and this is not to mention guest performers invited to sing for new year's eve for the revelers.

minor free concerts are also set up around town, and in the zona sul they normally take place in arpoador, in the garota de ipanema park, located just by the landmark pedra de arpoador.

normally in the summer but with occasional special editions throughout the year, and set on the spectacular morro da urca overlooking rio de janeiro, verão do morro (summer of the mountain) kicks off with a month of weekend concerts performed by some of brazil's most respected bands and musicians presenting a variety of genres.