AF | Status | Claudia Leitte’s show in a small town in Tocantins will cost R$850,000 to the public coffers

Tocantins News – The city council of the city of Peixe, in the south of Tocantins, will pay R$850,000 for a concert by singer Claudia Leitte, which will last around 1 hour and 40 minutes. The contract was signed by the municipality on March 25.

The northeastern singer’s show is scheduled for this Saturday (30/3). The party is part of ‘Micareta Peixe 2024’. The amount will be paid to the company that represents Claudinha, CCLI Pedreira Shows e Eventos Ltda, based in Salvador, Bahia.

Peixe has a population of 9,317 inhabitants, according to the IBGE Census carried out in 2022. The city has only 8.75% of its residents with some occupation, and 41% of them have a per capita income of up to half the minimum wage (R$700 ). The city’s mayor is Augusto Cezar Pereira dos Santos, known as Cezinha.

Peixe City Hall collected R$452 thousand in taxes and contributions in the first two months of 2024, an average of R$226 thousand per month.

Comparatively, the amount paid for Claudinha Leitte’s show as one of the main attractions on New Year’s Eve on the famous Avenida Paulista (SP) was R$681 thousand, almost R$170 thousand less than the amount paid in Peixe.

The Peixe City Hall event has the support of the Government of Tocantins and state deputies Gutierrez Torquato (PDT), Eduardo Fortes (PSD) and Claudia Lelis (PV). O AF News contacted those mentioned in the article and is awaiting a response. The space remains open for statements.