february in rio de janeiro is all about carnival celebrations - the most important and internationally famous event in the city and brazil.

while the actual celebrations are only a few days, for the weeks preceding the parades and the hundreds of street parties that take over rio, the city lives an effervescent spell with rehearsals, celebration, and lots of samba just about everywhere.

exception made perhaps for another important February event, the rio music conference, also known as Rio Music Festival is one of the most anticipated annual summer electronic music events in rio de janeiro.