nova friburgo was home to the very first incarnation of jogos florais, a literary competition between poets specializing in the brazilian form of trova, which nowadays occur all over brazil - the original nova friburgo edition is held in late may/early june where poets from all over the country join and showcase their work based on chosen themes.

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 nova friburgo, by selecting a date range and scrolling the menu of cities on the left - news about nova friburgo can be found on the prefecture's webpage here, while dates for upcoming events are also posted on on the agenda cultural on this page.