Bloco da Anitta

Bloco da Anitta
Genre	Funk carioca, Pop, Samba, Pagode and Axé
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Salvador
Country	Brazil
Years active	2016–present
Founder	Anitta
Website	carnavaldaanitta.com.br

Bloco da Anitta, previously Bloco das Poderosas, is a Carnival street party from Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, but it has also paraded in other cities, created by the Brazilian singer Anitta. On January 14, 2016, the bloco was officially launched in Rio de Janeiro during its first rehearsal.^[1]

During the 2020s, Bloco da Anitta became listed among the 20 largest Carnival street parties in Brazil.^[2]

The bloco was originally created under the name Bloco das Poderosas.

Five rehearsals were held between January and February 2016, with three taking place at the Monte Líbano club in Rio de Janeiro and two at Alto do Andu in Salvador. During four of the rehearsals, Anitta welcomed Harmonia do Samba and Banda Eva to the stage.^[3]

In 2019, the singer created the "Ensaios da Anitta" as a pre-event for her Carnival Block, a series of live rehearsals that allow fans to follow the preparation and evolution of the bloco's shows.^[4] The project offers a behind-the-scenes look at the choreography and musical productions that are part of the performances.^[5]

Subsequently, as it was already informally called "Bloco da Anitta", this name was officially adopted.

In 2024, it paraded from Rua Primeiro de Março, 1 to Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 12, in downtown Rio de Janeiro, on the Saturday after Carnival, from 7 AM to noon. It was considered the highlight of the first day of the city's "post-Carnival" celebrations.^[6]

Date	City	Location	Guest artist(s)	Ref.
Brazil
January 14, 2016	Rio de Janeiro	Clube Monte Líbano	Banda Eva Harmonia do Samba
January 28, 2016			Banda Vingadora Tchakabum	[10]
February 9, 2017			Tchakabum Terra Samba	[11]
February 11, 2017	São Paulo	The Week	Preta Gil Tati Quebra-Barraco
January 14, 2018	Rio de Janeiro	The Beach House	Harmonia do Samba Tchakabum	[12]
January 20, 2018	São Paulo	The Week	Jojo Maronttinni

Date	City	Location	Guest artist(s)	Public	Ref.
Brazil
February 13, 2016	Rio de Janeiro	Rua Primeiro de Março	Nego do Borel	200.000	[13]
February 24, 2017	Salvador	Circuito Barra-Oninda	EdCity		[14]
March 4, 2017	Rio de Janeiro	Rua Primeiro de Março	Pabllo Vittar Nego do Borel Aviões do Forró	400.000	[15]
February 9, 2018	Salvador	Circuito Barra-Oninda	Àttooxxá		[16]
February 17, 2018	Rio de Janeiro	Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos	Clau Luísa Sonza Jojo Maronttinni Nego do Borel Alesso Xand Avião	530.000	[17]
March 1, 2019	Salvador	Circuito Barra-Oninda	Steve Aoki Jerry Smith		[18]
March 9, 2019	Rio de Janeiro	Rua Primeiro de Março	Lexa Alesso Jared Garcia	420.000	[19]
February 21, 2020	Salvador	Circuito Barra-Ondina			[20]
February 29, 2020	Rio de Janeiro	Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos	Mc Rebecca Luísa Sonza	370.000	[21]
March 1, 2020	São Paulo	Parque Ibirapuera	Lexa Thiago Martins DJ Zulu Pedro Sampaio	500.000	[22]
February 17, 2023	Salvador	Circuito Barra-Ondina	Oh Polêmico		[23]
February 25, 2023	Rio de Janeiro	Rua Primeiro de Março	Jason Derulo Saulo Fernandes Zaac	1.000.000	[24]
February 9, 2024	Salvador	Circuito Barra-Ondina	Marina Sena MC Daniel Lexa Bruno Magnata		[25]
February 17, 2024	Rio de Janeiro	Rua Primeiro de Março	Dennis DJ Justin Quiles Lenny Tavarez	1.000.000	[26]