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Date to be announced · a Sunday in mid-June within a four-day festival (2026: festival 13-16 June, GP Brasil Sunday 14 June)

Grande Premio Brasil

Hipodromo da Gavea (Jockey Club Brasileiro), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Rio's race of the year at Gavea, with free entry and a members' stand that still requires a suit and tie upstairs; hats were part of the festival in recent years.

what to wear

The dress code

Dress standard
Smart
Millinery
encouraged
Season
Winter

Women

Tribuna Social on GP Brasil Sunday: 'traje esporte' (sport attire). No shorts, no political clothing, no flip-flops in the Tribuna Social. Third floor: 'traje passeio completo' is compulsory. (2026 rules, reported by BNLData.) Read 13 Nov 2026.

Encouraged

  • hats (a hat parade with models and guests was scheduled in 2022)

Leave at home

  • shorts in the Tribuna Social
  • flip-flops
  • political clothing

Men

Tribuna Social on GP Brasil Sunday: 'traje esporte'. Bermuda shorts and a Brazil jersey are allowed only in ground-floor common areas. Third floor: 'obrigatorio o uso do traje passeio completo (terno e gravata)': suit and tie. (2026 rules.) Read 13 Nov 2026.

Leave at home

  • shorts in the Tribuna Social
  • flip-flops
  • political clothing

Outfits built to this dress code

What to wear to Grande Premio Brasil, Gavea

5 outfits for women and men, with the reason each one passes.

See the outfits

Styling notes

Free admission, gates 12:00-20:00, food trucks; tables and lounges are paid.

Weather

Rio in June: about 18-25 C, dry and mild. (General climate knowledge.)

History

Run at Gavea since 1933; 2026 marked the racecourse's centenary.

where you are standing

Enclosure by enclosure

Tribuna Social (GP Sunday)

In 2022 'esporte fino' (smart casual) was required for stands and lawns of the Tribuna Social on the Sunday.

Women

Sport attire; no shorts, flip-flops or political clothing.

Men

Sport attire; no shorts, flip-flops or political clothing.

Tribuna Social, 3rd floor (GP Sunday)

Women

Dress to the equivalent of suit and tie.

Men

Full suit and tie compulsory ('traje passeio completo').

Ground-floor common areas

Women

Bermuda shorts allowed; no flip-flops or political clothing.

Men

Bermuda shorts and Brazil jersey allowed; no flip-flops or political clothing.

Other festival days

Women

Sport attire; no flip-flops or political clothing; no shorts on the 3rd floor.

Men

Sport attire; no flip-flops or political clothing; no shorts on the 3rd floor.

Fashions on the Field

  • Hat parade of models and guests (2022 festival, with a designer's exclusive hat collection; not confirmed for later years)

Check the official details before you go: jcb.com.br ↗

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