finally, we included a list of other areas around rio de janeiro that have new year's eve events.

in fact, the city will set up a total of twelve main musical stages around rio de janeiro, mostly hosting iconic samba schools performing live samba  for the crowds.

while the four bigger stages will be in copacabana, the others will be spread around other neighborhoods such as flamengo, barra, sepetiba, pedra and barra de guaratiba.