During the six days of parades by the Gold Series, the Special Group, and the children's samba schools, the Marques de Sapucaí Avenue saw around 120,000 people per day.
Drones will hover over the city’s largest parades. Street celebrations officially kick off this weekend (Jan. 13–14).
The top-ranking schools will put on their show Feb. 19–20. This is the first time paper tickets are not available. Customers must download the Rio Carnaval app.
The move to postpone Carnival until April had been announced in January by Rio and São Paulo. The dates reflect the authorities' attempt to take advantage of the extended holiday on April 21.
The second day of parades in Rio de Janeiro's Sambódromo is to include the shows brought by another six top-ranking samba schools competing for a title in Rio's 2018 Carnival.
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