Overview

• A Piauí court suspended the Oct. 3–4 concerts in Rio Grande do Piauí and froze related contracts and payments.
• Judge Mário Soares de Alencar ordered the immediate halt and the return to public coffers of any amounts already disbursed.
• The municipality had hired the artists for R$ 910,000 through direct contracting without bidding under the inexigibilidade modality.
• Prosecutors argued the spending exceeds the 2025 culture budget for the town of 5,485 residents and could strain essential services.
• City officials cited drought relief actions such as food basket distribution and water trucks, which the judge deemed insufficient for the situation.