sustainable in nature, the festival also seeks to have a zero carbon footprint by calculating all carbon emissions of the events and offsetting them by planting native species of plants of the atlantic forest in the region - tickets are not free, but sampler food and tour guides are included with entry.

nova friburgo was home to the very first incarnation of jogos florais, a literary competition between poets specializing in the brazilian form of trova - nowadays trova competitions happen all over brazil, with the original nova friburgo edition held in late may/early june where poets from all over the country join and showcase their work based on chosen themes.

on this link by the secretaria da cultura de rio de janeiro it is possible to see all the cultural events of all types by month that take place in nova friburgo, by selecting a date range and scrolling the menu of cities on the left.