Festivals in South America
Welcome to 2camels' special take on the festivals, fairs and celebrations of South America. We've got a ton of info on 70 South American festivals in articles, snippets, videos, photo galleries and links to South American festival websites.
Our Featured Festivals of South America
If you love the atmosphere, rythm and colour of Carnival but could do with a little less of the tourist overkill, then Boi Bumba on the Brazilian Isle of Paratins may be the next best thing.
The Bombadromo comes to life in late June for three nights as the two corrals of Garantido and Caprichoso serve up a Carnivalesque spectacular of sight and sound that really needs to be seen to be believed.
Festival Types: Carnival, Street Parade, Party
Month: February
Here it is ladies and gentlemen, in all it's drum bangin', booty shakin' finery - the party to end all parties - Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For four days prior to Ash Wednesday each year Rio lights up and literally no-one is spared!
The commercial aspects of Carnival at the Sambadrome we've all seen on the box - the Parade of Schools where multi-million dollar floats and scantily clad locals (and tourists) compete to the rhythm of their baterias but Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is much, much more than what goes on in the Sambadrome.
Follow the bloco scene and party all night long to live music, local processions and Brazilian samba fuelled by plenty of the local poison, caipirihna - available from just about anyone, anywhere, anytime. For recuperation during those hazy daylight hours relax on some of the most magnificent beaches that grace God's given earth (Copabobana, Ipanema), then, prepare to do it all again. Carnival in Rio is in the streets, it's in the people, it's rhythmic and it's incessant. If you're body can handle it, you've just got to experience one Rio Carnival before your time is up!
South American Festivals
Festival Types: Film, Film - Short, New Media
Month: January
Festival Types: Film - Animation, Film
Month: July
Festival Types: Film, Film - Documentary
Month: October
Festival Types: Birding, Family, Animal
Month: October
Festival Types: Film, Film - Animation, Film - Documentary
Month: October
Festival Types: Sport - Formula 1, Sport - Motor Sport, Party
Month: October
Festival Types: Dance - Modern
Month: December
Festival Types: Film
Month: April
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: October
Festival Types: Theatre, Performing Art
Month: October
Festival Types: Film, Dance - Various Styles, Film - Documentary
Month: November
Festival Types: Music - Jazz, Music - Blues
Month: July
Festival Types: Carnival, Street Parade, Religious
Month: February
Festival Types: Carnival, Street Parade, Party
Month: February
Festival Types: Carnival, Party, Street Parade
Month: February
Festival Types: Carnival, Party, Street Parade
Month: February
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Dance, Party
Month: May
Festival Types: Christmas, Religious, Traditional
Month: December
Festival Types: Film - Animation, Film
Month: October
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Dance, Party
Month: November
Festival Types: Fringe, Theatre, Performing Art
Month: March
Festival Types: Film, Environmental, Film - Documentary
Month: July
Festival Types: National, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round
Festival Types: Theatre, Performing Art
Month: March
Festival Types: Theatre, Performing Art, Music - Classical
Month: October
Festival Types: Film, Film - Short
Month: February
Festival Types: Music - Rock, Music - Electronic, Party
Month: Varies
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Street Parade
Month: July
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional
Month: August
Festival Types: Religious, Street Parade, Traditional
Month: July
Festival Types: Religious, Music - Varied, Music - Traditional
Month: June
Festival Types: Sport - Ball, Summer
Month: February
Festival Types: Film
Month: October
Festival Types: Film - Animation, Film
Month: July
Festival Types: Film, Art, Cultural
Month: September
Festival Types: Traditional, National, Sport - Equestrian
Month: November
Festival Types: Religious, Street Parade, Traditional
Month: October
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Dance, Party
Month: December
Festival Types: Rodeo, Traditional, National
Month: April
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Dance, Music - Rock
Month: October
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Dance, Party
Month: May
Festival Types: Summer, Sport - Combat, Local
Month: June
Festival Types: Film - Short, Film
Month: October
Festival Types: Film, Film - Short
Month: October
Festival Types: Music - Classical, Music - Opera
Month: October
Festival Types: Dance - Tango, Dance - Latin, Music - Latin
Month: August






