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Music · Campos do Jordão
Campos do Jordão classical music festival in the Mantiqueira Range, with orchestra and chamber music concerts at the Claudio Santoro Auditorium and other city venues, plus a training program for young musicians.
In the photo: Campos do Jordão
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Campos do Jordão Winter Festival — Campos do Jordão
In July, for about a month, sometimes starting in late June and ending in early August.
June/July/August
Dates change every year: check this year's date before you travel.
The festival
Created in 1970 by the government of the state of São Paulo, the Campos do Jordão Winter Festival is one of the most traditional classical music festivals in Latin America. Produced by the state government and the Fundação Osesp, it takes place in July, the height of winter in the Mantiqueira Range, when the town—over 1,600 meters above sea level—receives its largest influx of visitors.
The festival combines concerts and education. Symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, choirs and soloists from Brazil and other countries perform throughout the month, and hundreds of young scholarship recipients take part in lessons, rehearsals and recitals with invited teachers and conductors. At the end, the scholarship students form orchestras that perform in the final concerts, and some receive awards.
The main hall is the Claudio Santoro Auditorium, located high in town inside Parque Felícia Leirner, which also houses the artist’s outdoor sculpture museum among araucárias. There are also outdoor concerts in Parque Capivari, near Vila Capivari, and performances in the chapel of Palácio Boa Vista and in city churches. Part of the program also takes place in the state capital, at Sala São Paulo.
A visit to the festival can be combined with the rest of Campos do Jordão’s winter season: Mantiqueira excursions, Horto Florestal, the tourist village of Capivari and mountain cuisine, with fondue and hot chocolate. The concerts give the town’s winter its own cultural program.
A symphony concert at the Claudio Santoro Auditorium. Outdoor performances in Parque Capivari. The closing concerts with the scholarship orchestras.
Check the program on the official website and book tickets for the auditorium concerts, which often sell out. Some concerts have free admission but may require advance ticket pick-up. July nights in the mountains are cold, with temperatures that can approach zero: bring a coat, hat and gloves. Staying near Capivari makes getting around easier; the auditorium is high in town and the most practical way to reach it is by car or taxi.
July is Campos do Jordão’s high season, with school holidays and high demand. Reserve accommodation well in advance; weekends are the busiest.
In the city
June/July/August
May/JuneOn the days leading up to Pentecost Sunday, 50 days after Easter; therefore it falls in May or June.
Paraty’s most traditional religious festival, with a novena, processions through the historic center, a solemn Mass and a Sunday Pentecost procession.
May/JuneAround Pentecost Sunday, 50 days after Easter, in May or June; the Cavalhadas begin on Pentecost Sunday and last three days.
The Holy Spirit Festival of the historic town of Pirenópolis, in Goiás, featuring folias (devotional bands), masses, masked horsemen and the Cavalhadas, an equestrian reenactment of the battle between Christians and Moors.
May/June/JulyFor about a month, from late May or early June until late June or early July, with the high points on the eves of Saint Anthony (June 13), Saint John (June 24) and Saint Peter (June 29).
Campina Grande’s June festival, in the Agreste of Paraíba, which fills Parque do Povo for about a month with forró shows, quadrilhas, bonfires and corn-based foods.
Your questions
In July, for about a month. In some years it starts in late June or ends in early August; the official website publishes each edition’s schedule.
The main venue is the Claudio Santoro Auditorium in Parque Felícia Leirner. There are also concerts in Parque Capivari, in the chapel of Palácio Boa Vista and in city churches, plus some performances at Sala São Paulo in the capital.
Mainly classical music: symphony orchestras, chamber music, choirs and soloists. Some concerts mix popular repertoire with symphonic works.
Festivals and events in Brazil
May/JuneThroughout June, with programming that usually starts in late May or early June and ends around the feast of Saint Peter on June 29; the highlight is the night before Saint John’s Day.
The June festival of Caruaru, in the Agreste of Pernambuco, the Forró Capital, with concerts at the Pátio de Eventos Luiz Gonzaga, traditional forró (forró pé de serra) at Alto do Moura, and oversized corn-based dishes.
June/JulyBetween late June and early July, always including June 29, German Settler Day, a municipal holiday in Petrópolis.
Petrópolis’s German Settler festival, featuring traditional German food and beer, folk dance groups, and events around the Crystal Palace.
June/SeptemberEvery two years, in odd-numbered years; usually in September, sometimes in June. · Every two years
Rio de Janeiro’s major book fair, held every two years, with publisher booths, author events and programming for children and young people.
JuneDuring the June festival cycle: the bulls are baptized on June 23 and the cycle ends on June 30, the day of Saint Marçal; performances may continue into July.
São Luís’s São João, centered on the bumba-meu-boi and recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage element: groups of different accents perform in arraiais across the city, with toadas, matracas, zabumbas and embroidered bulls.
JuneOn the last weekend of June, over three consecutive nights, from Friday to Sunday.
The rivalry between the Garantido (red) and Caprichoso (blue) bumba-meu-boi groups at the Bumbódromo in Parintins, an island on the Amazon River: three nights of toadas, giant floats and Amazonian legends.
July/AugustIn the second half of July, for about two weeks, sometimes ending in the first days of August.
Joinville Dance Festival, in northern Santa Catarina, featuring competitive showcases of ballet, contemporary dance, jazz and folk dances at the Centreventos Cau Hansen and open stages spread across the city.