Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Brasilia, Brazilië

Topdrukte — Nosso Natal on the Esplanada, Summer holidays in Brazilië

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Nosso Natal on the Esplanada (1 dec – 4 jan (meestal))

Topdrukte — Carnaval street blocos, Summer holidays in Brazilië

• Festival

  Carnaval street blocos

  14–17 febCarnavalDruk

  No samba school parades here; the capital's carnival is street blocos such as Suvaco da Asa and Galinho de Brasília, playing frevo and marchinhas in the Plano Piloto. It is a more local affair than the big carnivals on the coast. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Via Sacra at Morro da Capelinha

  3 aprPasen & Goede WeekDruk

  On Good Friday a passion play with over a thousand volunteers is staged on a hill in Planaltina, about 40 km from the centre, drawing close to a hundred thousand people. Go early and expect slow roads back. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Carnaval street blocos (14–17 feb)

Topdrukte — Via Sacra at Morro da Capelinha, Brasília's birthday

• Feestdag

  Brasília's birthday

  19–21 apr · meestalNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  The city marks its 1960 inauguration on 21 April, a holiday shared with Tiradentes day. Free concerts fill the Esplanada dos Ministérios over the long weekend and the Brasília Marathon runs the same morning. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Via Sacra at Morro da Capelinha (3 apr)

Druk — Festa do Divino in Planaltina

• Festival

  Festa do Divino in Planaltina

  5 mei – 15 jun · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  Pentecost festival in Planaltina, the old town that predates Brasilia, listed as DF heritage: rural and street folias ride with the banners and meet in the Encontro das Bandeiras, drawing crowds of well over a hundred thousand. Bron ↗

Druk — Festa do Divino in Planaltina, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Ipê trees in flower

  20 jun – 20 sep · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  The city's street trees flower in the middle of the dry months, yellow first and then pink and white, each colour holding for a week or so before the petals carpet the superquadra pavements.

Nog steeds bezig: Festa do Divino in Planaltina (5 mei – 15 jun (meestal))

Druk — July winter break in Brazilië, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Dry season and burn-offs

  1 jul – 30 sep · meestalRookseizoen

  By August the met service is issuing low-humidity warnings most days and grass fires round the Distrito Federal put a haze over the plateau. Nosebleeds, cracked lips and a bucket of water in the bedroom are all normal here. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ipê trees in flower (20 jun – 20 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Ipê trees in flower (20 jun – 20 sep (meestal)), Dry season and burn-offs (1 jul – 30 sep (meestal))

Druk — Sete de Setembro, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Sete de Setembro

  7 sepNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  Independence Day is staged here rather than anywhere else: a military parade and a flypast down the monumental axis, the road shut around it, and the ministries closed for the long weekend either side. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Festival de Brasília

  11–19 sepFilmfestival

  The country's oldest film festival, run out of the Cine Brasília in Asa Sul since 1965 and still the place where an argument about Brazilian cinema is worth sitting through. Sessions are cheap and fill up. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ipê trees in flower (20 jun – 20 sep (meestal)), Dry season and burn-offs (1 jul – 30 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Nosso Natal on the Esplanada, Summer holidays in Brazilië

• Festival

  Nosso Natal on the Esplanada

  1 dec – 4 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  The government Christmas village fills the lawns of the Esplanada dos Ministerios with a giant tree, lights, free shows and children's workshops each evening through early January. Bron ↗