performances take place on an outdoor stage and the adjacent dance market contains a plethora of stands for buying merchandise and equipment, and admission to everything is free.

for four days every july, during the cabo frio shrimp festival, the people of cabo frio take the time to celebrate local fishermen and their families as well as the principal seafood delicacy in the area - the gray shrimp.

held at siqueira beach, over 60 different shrimp dishes are served, in addition to separate stalls making traditional snacks such as pastels and cassava cakes - at the festival, artisanal arts and crafts are also for sale, not to mention plenty of free live music, with more than 20,000 attendees, the festival do camarão de cabo frio is not to be missed.