January

February

07 - Carnamar: The Carnival of the Sea.

12 to 16 - Carnival

13 - Traditional Bloco da Loma parade ("Muddy" Samba School Parade)

28 - Paraty Anniversary: City hall organises the celebrations.

March

28 to 31 Easter in Paraty. This is a traditionally Catholic city, the celebration of Easter traditions kept dating from the XVII century.

April

01 -14 Easter in Paraty. This is a traditionally Catholic city, the celebration of Easter traditions kept dating from the XVII century.

01 - Procissão do Fogaréu, one of the highlights of easter is the procession, the faithful walk through the streets with flashlights, street lights off, and sounds of bells that transport us to other times.

23 to 24 State Tourism Convention

May

14 to 23 - Holy Ghost festival

28 to 30 - Bourbon Festival: Jazz and Blues Festival under the stars featuring national and international shows. Free entrance. The main act is the guitar player John Pizzarelli

June 

03 - Corpus Christi: The most important is the procession. The decoration of the Historic Centre streets are beatufill, made with mats of various materials such as sawdust colored pigments, lime, flowers, coffee powder, etc.

04 to 06  Shrimp Festival (Ilha do Araújo) This is a festival created to raise funds for the Feast of São Pedro and São Paulo, the patron saint of fishermen. It also marks the end of shrimp season. Gastronomic delights served at the event or at cost are: Casadinho Shrimp, Shrimp and Strogonoff traditional Bobo.  

04 to 06 - VlI Paraty Dance: The program includes the presentation of professional dance groups, workshops, exhibitions and dance contest / competition shows.

25 to 30 - Saint Peter and Saint Paul Party (Ilha do Araújo) 

July

01 to 04 Saint Peter and Saint Paul Festival (Araújo Island)

04 Saint Peter Maritime Procession

09 to 18 Saint Ruth Festival

30 to 31 III Tarituba Music Festival

August

01 III Tarituba Music Festival

04 to 08 - Paraty International Literary Festival - FLIP. During the party, national and foreign writers submit their books and theories to the public as well as participate in meetings reserved for discussions between the writers. Read more about the Paraty International Literary Festival - FLIP.

14 - V Publicitary Editors Meeting: Contest for students of social communication, design and advertising and marketing from all over Brazil.

21 - 350 years of the Gold Road

19 to 23 - Pinga Festival (Cane Brandy): Established in the early eighties with the aim of rescuing and disclose paratiense product par excellence for over 300 years the three-day festival is one of the largest dedicated to the cane brandy in the country.

September

01 to 08- Celebrations for Our Lady of Remedies

VI Paraty in Focus: International festival of photography with different workshops, exhibitions and samples.

22 to 26 - Oriental Therapies and Well Being (Terapias Orientais & Bem Estar) - TO BE Paraty

October

01 to 03 - IV Ideas Workshop - National Evangelical Event in Paraty: A literary event, centered on the Word of God, who has known internationally as Paraty city to study and favors the study of the Bible. Evangelical literary event with all the action revolves around the Word. Interviews with authors, analysis of text books, workshops on biblical translations, seminars on biblical themes, plays, stories counters, etc.

08 to 10 - Ymaguaré: Myths and Legends - Native American Culture, biblical themes, plays, stories counters, etc.

15 to 17 - III Internacional Cinema Festival Paraty

22 a 24 Festpar - Theatre and Street Theatre Festival 

November

December

11 - Christmas Season Opening

31 - New Year's Eve - Réveillon: At 23:00 pm, tourists and residents go to Praia do Pontal, where yo can enjoy live music and a beautiful presentation of fireworks. The party continues until dawn!