Rio Carnival Grandstand Tickets 

“Tips on Rio Carnival Grandstand  Tickets 

Sectors 6 and 7 – Located in the middle of the Parade. Most beautiful panoramic pictures are taken from these Sectors.

Sectors 8 and 10 – Have the best views and acoustic of the Drummers Playing Areas.

Sector 9 – Only Grandstand Sector with Assinged Spaces. No need to arrival early at all! Unfortunately, we’ll only know the seat number 10 days before the parade, when we collect the tickets. Considering it´s a very long night, Sector 9 is definitely one of the best Grandstand Options!

Sector 11 – If you arrive very early not later than 7pm in order to seat right by the edge, overlooking the Drummers, Sector 11 is a great option and can be the best Grandstand Sector in the entire Sambadrome, otherwise, Sectors 8 and 10 will be better options, you’ll be right across the Drummers with no need to arrive that early.

Drummers Playing Areas from the “Grandstands”  

There are 2 Drummers Playing Areas in the Sambadrome.

First one is located right next Sector 2. Drummers enter the first playing area 15 minutes before each parade starts (warm up) and keep playing there until approximate 30 minutes of each parade, when they leave towards the Second Paying area, between Sectors 9 and 11. Each Group has 82 minutes to parade.

Being across the Drummers Area is much better acoustically speaking than being next to them. Therefore, Sectors 3, 8 and 10 will offer you a better Drummers Experience of the parade than any other Sector.

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