Réveillon in Rio de Janeiro 2026-27.

Rio's New Year on Copacabana.

Réveillon is Rio's New Year's Eve. This year it runs from the evening of Thursday 31 December 2026 into Friday 1 January 2027, with free concerts and fireworks on Copacabana beach and smaller stages across the city. In December 2025 Guinness World Records named it the largest New Year's Eve celebration in the world, based on 2.5 million people on Copacabana the year before.

The city publishes its plans in stages, so this guide keeps two things apart: what has been announced for 2026-27, and what last year's edition tells you to expect. Everything here was checked on 5 November 2026 against Riotur, City Hall and the transport operators, and the sources are listed at the end. Last year the full program came out on 4 December and the road and metro plan on 26 December. We will update this page when the new versions appear.

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What is confirmed for 2026-27.

Three things are on the record so far.

• The date: the night of Thursday 31 December 2026 into Friday 1 January 2027.
• Djavan at Copacabana. City Hall announced him on 27 October, his first time on the Copacabana program, in the year he marks 50 years of his career. Press reports place him on the main stage.
• Fireworks at Copacabana and at Flamengo. In late July Riotur, the city's tourism company, published notices asking for barges, tugs and support launches for both displays in 2026/2027.

Still to come from the city: the other acts and their set times, the list of stages, the length of the fireworks and the number of barges, the road closures and the metro ticket. MetrôRio's Réveillon page still shows last year's rules. Treat every time and price below as last year's until the new notices appear.

The fireworks.

Last year's Copacabana display ran for about 12 minutes from 19 barges spread along the beach, up from 10 the year before, with a show of 1,200 drones and a soundtrack by Alok. Because the barges sit along the whole shoreline, you can see them without standing near the main stage. This year's barge count and running time have not been published.

The same night, smaller displays went up at Flamengo (3 barges, 10 minutes), by the Igreja da Penha (8 minutes), and at Parque Oeste and Parque Realengo (6 minutes each). Flamengo is the one other display with a Riotur notice out for this year.

Other places to watch.

Flamengo has the next largest display and is the closest alternative to Copacabana. Last year its stage stood on Praia do Flamengo at Posto 2, opposite Rua Dois de Dezembro, with Joanna, Moacyr Luz and Samba do Trabalhador, and a Raul Seixas tribute after midnight.

Farther out, last year's neighbourhood stages were at Praia da Moreninha on Paquetá island, Praia da Bica on Ilha do Governador, Parque Madureira, Piscinão de Ramos, Penha, Parque Realengo, Parque Oeste, Sepetiba and Pedra de Guaratiba. All of them were free.

From the water, the Navy expected 200 to 300 recreational and passenger boats last year. It closes the sea around the fireworks barges from 18:00 to 02:00, inspects boats beforehand, gives skippers a zero-alcohol wristband and can limit sailing in bad weather. If you charter a boat, ask the operator to show the Navy's clearance and to tell you where they plan to anchor.

Safety on the night.

Last year the state put 3,500 police officers on Copacabana, with 78 observation towers and 17 checkpoints on the streets leading to the beach. Bags are searched there, and metal detectors and facial recognition are in use. Weapons, glass bottles and fireworks do not get through. The city added 1,370 public-order agents, four medical posts on Avenida Atlântica open from 17:30 to 05:00, and 30 ambulances.

City Hall's own advice is short: drink water, go easy on alcohol, wear light clothes, keep your shoes on, keep any medication with you, check where food and drinks come from, and carry ID and an emergency contact.

Children can get a waterproof ID wristband from the Guarda Municipal at the beach access points and along the promenade, so write your phone number on it. It also helps to leave your passport and spare cards at home, carry a copy of your ID and a little cash, put your phone somewhere zipped, and agree on a meeting point before midnight, when mobile networks tend to slow down. The free COR-Rio app shows traffic, weather and live city cameras.

In an emergency, call 190 for the police, 192 for an ambulance or 193 for the fire brigade. Foreign visitors who need to report a theft go to the tourist police station, DEAT, at Avenida Afrânio de Melo Franco 159 in Leblon.

Staying nearby.

Where you sleep decides how much of the road plan you have to deal with.

• Copacabana. You walk to the sand and walk home. You are inside the closed area, so arrive by the 30th and plan nothing by car until the 1st.
• Ipanema. The next beach along, a walk from Posto 6, with General Osório among the stations open for boarding after midnight.
• São Conrado and Vidigal. Past Leblon to the west and outside last year's published closures, with more room and sea views. Line 4 of the metro has a São Conrado station, which last year was open for getting off after midnight.

Rates and minimum stays over New Year are set home by home and change as the calendar fills. The list below reads them from our booking calendar when you open the page, so nothing here goes out of date.