the festival de verão (summer festival), the raucous annual summer music festival, held in either late january or early february, has thousands of attendees literally dancing in the streets to the beat of contemporary and traditional performances. 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 cachoeiras de macacu, by selecting a date range and scrolling the menu of cities on the left.

in october, film and education come together in cachoeiras de macacu in the festival de cinema macacucine - to recapture the love of arts and cinema after the closing of the three main cinemas of the area, students of produção cultural da universidade federal fluminense decided to organize the film festival with not only the intention of displaying cinema, but also to encourage future students of film with lectures, discussions, and workshops focusing on creating film aimed at younger students with interest in audiovisual arts.