Belo Horizonte Local Events
Belo Horizonte has a number of festivals, celebrations and events happening all year round. If we do not have a Belo Horizonte event listed for the period of your stay, feel free to contact us, as there is bound to be something happening! Be sure to check back here regularly for the latest events in Belo Horizonte. Events always bring lots of tourists to BH, so try to book your Belo Horizonte hotel in advance!
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Gastronomic Festival Brasil Sabor
Place: Bars and restaurants of Belo Horizonte (1 May 2012 - 31 May 2012)The Brasil Sabor happens every year in Belo Horizonte usually at the first semester with more than 70 bars participate offering dishes that represent the local gastronomy. Its main objective is to develop regional cuisine.
Minastchê - Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul
Place: Serraria Souza Pinto (14 May 2012 - 24 May 2012)Held in Minas Gerais, the Minastchê is a fair of products and services that express the culture of people from Rio Grande do Sul, also known as gauchos.
Place: Sabará (18 May 2012 - 26 May 2012)
One of the most important gastronomic festivals of Minas Gerais state, the Ora-Pro-Nobis Festival that happens every year in Sabará, a small city situated 23km north of Belo Horizonte.
Place: Diamantina (1 Jul 2012 - 31 Jul 2012)
The Winter Festival of Diamantina happens every July with a diferent theme each year. This edition theme is Projections, Captures and processes.
Place: Belo Horizonte (25 Jul 2012 - 3 Aug 2012)
Come to enjoy the biggest Jazz & Lounge Festival in Savassi, Belo Horizonte. Bars, Cultural Centres and streets get filled up with the best in music, friendly people and plenty of fun!
Place: Belo Horizonte (5 Aug 2012 - 15 Aug 2012)
The International Theatre Festival is the only festival that half of the plays take place at the stages and half on the streets offering the opportunity for artists and public to come into direct contact!
Place: Metro Stations (1 Sep 2012 - 30 Sep 2012)
The Belo Horizonte Music Station comes back to the capital, after seven years, to fulfill its initial purpose: promote the culture in an unusual place. For that reason, the subway will be taken to present some of the most talented musicians of Minas Gerais and Brazil.
Place: Cinema Belas Artes (17 Sep 2012 - 23 Sep 2012)
This is an Audio Visual Presentation Event which annually gathers efforts and artists from a Brazilian region. This year you are invited to watch diverse audiovisual productions about the Americas.
International Theatrical Improvisation Festival
Place: Teatro Alterosa, Galpão Cine Horto and Máscaras Casa de Dança (1 Oct 2012 - 31 Oct 2012)The FIMPRO happens every tow years since 2008, its first edition. During the week of the Festival, Belo Horizonte becomes the capital of improvisation, with a wide selection of actors from Brasil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile and others countries.
International Short Film Festival
Place: Cine Humberto Mauro Movie Theater (14 Oct 2012 - 23 Oct 2012)The Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival has happened every year since 1994; the festival hopes to enhance the status of the short film as one of the most free, inventive and exciting of the audiovisual creations.
Place: Serraria Souza Pinto (14 Oct 2012 - 17 Oct 2012)
The biggest and most important exposition of the agro-business of Cachaça in Brazil, with a diversity of cachaça brands, innovation in technology, equipments and many cultural presentations. If you still don't know, just don't miss it!
International Dance Festival (FID)
Place: Theaters all over Belo Horizonte (20 Oct 2012 - 13 Nov 2012)The "Festival Internacional de Dança" (FID) is one of the most important dance promotion programs in Brazil. Supporting the international and local artists, the event also counts with exhibitions, debates, presentations and workshops.
Bar em Bar Gastronomic Festival
Place: Bars around Belo Horizonte (1 Nov 2012 - 30 Nov 2012)The Bar em Bar is in its second edition and is already a success. The event was created to promote the bars from all over Brazil, and Belo Horizonte, as a the national captal of bars, couldn't miss it.
Vivo Art Mov | Eletronika Festival
Place: Belo Horizonte (16 Nov 2012 - 19 Nov 2012)The Vivo art.mov is an International Festival of Art in Mobile Media that occurs parallel with the Eletronika Music Festival. Both festivals promote the art, technology, urban and ecology.
Place: Lagoa da Pampulha Border (4 Dec 2012)
This race can be considered as a half-marathon and it surrounds one of the most charming sceneries of Belo Horizonte, the Pampulha Lagoon. The competition has already gained great importance in the Brazilian athletes' calendar, being also important to other countries' runners, such as the Kenyans.
Place: Mega Space (10 Dec 2012)
Bringing what is best from the national and international Trance Music! In addition, a fantastic infra structure built in Mega Space.
Reveillon no Alto das Montanhas
Place: Clube Chalezinho (31 Dec 2012 - 1 Jan 2013)Fireworks show, food and beverages all included, nice people and good music! That is how the New Year's Eve party takes place in Clube Chalezinho, a famous Belo Horizonte's Night Club, known by its great and well-organized parties.
Theatre Popularization Campaign
Place: All theaters in Belo Horizonte (5 Jan 2013 - 4 Mar 2013)The "Campanha de Popularização de Teatro" held every year in Belo Horizonte brings about 122 attractions for adults and children interested in theatre and dance. All performances are at a very reasonable price.
Place: Escola de Arquitetura - UFMG (1 Mar 2013 - 11 Mar 2013)
The UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais) hosts every year a Summer Festival. The event takes place at the School of Architecture, and it presents cultural activities such as courses, workshops and lectures.
Place: Cidade da Folia (Mega Space) (13 Apr 2013 - 14 Apr 2013)
Usually in April Belo Horizonte holds the biggest Carnival out of time, the Axé Brasil. Its features the most famous names of the Bahian music.
Place: Belo Horizonte Streets (17 Apr 2013)
The Linha Verde Half Marathon happens every year at the Linha Verde, a recently inaugurated road that conects the city center to the main airport of Belo Horizonte.
Belo Horizonte - 2014 World Cup
Place: Belo Horizonte (1 Jun 2014 - 31 Jul 2014)Belo Horizonte is proudly selected as one of the hosts of 2014 World Cup to be held in Brazil.
