A November guide means that the end of the year is just around the corner! But there’s still plenty to do in the city before 2024 is over! So, if you’re looking for what to do in November in Rio de Janeiro, we’ve put together a guide with the best suggestions. Check it out!
Candlelight Concerts
The season of candlelight shows is in full swing and illuminating iconic places in Rio de Janeiro. So if you don’t know what to do in November in Rio de Janeiro, take advantage of this incredible experience with the Candlelight Concerts in November!
08/11: Candlelight: Coldplay x Imagine Dragons
09/11: Candlelight: Rock Classics from Queen to Pink Floyd
09/11: Candlelight: Mozart, Bach, and Timeless Composers
07 and 13/11: Candlelight: The Best of Bridgerton
19/11: Candlelight Ballet: The Best of Tchaikovsky
22/11: Candlelight Open Air: Tribute to Coldplay
22/11: Candlelight Open Air: Metallica Tribute
27/11: Candlelight: Queen Tribute
27/11: Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer
We call it Ballet: Sleeping Beauty
An unprecedented show in the city with classical music, impeccable dancing and costumes that glow in the dark.
This is We Call it Ballet, which brings the timeless tale of Sleeping Beauty to life in a totally original way. In it, traditional art blends with modern technology in a dance show for all tastes!
📌Teatro PRIO | Avenida Bartolomeu Mitre, 1110 – Leblon
📅 14/11
💵 Tickets here!
Expo Zen
November will also see the biggest Zen event in Brazil! So if you’re into oriental philosophies and everything related to well-being, you can put it in your diary!
Expo Zen is a cultural event that aims to raise awareness about holistic well-being and also brings you various new products from the sector. It also has an inspiring program, with various activities throughout the event!
📌Associação Atlética Banco do Brasil
📅 09 and 10/11, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Casa Artistas Latinas
Take advantage of the month of November to visit Casa Artistas Latinas, a nomadic art gallery that is currently located in the historic Odeon Building, right in the city center.
Several cool exhibitions are taking place there, focusing on the works of Latin American women artists. In addition, there are chats , talks, open studios and events! We’ve been there and we love it!
📌Praça Mahatma Gandhi, 2 – rooms 203 and 204 – Centro
📅Wednesday to Saturday, from 10am to 7pm
💵Free entry
Camille on the run
Inspired by Monet‘s painting “Woman with an Umbrella”, the dramatic comedy ‘Camille on the Run’ opens this month in Rio and traces a sensitive relationship between three women: two human and one in oil on canvas.
In the play, the family moment recorded by the French artist raises discussions about sorority, motherhood, freedom of the body, social imprisonment, female fears and insecurities.
📌Sesc Copacabana | Rua Domingos Ferreira, 160 – Copacabana
📅From 07/11 to 01/12 | Thursday to Sunday, at 7pm
💵 From R$15 (half-price)
My First Rock Show
The Beatles for Kids project is back in November in Rio de Janeiro with the show ‘My First Rock Show’.
The troupe presents the Liverpool quartet’s greatest hits for the little ones, with original arrangements, including “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, “All My Loving” and “Yellow Submarine” .
The show also features amusing stories told and sung by the musicians and actors.
📌Teatro Clara Nunes | Shopping da Gávea
📅23 and 24/11 | at 4pm
💵 From R$50 (half-price)
Between Us
Starting on November 13, the group show ‘Entre Nós’ (Between Us) will bring together works awarded by the Moreira Salles Institute at Paço Imperial.
There are around 200 works, including photographs, videos and installations, among other media, which deal with urgent and current themes, such as migratory flows, ancestry, environmental challenges, among others. They also deal with issues associated with artistic language and the expansion of the field of the image.
📌Paço Imperial | Praça XV, 48 – Centro
📅From 13/11 to 02/02 | Tuesday to Sunday and holidays, from 12pm to 6pm
💵 Free admission
Fullgás – visual arts and the 1980s in Brazil
As part of CCBB RJ’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the ‘Fullgás’ exhibition features around 300 works by artists from all regions of the country and shows a broad panorama of Brazilian arts in the 1980s .
In addition to the works, elements of the visual culture of the time, such as magazines, pamphlets, record covers and iconic objects, complete the exhibition and broaden the reflection on the period.
📌CCBB | Rua Primeiro de Março, 66 – 1º andar – Centro
Until January 2025
💵 Free admission
Varilux French Film Festival
The Varilux French Film Festival, the largest French film festival outside France, is about to begin its 15th year!
In this edition, productions that have been part of the world’s main festivals, such as Cannes, Venice and San Sebastián, will be shown in more than 110 cinemas from the north to the south of the country.
In addition, the Festival pays tribute to French cinema icon Alain Delon and presents 19 new and recent films.
📌Consult program
📅From 07 to 20/11
Rock The Mountain
Among the tips on what to do in November in Rio de Janeiro, one of the most popular music festivals is taking place this month in the mountain region!
Rock The Mountain 2024 features big international names, such as Erykah Badu, and national names such as Anitta, Pabllo Vittar, Seu Jorge, Planet Hemp, Ed Motta, Os Garotin, among others!
📌Parque Municipal Prefeito Paulo Rattes – Itaipava, Petrópolis
📅08, 09 and 10, 16 and 17/11
💵 From R$ 182, (half-price)
