events held at  churches, parish organizations, businesses, schools, and community centers become folk parties to celebrate the june saints days.

at night, a series of independent parties, concerts, and celebrations are held across every neighborhood of rio de janeiro in bars and nightclubs and, along with local celebrities, international singers may perform at some of the most important locations. 

unlike the wall of samba sound from february's carnival, the festas juninas are sound-tracked by forró - the accordion-led folk music that has as much in common with polka as with bossa nova.