Any questions about the Utah Brazilian Festival or Viva Brazil Cultural Center (501c) contact
Matilde Teixeira Wosnjuk at (801) 427-0607 or Matilde@UtahBrazilianFestival.com
Viva Brazil Cultural Center Award
Recipient of the Brazilian International Press Award 2010 - "Community Merit Award". See video here.
History of the Utah Brazilian Festival
September 10, 2005 – Electric Park, Thanksgiving Point, Lehi
September 16, 2006 – McKay Events Center, Utah Valley University, Orem
August 25, 2007 – McKay Events Center, Utah Valley University, Orem
August 30, 2008 – Olympic Plaza at the Gateway Mall, Salt Lake City
September 19, 2009 – Olympic Plaza at the Gateway Mall, Salt Lake City
September 11, 2010 – Olympic Plaza at the Gateway Mall, Salt Lake City
September 8, 2011 -- Olympic Plaza at the Gateway Mall, Salt Lake City
September 8, 2012 -- Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City
September 7, 2013 -- Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City
September 13, 2014 -- Olympic Plaza at the Gateway Mall, Salt Lake City
September 12, 2015 -- Olympic Plaza at the Gateway Mall, Salt Lake City
September 10, 2016 -- Olympic Plaza at the Gateway Mall, Salt Lake City
September 9, 2017 -- Olympic Plaza at The Gateway, Salt Lake City
The event is celebrating its 13th year in 2017. The Festival began in
2005 with a small group of friends eager to celebrate their heritage
and share it with the community that embraced them and has since
become a greatly anticipated tradition. There are no precise estimates
of how many Brazilians and descendants live nowadays in Utah, but
joining this number are a significant number of Utah residents who
speak Portuguese and because they lived in Brazil or do business in
Brazil, are very fond of the Brazilian culture, people and language and
are an integral part of the festivities.
Viva Brazil Cultural Center
Viva Brazil Cultural Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to educate the public about Brazilian arts, tradition, culture and language. It also has the purpose to facilitate communication and cooperation among the Brazilian community within and outside the state of Utah and to provide educational assistance through a Scholarship Program to persons of Brazilian decent in order to assist them in furthering their education and employment opportunities.
School of Samba Carnaval Parade
The Brazilian Festival Parade is a show stopper! It is the third year we feature this activity. The Parade Committee works with the community at large, as well as with the city of Salt Lake City and other coordinators, in conjunction with the Event Logistics Manager, to ensure that the Brazilian Day Parade is safe and fun for both participants and public. There will be different groups for the Parade. Each Parade Sponsor will fund the costumes and instruments for one of the groups. Other groups may join as a free style parade group and entries must be of good taste, creative, fun and contribute entertainment value to the event. The Salt Lake City Police will motorcade the mini parade from 1:00pm to 1:45 pm. Staging starts at 12:30pm
