Cidade do Rock opens today in Rio de Janeiro. Rock in Rio 2026 holds its programme on 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 13 September. Alongside Foo Fighters, the opening day line-up includes Rise Against, The Hives, and Nova Twins. The festival's security infrastructure this year is on an industrial scale: more than 7,000 professionals participate in the operation, including 4,500 military police officers and 725 civil police officers. A dedicated airspace control centre monitors drones and identifies unauthorised aerial vehicles. Around Cidade do Rock, 16 checkpoints are operational, while on-site medical posts and ambulance units remain on standby. Rock in Rio is thus simultaneously a musical mega-festival and a large-scale technological benchmark for event security.
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Cidade do Rock opens today in Rio de Janeiro. Running across seven festival days between 4 and 13 September, the event features Foo Fighters as the prominent artist of the opening day.
