Brazil Cities Finalize New Year’s Celebrations With Million-Real Fees and Sweeping Safety Plans

Overview

• Rio’s tourism company Riotur earmarked R$21.5 million to SR Promoções Culturais to run the Copacabana Réveillon, according to the city’s official gazette.
• São Paulo bills the Avenida Paulista party as its largest, projecting circulation of about 8 million people with 1,950 Military Police, over 1,100 municipal guards, facial-recognition cameras, seven medical posts and silent fireworks; artist fees total R$5.8 million with top cachês of R$1.35 million for Ana Castela and Simone Mendes.
• Brasília’s DODF lists Celebra 2026 cachês reaching R$1.2 million for Ana Castela and Lauana Prado, with Carlinhos Brown at R$750,000 and other acts detailed across Esplanada and Prainha dates.
• Fortaleza finalizes a decentralized Réveillon across Aterro da Praia de Iracema, Messejana and Conjunto Ceará, with crowd estimates above 2.5 million across two days, designated ride-hail and bus zones, 270 traffic agents, and staged medical support units.
• Cities tighten environmental and access measures, with Cubatão confirming 3.5 tonnes of low-noise fireworks over 15 minutes under municipal law and Manaus adopting reduced-sound pyrotechnics plus strict entry rules; a spiritual group separately claims a weather ‘operation’ to avoid rain in Rio, a statement reported without scientific backing.