Rio Carnival tickets 2027: how to buy Sambadrome tickets

At a glance

The nights on sale

Every parade takes place at the Sambadrome on Rua Marquês de Sapucaí in downtown Rio. A ticket is for one night, and different schools parade each night.

LIESA has published the order: União de Maricá, Beija-Flor, Paraíso do Tuiuti and Vila Isabel on February 7; Mocidade, Unidos da Tijuca, Salgueiro and Imperatriz on February 8; Portela, Viradouro, Grande Rio and Mangueira on February 9. Want to see your school before the parade? Its January technical rehearsal is on our samba school rehearsals page.

How to buy Rio Carnival tickets: the 2027 sale calendar

LIESA, the league of the Grupo Especial schools, sells in stages. Each stage has its own sectors and limits, and cancelled purchases go back on sale in the next one.

If you are looking now, you can wait for the next LIESA stage or the popular sectors, or book through an agency or a commercial box. We follow LIESA’s announcements and book seats on every night.

Buying on the official channel

The official channel is Ticketmaster Brasil, at ticketmaster.com.br/event/riocarnaval. LIESA also has a ticket office at Rua da Alfândega 25, downtown. LIESA says it does not sell tickets through direct messages, WhatsApp or third-party links.

For the September stage, a virtual waiting room opened at 17:30 and at 18:00 the system put everyone in line in random order, so being early in the waiting room did not mean a better place. After the August general sale, buyers complained about the virtual queue, the site going unstable and failed payments, and LIESA asked Ticketmaster for a report.

Limits for the September 10 stage:

Half price (meia-entrada) is a personal right: the ticket is issued in the holder’s name, and only that person can collect it, with proof of eligibility. Children’s half price does not apply in frisas or boxes.

After each stage, purchases are checked against the CPF limit and the rule that tickets are in the holder’s name and cannot be transferred. Irregular purchases are cancelled and those tickets go back on sale. LIESA also monitors resale ads above the official price and sends them to Ticketmaster for possible cancellation.

Can you buy without a CPF?

If you live in Brazil and have a CPF, you can buy on Ticketmaster in the open stages, within the limits. If you are travelling from abroad, LIESA’s published rules do not deal with foreign buyers. What they do say:

• each stage’s limits are counted per CPF;
• frisas are paid by PIX only;
• the August pre-sale was only for Mercado Pago credit card holders.

Without a CPF, the practical routes are an agency, a commercial box or Sector 9, which LIESA says is sold by ABAV-RJ, the Rio travel agents’ association, for tourism. For your night, we make the booking and tell you in the proposal which details we need from each person. Check entry requirements for Brazil on official websites.

Sambadrome sectors: which one to choose

The Sambadrome has numbered sectors on both sides of the parade avenue: even (2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12) and odd (1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11). Sectors 12 and 13 are at the end, by Praça da Apoteose.

There are three other kinds of place:

• Frisa: an open, fenced box by the track with seats and a private entrance, for 6 people; in sectors 2 to 11 the frisas are in rows A to D. Individuals can buy one frisa per night, companies two.
• LIESA box (camarote): a covered, exclusive space with optional catering, valid for all Carnival nights. Boxes hold 15 or 18 people in sectors 2, 4, 6 and 8, 12 in sectors 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11, and super boxes hold 30.
• Commercial box: private boxes run by each organizer. According to FC&VB-RJ, they usually include an open bar, food and shows, and often a transfer.

Your sector also decides the route there: for odd sectors the metro station is Central do Brasil, for even sectors Praça Onze. In a taxi, give the driver your sector number.

Frisas: all six people collect the wristbands together

There is a new rule for 2027. According to Ticketmaster, as reported by Diário do Rio on October 7, 2026, all six people on a frisa must collect their wristbands together and register facial biometrics at pickup. Partial pickup or sending someone else is not allowed, and the tickets cannot be transferred.

In practice, all six need to be in Rio before their night. The pickup date and place have not been announced; if we book a frisa for you, pickup goes into your trip plan.

Children, gates and entry

• The Sambadrome gates open at 19:00 on parade nights, according to LIESA.
• Children must be at least 5 years old to enter, and a birth certificate may be requested.
• In frisas and boxes children pay the full price: half price does not apply there.

How we book

We book seats on every night and of every type: grandstands, numbered chairs, frisas, LIESA boxes and commercial boxes. We buy only through official channels, at face value, and stay within each stage’s CPF limits. Availability is confirmed in the proposal, which reaches you within 24 hours.

What we take care of: we choose the night, the sector and the seat type with you, make the booking, plan the frisa wristband pickup when there is one, and arrange transport there and back around the road closures, with a guide who speaks your language and walks you to your sector. The guide’s language is confirmed in the proposal.

To book, you pay our deposit. For Carnival, the deposit is not refundable once you confirm, because we buy the seats for you. Terms and payment are set out in the proposal; you pay nothing before you confirm. For the wider plan, from flights in to the last night, see our Rio Carnival 2027 guide and airport transfers in Rio.

What to tell us in your request

Write to us through the contact page with:

• the night or nights you want, or the schools you want to see;
• how many people, and the ages of any children;
• the seat type, and whether sitting together in numbered seats matters;
• whether you also want to parade with a school: see how to parade in Rio Carnival;
• whether you need transport, a hotel or a full trip plan.