fest criança, held in october, is celebrated as a tribute to dia das crianças, or children's day - the event features cultural and leisure events for the community and a live music show with national artists.

festa do aipim celebrates the root vegetable cassava, or mandioca, taking place in serra da cruz, a mountain area in macaé - agricultural producers show off the fruits of their labor including but not limited to mandioca, adding further proof to the strength of agricultural production in the city.