Feb.28, 2014

 

The A Series parades open Carnival at the Sambódromo in Rio de Janeiro. With great samba, floats and themes, and the competitive stimulus which comes from trying to win and move up to the Special Group (parading on Carnival Sunday and Monday), the samba schools in the category also known as the Access Group put on a fabulous show.

Moreover, tickets are more affordable than those to the Special Group.

  

The parades open on Friday with the winner of the Access Group below it in 2013. Em Cima da Hora, who won the Intendente Magalhães Carnival last year, inaugurates the 2014 Carnival season at the Sambódromo.

 

Where: Passarela Professor Darcy Ribeiro (Sambódromo) | Avenida Marquês de Sapucaí
Starting Time: 9 p.m.

Friday, Feb.28, 2014

• Em Cima da Hora
• União de Jacarepaguá
• Acadêmicos da Rocinha (view photos of their 2013 parade on Rio's official Flickr)
• Renascer de Jacarepaguá
• Unidos do Porto da Pedra
• Paraíso do Tuiuti (Carnival 2013 photos)
• Inocentes de Belford Roxo
• Império Serrano

Saturday, March 1, 2014

• Tradição (see photos of their 2013 parade on Rio's official Flickr)
• Alegria de Zona Sul
• União do Parque Curicica
• Caprichosos de Pilares
• Unidos do Viradouro
• Estácio de Sá (2013 photos)
• Acadêmicos de Santa Cruz
• Unidos de Padre Miguel
• Acadêmicos do Cubango (2013 photos)