this festival grants a wonderful opportunity to spend some time outside the hustle and bustle of rio de janeiro - the following jazz events are also great options for those looking for jazz outside the city.

also happening outside the regular venues in rio de janeiro capital, is the festival sesc rio de blues e jazz that, with events scheduled in towns such as petrópolis, teresópolis, and nova friburgo   hosts a wide variety of national and international performers of great prestige.

just a couple of hours outside the city of rio, within the rio de janeiro state, in the small town of paraty, there is an annual free jazz festival called the bourbon festival paraty - it is considered one of the most important musically-related events in brazil, commemorating the sounds of jazz, blues, r&b and soul.