Brazilian Street Carnaval
Carnaval 2008
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RioBela Productions and SambaLa Samba School Present...

Promoters and Event Planners

2008 Theme: Children - The Future of All Countries

The theme for the 2008 Brazilian Carnaval Ball and Street Carnaval is: "Children - The Future of All Countries".

Our children's future depends on us and this year your participation will help children directly!

Read more about this year's theme.


Children - The Future of All Countries

Save the Dates

Thursday, September 04, 2008:
    Bateria Rehearsal from 07 PM - 08 PM at The Blue Cafe
Saturday, September 06, 2008:
    Rainha da Bateria Contest from 09 PM - 01 AM at The Blue Cafe
Thursday, September 11, 2008:
    Bateria Rehearsal from 07 PM - 08 PM at The Blue Cafe
Saturday, September 13, 2008:
    Full Samba Rehearsal from 03 PM - 07 PM at Blue Cafe
Saturday, September 20, 2008:
    Carnaval Promo Night from 09 PM - 12 AM at Santa Monica Bar and Grill
Sunday, September 21, 2008:
    Parade Practice (Technical Practice) from 04 PM - 07 PM at City Place
Friday, September 26, 2008:
    Last Samba Rehearsal from 09 PM - 01 AM at The Blue Cafe

Thatiana Pagung and Alex de Oliveira

Samba Celebrities Exclusive to the Event

Exclusive to this year's event are Rio's 2008 reigning King and Queen of Carnaval, Alex de Oliveira, Rio's current King Momo and Thatiana Pagung, current samba queen of Mocidade Samba School, one of the top samba schools in Brazil.

They will be parading in the Rio-Style parade and Thatiana will be giving a workshop in samba dance for all those aspiring to become Percussion Queens!

Details about King Alex de Oliveira

Details about Queen Thatiana Pagung


Bands Lining Up for the 12th Annual Brazilian Street Carnaval

Bands Lining Up for the 12th Annual Brazilian Street Carnaval

Here are just some of the bands and entertainment lining up for the Brazilian Street Carnaval:

  • Sambajah Samba and Pagode Band
  • Fabio Assis and Made in Bahia
  • Campbell Hall Brazilian Percussion Ensemble
  • Renni Flores
  • Carlinhos do Pandeiro
  • Sambaleza Dancers
  • SambaLa Bateria
Click here for detailed information.

Samba Song Music Video

Here is a music video of this year's samba theme song (Samba Enredo) by Renni Flores.


Video of the Last Brazilian Street Carnaval

Video of the Last Brazilian Street Carnaval

See a 5 minute video highlight of this year's event. Thanks to BrazilTV.com for taking the video.

These are large files and require a fast internet connection:



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