Cinema Festival
Brasilia hosts one of the most important festivals of brazilian cinema. the festival de cinema brasileiro takes place late october/early november and screens independent and mainstream movies that will hit the theaters the following year. both short and feature films are presented, but the movies have no subtitles.
Porão do Rock
(http://www.poraodorock.com.br/) - usually happening in july, august or september, it's arguably the biggest music festival in brasilia. it's dedicated to rock 'n' roll and all its variants. local bands share the two mains stages with national staples and some international bands.
Chapada Imperial
(http://www.chapadaimperia...) - tel. +55 61 9965-2461 / 9961-9068 / 9984-4437. 50 km from the city center. it's a natural park with trekking trails, camping area, typical cerrado birds and waterfalls.
Japanese Festival
The Japanese community of Brasilia celebrates the Obon Festival, with bon odori dances and stalls selling typical food and other Japanese items.
State Secretary of Culture Agenda
(http://www.sc.df.gov.br/a...) - the biggest cultural schedule of brasilia. it keeps track of all exhibitions and shows playing in the city. you can choose the listings by month or type of attraction or see the complete schedule for the current month.
Sports
Wakeboard
Wakescola de brasãlia. the only wakeboard school in the city. tel +55 61 3380-2171 / +55 61 9982-3562. expensive.
Basketball
If you happen to be in brasilia between january and june, you should not miss the games of brasilia's home team universo brb for the national league of basketball. runner-up of the 2009 season, universo is well known for playing great games and drawing a big audience for brazilian standards, which peaked 11.000 people during the 2009 finals. the season games happens in 'clube da ceb' ceb's club, at sgas 904. ticket costs r$ 10,00. if you actually want to play basketball, the city's park has plenty of courts available for public use. your best chance to catch some locals playing is going on the weekends.
Golf
Brasilia golf club (http://www.golfebrasilia....). sces trecho 2, lt 2. tel. +55 61 3224-2718. prices per game: r$ 120,00 tue-fri and r$ 180,00 sat-sun and holidays.
Jogging
Brasilia's most popular sport by far. there are running tracks in the national park and in the city's park. the eixo rodoviario road is closed to traffic on sundays 8h-18h and can be also used for jogging, cycling and skating. jogging on weekends in the city's park is one the most popular activities amongst locals. don't miss the coconut water vendors. besides that, 5 km and 10 km races happens almost bi-monthly.