the rio jazz festival - one of newest rio's cultural landmarks - is a free, city-wide jazz festival sponsored by the secretary of culture for rio de janeiro state.

the 15-day long festival was co-sponsored by música no museo and the museo de arte moderna and featured luminaries of the latin american jazz scene such as grupo corda, augusto mattoso and hamleto stamato.

the festival moved from its previous venue at the sala balden powell to engage with a younger and more active citizenry, beyond the jazz traditionalists who made up much of the attendees during the first editions.

in response to increasing popularity of the original fashion week, september fashion events in rio include fashion business alto verão - a display of summer lines by several designers introducing creations for the new season and for the upcoming christmas and new year's eve celebrations.