| Date |
Holiday |
Festival - Fiesta de |
Location |
| January 1 |
New Year Año Novo |
|
National |
| January 1 |
|
Festa de Iemanjá |
Rio de Janeiro |
| January 1 |
|
Procissão de Senhor Bom Jesus dos Navegantes |
Salvador Bahia |
| January 1 - 20 |
|
Folia de Reis |
Parati, Rio de Janeiro |
| January 6 |
Epiphany |
|
National |
| Second Thursday in January |
|
Lavagem do Bonfim |
Salvador Bahia |
| Second Sunday in January |
|
Senhor Bom Jesus dos Navegantes |
Penedo Alagoas |
| January 24 - February 2 |
|
NS de Nazaré |
Nazaré Bahia |
| February 2 |
|
Festa de Iemanjá |
Salvador Bahia |
| February |
|
Grande Vaquejada do Nordeste |
Natal Rio Grande do Norte |
| February or March |
|
Lavagem da Igreja de Itapoã |
Itapoã Bahia |
| February or March |
|
Shrove Tuesday |
Various locations |
| February or March |
Carnaval |
|
National |
| March or April |
Good Friday and Easter |
|
National |
| Mid April |
|
Drama da Paixão de Cristo |
Brejo da Madre de Cristo Pernambuco |
| April 21 |
Tiradentes |
|
National |
| April or May |
|
Festival Amazonas de Ópera |
Manaus |
| April or May |
|
Cavalhadas |
Pirenópolis Goiás |
| May 1 |
Labor Day |
|
National |
| Late may or early June |
|
Divino Espiritu Santo |
Parati Rio de Janeiro |
| June |
Corpus Christi |
|
National |
| June |
Festas Juninas and Bumba Meu Boi |
|
National |
| June |
|
Festival Folcórico do Amazonas |
Manaus Amazonas |
| June 24 |
|
São João |
Cachoeira and others Paraíba |
| June/July |
|
Pacote Festival de Parintins |
Parintins |
| July |
|
Festa do Divino |
Diamantina Minas Gerais |
| July |
|
Regata de Jangadas Dragão do Mar |
Fortaleza Ceará |
| August 15 |
|
Festa de Iemanjá |
Fortaleza Ceará |
| Mid August |
|
Festa da NS de Boa Morte |
Cachoeira Bahia |
| September |
|
Festival de Cirandas |
Itamaracá Pernambuco |
| September |
|
Cavalhada |
Caeté Minas Gerais |
| September 7 |
Independence Day |
|
National |
| September 8 |
|
Festa de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios |
Paraty |
| October 1 |
Our Lady of Aparecida |
|
National |
| October 12 |
|
Festa de NS Aparecida |
Aparecida São Paulo |
| Second Sunday of October on |
|
Cirio de Nazaré |
Belém Pará |
| Second half of October |
|
NS do Rosário |
Cachoeira Bahia |
| November 1 - 2 |
|
Festa do Padre Cicero |
Juazeiro do Norte Ceará |
| November 2 |
All Souls Day |
|
National |
| November |
|
NS do Ajuda |
Cachoeira Bahia |
| November 15 |
Proclamation Day |
|
National |
| December 8 |
Festa do NS da Conção Navidad |
|
National |
| December 8 |
|
Festa de Iemanjá |
Belem Parã and João Pessoa Paraíba |
| December 25 |
Christmas Day Navidad |
|
National |
