Carnaval Brasileiro

*This is a ticketed event, and the price continues to increase. Right now it's at it's lowest cost which is $25 until Dec 22nd, and then increases to $30 and so on*

This is a Brazilian carnival, lifted straight out of Rio, with purely Brazilian music played on Brazilian instruments, and sung entirely in Portuguese.

The story of CARNAVAL BRASILEIRO in Austin is a curious one, yet it typifies the way things often happen in this community.
First, some basic facts. Carnaval in Brazil derives from the medieval Christian revels in Europe held just prior to the forty days of Lent. This annual festival of flesh was further enriched in Brazil by African rhythms, especially the samba.

Carnaval is an all-consuming nationwide festival in Brazil, celebrated by all social classes over a period of several days, or, in reality, many weeks. It is a social cathartic for Brazilian society, particularly for the sweating masses of urban poor dancing in the summer streets who, at least for a few precious days, can masquerade as the wealthy upper class.