COPACABANA’S NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY STARTS OFF THE TRIBUTES TO THE 450TH
ANNIVERSARY OF RIO DE JANEIRO WITH A FIREWORKS SPECTACLE AND CONCERTS OF
GREAT BRAZILIAN MUSIC NAMES
To celebrate the anniversary of the city, the event will have three stages, 16 minutes of
fireworks spectacle and musical attractions like Titãs, Seu Jorge and Maria Rita.
The 450th anniversary of the “Marvelous City” will be the theme of the biggest New Year's
Eve open air party of the world. A spectacle of fireworks set to music with unprecedented
effects and shows with great stars of brazilian music will kick off the celebrations which
begin at the turn of 2015 and extend throughout the year. The event aims to show the
exhilarating joy of Rio, the amazing carnivals that are known worldwide and the beauty of
our summers. Copacabana’s New Year's Eve party will not be the only event to honor Rio
de Janeiro at the turn of the year. Other neighborhoods will also have parties to celebrate
the date. In total, nine venues around the city.
Riotur estimates more than 2 million visitors this year. On New Year's Eve the “cariocas”
command the party. It is an honor to start the official commemorations of the 450th
anniversary of Rio de Janeiro with the mark of the Carioca celebrations on all the stages of
our New Year's Eve party" says the Secretary of Tourism Antonio Pedro Figueira de Mello.
It is expected that 816,000 tourists will visit the city during the New Year's Celebrations
spending about $ 650 million, an increase of 6% compared to the 2013 numbers 767,000
and 5.5% with business income of 614 million dollars. The average hotel occupancy rate is
about 73%, as reported by the fist research by ABIH/RJ. Five-star hotels are among the
most popular, with occupancy at around 80%. On the night of new year’s eve it will be
even more crowded: on December 31st to January 1st, city hotels will have already hit 79%
occupancy, and this number reaches 85% in reservations made so far in five-star hotels.
New research will be published in the second half of the month, with updated data.
Flavio Machado, executive VP of SRCOM and artistic director of the event said that this
edition will be even more special. "The New Year's Eve party in Copacabana is the best and
biggest in the world. To start 2015, the party will have concerts with great names of
Brazilian music and an unprecedented fireworks effects spectacle." The event is promoted
by the City of Rio de Janeiro, through the Riotur, and produced by SRCOM. Petrobras,
Johnson & Johnson, Embratel/Claro, Light, Coca-Cola, Antarctica, Bradesco and Cielo are
the sponsors of the event, which also has partnership with the State Government of Rio de
Janeiro, through the Department of Culture, and federally with the Ministry of Culture, by
culture incentives laws.
Copacabana’s New Year's Eve will not be the only event to honor the city of Rio de Janeiro
at the turn of the year. Using a single brand, especially created for the occasion, in total,
nine other venues around the city will also have parties to celebrate the date.
Fireworks spectacle has unprecedented effects
At midnight, January 1st, the Copacabana sky will light up with pyrotechnics fireworks
made by Pirotecnica Igual Brazil, a Barcelona based and reputed company responsible for
the fireworks show for seven consecutive years. The highlight of the event will be the
fireworks set to music at the “Princess of the Sea” beach - an unprecedented effect that
will make people celebrate the new year with an exclusive music track created especially
for the occasion.
Colorful volcanoes with two levels of eruption will be used in sequence with great lightning
effects, which will share space with a red tear bombs of great caliber. A tribute to the city
that will thrill the audience: the phrase 'Rio 450' will shine in the sky, celebrating the
anniversary of the “Marvelous City”.
11 barges with a total of 24 tons of fireworks: each containing 3,000 shells controlled by a
computerized trigger system. Pirotecnia Igual was responsible for the fireworks at the
opening of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and has executed the fireworks show of
Valparaíso, Chile, for 25 years.
Exclusive soundtrack to commemorate the 450th anniversary
The fireworks are choreographed to a soundtrack especially created by DJ João Brazil and
Sonido Studio for the spectacle, mixing MPB standards and orchestrated music. Citizen of
Rio, the DJ is known to have taken Brazilian percussion to the most popular ballads of
Europe and with it creating great mash-ups.
Lucas Duque, partner of Sonido Studio, explains the deal: "We wanted to do something
really excited. We worked through this briefing and got an arrangement that combines
several songs into one. Songs that can express the spirit of Rio.”
Artists of different rhythms to perform on Copacabana stages
In the line-up of the main stage, in front of Belmond Copacabana Palace Hotel, great
names of Brazilian music will be performing throughout the night. Seu Jorge is one of
them. The singer will bring the joy of songs like "Carolina" and "Burguesinha" for the New
Year's Eve party. The rock band Titãs will also be present and promise a repertoire of hits
of its 30-year career. The band Detonautas will bring its national rock to one of the most
famous beaches in the world and Baia Raul will enliven the audience with cover songs of
the
"mad
beauty"
Raul
Seixas.
The
Samba
School Unidos
da
Tijuca,
the 2014 Grand Champion, will close the night with the best of Rio's Carnival.
At the same time, at Santa Clara st., the musical diversity will also be high. Maria Rita,
owner of hits like "Cara Valente" and "Encontros e Despedidas", is one of the great musical
attractions of this stage that still receives the band Roupa Nova with its hits of soap operas
soundtracks. The Grupo Revelação will play the best of Rio's pagode and the
BossaCucaNova band promises to excite the spectators mixing MPB with electronic
rhythms. The Samba Schools Portela and Salgueiro will close the night with joy and “samba
dance”.
The third stage will be at Leme beach and will have the following attractions: DJ Ailton,
Grupo100%, RP and Styllo X. Leandro Sapucahy also will be present at the Radio Globo
stage. Before the new year’s countdown, a special video will be displayed in tribute of Rio
and the “cariocas”.
LINE-UP
Main stage
In front of Copacabana Palace
18:00
19:30
20:30
22:20
00:00
00:16
02:40
03:30
–
–
–
DJ Zabumba
Baia Toca Raul
Detonautas
Titãs
Fireworks to music show
Seu Jorge
G.R.E.S. Unidos da Tijuca
End of pragramme
Santa Clara stage
At Santa Clara st.
18:00 - DJ Marcelinho da Lua
19:30 - Bossa Cuca Nova
20:50 - Revelação
22:20 - Maria Rita
00:00 – Fireworks to music show
00:16 - Roupa Nova
02:10 - G.R.E.S. Salgueiro e G.R.E.S. Portela (25min cada)
03:00 – End of programme
Rádio Globo stage
Leme beach
18:00 - DJ Ailton
19:00
20:20
21:30
23:10
00:00
00:16
01:30
02:30
–
–
Grupo 100%
Grupo RP
Leandro Sapucahy
Grupo RP
Fireworks to music show
Styllo X
DJ Ailton
End of programme
COPACABANA’S NEW YEAR'S EVE IN NUMBERS:
3 stages
27 hours of shows
18 artists
300 reflectors
300 chemical toilets
11 barges
16 minutes of fireworks
24 tons of fireworks
3,000 shells on each barge
120 porters
30 sound towers
30 police stations
50 Mobile Intensive Care Units
5 health centers
About Riotur: Tourism Company of the city of Rio de Janeiro (PLC) – a GovernmentControlled Company- is the Special Secretariat of the Executive of Tourism and is engaged
in the implementation of tourism policy in the city of Rio de Janeiro, formulated by the
Secretariat in line with the guidelines and programs ruled by the Municipal Administration.
The main objective of Riotur is attracting tourism, national and international markets, to
the city of Rio de Janeiro, triggering the tourism productive chain, generating foreign
exchange earnings, new money, the increased supply of jobs and tax collection,
strengthening the city's economy.
About SRCOM: With over 25 years of experience in communications segment and events,
SRCOM is a company that produces memorable projects from creation to final delivery,
printing its signature, creativity, excellence and passion for what it does. With offices in
Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, the agency serves clients such as Motorola, Coca-Cola, Nike
and Bradesco Seguros. Some events produced by SRCOM: New Year's Eve in Copacabana
(2008-2014), major acts of World Youth Day in Copacabana (2013), ArtRio (2012 and 2013),
Aquarius (2012, 2013 and 2014), the launch official of the Brazilian team shirt for Nike
(2013) - the biggest event organized by Nike and Coca-Cola PublicViewing. SRCOM is also a
member of the consortium responsible for the conduct of ceremonies of the Olympic and
Paralympic Games Rio 2016 and also held the production of Rio FIFA FanFest ™, official
event responsible for transmitting the games of the World Cup on large LED screens.
About Pirotecnia Igual Brasil: Responsible for Copacabana’s New Year's Eve party fireworks
for five years, Pirotecnia Igual Brasil is the exclusively representative of Mario Igual’s
company Pyrotechnics Igual España. Mario inherited the business from his family, who built
a small factory of handmade fireworks, in the 20’s, in Barcelona. In the 60’s, Mario Igual
took control of the company, in order to internationalize the product. In 92, he signed the
opening of the Barcelona Olympic Games and for 25 years held the fireworks of Valparaíso,
Chile. Today, 70% of company’s revenue comes from the international market. In its
expansion process, Pyrotechnics Igual opened a branch office in Valparaíso, Chile, and
other in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Currently, the company produces about 500
shows a year around the world.
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