In 2023 the main parades of the Grupo Especial in Rio de Janeiro’s carnival are currently scheduled to take place on the nights of Sunday, 19 February and Monday, 20 February 2022. The 12 schools and the order that they will parade in 2023 are:

Sunday, 19 February 2023

• Imperil Serrano
• Grande Rio
• Mocidade
• Unidos da Tijuca
• Salgueiro
• Mangueira

Monday, 20 February 2023

• Paraíso do Tuiuti
• Portela
• Vila Isabel
• Imperatriz Leopoldinense
• Beija-Flor
• Viradouro