São Paulo Travel Forum

I'll be in Sao Paulo from April 5th until April 9th in a business trip. Could somebody recommend if it is possible to attend to some samba show which reproduces the Carnival atmosphere? If I'm not wrong, I heard that some samba schools have permanent groups of musicians and dancers that organize performances and shows outside of Carnival season. As alternative, is there any good show to enjoy the authentic brazilian folkclore? Thanks in advance

Sao Paulo is known as a business/work city. Rio de Janeiro is best known as Carnival city. But you may look the São Paulo show mentioned on the link below:
http://www.amorenadobrasil.com.br/english/index.htm

I'm sending you another link of Cidade do Samba/Rio de Janeiro:
http://cidadedosambarj.globo.com/
Cassiovieggore

I've never been to one, but maybe you could go to a samba school open rehearsal...

Aguias de Ouro samba school: open rehearsals every Sunday at 8h30 PM. I believe there's an entrance fee of R$ 5.

http://www.aguiadeouro.com.br

E-mail: aguiadeouro@aguiadeouro.com.br

You can see pics from their latest rehearsal here:

http://www.radiodosamba.com.br/aguia/index.php?local=verGaleria&acao=verGaleria&galeria=5

I believe Vai-Vai samba school also holds open rehearsals all year round, but I couldn't find this information on their website...

http://www.vaivai.com.br