Carnival Parades
Learn All About The Carnival Parades In Rio De Janeiro.
The Access Group, Special Group and Champion's Carnival.
King Momo signals the start of Carnival parades throughout the city of Rio. The parading order for the 2025 Rio Carnival is decided by raffle at a ceremony organized by LIESA, the body that organizes Carnival parades.
The opening act at the Sambadrome is the Access Group Parade that will start at 10:30pm on Carnival Friday, February 28th, 2025.
This is the first in a series of Carnival parades held over the next four days at the Sambadrome. Saturday, March 1st is scheduled for the second day of Access Group competition where samba schools in the second league will put up a spectacular show in a bid to gain a slot in the Special Group next year.
Carnival parades by the elite group begin on Carnival Sunday, March 2nd with four schools in the Special Group performing before a packed stadium and then the Second Day of Special Group Parade on March 3rd with four other samba schools and the Third Day of Special Group Parade on March 4th with the last four samba schools.
Above the table of Special Group, Access Group and Winner's Parades of 2025
Special Group Parade Order 2025
| Order | March 2nd (Sunday) | March 3rd (Monday) | March 4rd (Tuesday) |
| 10:00 PM | Unidos de P. Miguel | Unidos da Tijuca | Mocidade |
| 11:30 PM | Imperatriz | Beija-Flor | Paraíso do Tuiuti |
| 01:00 AM | Viradouro | Salgueiro | Grande Rio |
| 02:30 AM | Mangueira | Vila Isabel | Portela |
Access Group Parade Order 2025
| February 28th (Friday) | March 1th (Saturday) | |
| 21:00 | To be defined | To be defined |
| 21:45 | To be defined | To be defined |
| 22:30 | To be defined | To be defined |
| 23:15 | To be defined | To be defined |
| 00:00 | To be defined | To be defined |
| 00:45 | To be defined | To be defined |
| 01:30 | To be defined | To be defined |
| 02:15 | To be defined | To be defined |
Winners' Parade - Champion and 5 runner-up from Special Group
| Start of the Parade | March 8th (Saturday) |
| 22:00 | To be defined |
| 23:00 | To be defined |
| 00:00 | To be defined |
| 01:00 | To be defined |
| 02:00 | To be defined |
| 03:00 | To be defined |
It's Carnival Time
Enjoy specials deals for Rio Carnival 2025