the banda de ipenama marches three times each year, initially two weeks before rio de janeiro's carnival and then on carnival sunday and carnival tuesday, which also happens to be mardi-gras.

the march regularly attracts over 25,000 followers who loyally trail the parade from rua gomes carneiro, its starting point in the district of ipanema and then head to the av. vieira souto and rua joana angélica before turning onto the main street of rua visconde de pirajá.