Carnaval in South Brazil hasn’t the hype of parties in other cities, like Rio, Salvador, Olinda or São Paulo, neverthless Florianópolis has good parties for anyone looking for fun.

On Saturday (2/2) starting at 22:30pm, Passarela de Samba do Nego Quirido, on City Centre, will be the stage for the tradicional samba schools parade: Unidos da Coloninha, Consulado do Samba, Protegidos da Princesa and Copa Lorde. On Tuesday night the winner’s school will be on Nego Querido for the champion parade.

During all days of Carnaval (1 to 5 February), the city centre ( Largo da Alfândega, Praça XV and Hercílio Luz avenue) will be the place for parties starting from 18h. The Concurso Pop Gay, a popular parade of drag queens and costumes will happen on Monday.

Eletronic music parties are common during this time so the El Divino Club, in Jurerê , will bring famous Djs like Fatboy Slim, David Guetta, Mischa Daniels and Tiësto. Other nightclub venues will also have special nights.

If you are looking for crazy parties filled with young and beautiful people, go down south to seaside towns like Imbituba (Praia do Rosa beach) and Garopaba (Ferrugem beach), where people go mad. Just be careful while driving because a lot of alcohol push people to the edge and accidents rise during this time.

Enjoy Carnaval !

On the 11 and 12th January will take in place in Floripa, Planeta Atlântida, the biggest Summer Music Festival in South Brazil, on its 11th edition. Porto Alegre city (RS) will also have the same event on the 15 and 16th February. It is something like Reading and Leeds festival with diverse music styles.
The event will happen on Parque Paneta, a large area in the North of the island, close to Canasvieiras bus terminal. It is a great party with good infrastructure, health emergency, food stands and police security. Last year the festival had a record breaking public of 71 thousand people in 2 days.

This year line up as follows:
11th January
17h50 pm – NX Zero
19h10 pm– Banda Eva
20h30 pm– Charlie Brown Jr.
22h pm– Jorge Benjor
23h30 pm– Ivete Sangalo
1h20 am– O Rappa
3h am– Skazy

12th January
18h pm– Fresno
19h pm– Jeito Moleque
20h30 pm– Skank
22h pm– Papas da Língua e Nenhum de Nós
23h50 pm– Inimigos da HP
1h20 am– CPM 22
3h am– DJ Armin Van Buuren

Most of the people I know prefer the first day which has in my opinion the best shows like Jorge Benjor, Ivete Sangalo and O Rappa. The headline Skazy will be certainly a great one too.

It costs R$55 for each day or R$ 95 for the passport ( both days ). The tickets are selling on AM/PM convenience stores of Ipiranga Petrol Station, Renner Clothing Stores, Internet and on the day at Parque Planeta. I have already bougth my ticket.