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.

since 1993, every October or november, the rio gay pride parade gathers up to one million participants on the copacabana promenade - this celebration is major event both in rio and in brazil, and it is considered one of the biggest pride events in the world.