
Where: Rua Imperatriz Leopoldina, 55, Centro
Concentration: 6pm
South Zone
Kiss Me I'm a Filmmaker
Where: Gávea Planetarium, Gávea
Concentration: 9am
Girls Batuque
Where: Largo do Machado, Catete
Concentration: 4pm
February 24, 2023 – Friday
center
Naughty Vulture
Where: Largo São Francisco da Prainha, 23, Saúde
Concentration: 5pm
February 25, 2023 – Champions Saturday
Centro & Paquetá
Anitta's Block
Where: Rua Primeiro de Março, 64, Centro
Concentration: 7am
Santa's foot odor
Where: Largo do Curvelo, Santa Teresa
Concentration: 11am
Quizomba
Where: Avenida Men de Sá, 5, Lapa
Concentration: 11am
Joy of the Republic
Where: Rua dos Inválidos, 3, Centro
Concentration: 2pm
Caraxue
Where: Bakery Manduca, Rua Cerqueira, 74, Paquetá
Concentration: 2pm
Just Cachaça
Where: Rua Nabuco de Freitas, 183, Santo Critsto
Concentration: 5pm
Birthplace of Samba
Where: Travessa do Mosqueira, Lapa
Concentration: 5pm
South Zone
Bafafa
Where: São Salvador Square, Laranjeiras
Concentration: 10am
If This Street Were Mine
Where: Praça Sandro Moreira, Flamengo
Concentration: 12pm
No way out
Where: Rua General Severiano, 76, Botafogo
Concentration: 2pm
Sufridus of Copacabana
Where: Inhangá Square, Copacabana
Concentration: 4pm
Grande Tijuca
Super cool
Where: Afonso Pena Square, Tijuca
Concentration: 4pm
February 26, 2023 – Sunday
center
Monoblock
Where: Rua Primeiro de Março, Centro
Concentration: 7am
Papudinho do Rio Comprido
Where: Praça Condessa Paulo de Frontin, Rio Comprido
Hours: 2pm
Nossobloco
Where: Rua Sacadura Cabral, 75, Saúde
Concentration: 4pm
South Zone
Gossipers on Duty
Where: Rua Jardim Botânico and Rua General Garzon, Jardim Botânico
Concentration: 8am
Barangai Housing Condominium
Where: Joel's Barracks, Posto 9, Ipanema
Concentration: 9am
Broxadão
Where: Av. Atlântica, 2440, Copacabana
Concentration: 2pm
Foam Boka Band
Where: Rua Marques de Olinda, 45, Botafogo
Concentration: 4pm
Source: https://diariodorio.com/agenda-dos-blocos-de-rua-do-rio-de-janeiro-em-2023/
Note: According to Diário do Rio, the list will be constantly updated to include or remove blocks.
