On its second night, the Piña Colada Contemporary and Alternative Fusion Music Festival in Ciego de Ávila once again appeared young and vital, as if this were the first edition and not one that carries the challenge of reinventing itself 20 years later and celebrating in style the joys accumulated up to here. A priori, it is already achieving it.

For this reason, this Saturday a luxury cast went up to the central stage of the Máximo Gómez Báez Square, in a kind of musical medley that surprised by its organicity and punctuality in the start, being the PMM project and the overflow of public an essential accompaniment for the success.

The first to break the ice were the boys from Karamba, a group that has fused genres and styles of Cuban music to achieve a peculiar, contagious sound that is always applauded by the audience. Now there were no exceptions and each of their performances were chanted and danced.

This is how songs already anthological in its repertoire arrived in bursts such as Karambera, Soldadito sailor, Ingrata and El burrito, which made us travel back in time with his peculiar mix between pop-rock, hip hop, cumbia and Cuban rhythms.

Although the group has grown in members and, from its first days to date, has changed its format by adding keyboards, electric guitars, drums and percussion, the show into which they transform each of their concerts is another of the gains that is liked and falls in love, both for the excellent performance of the instrumentalists and for the dance and good vibes of Jorge Luis Robaina Martínez and the two vocalists who accompanied him, who showed off their voices with the interpretation, like a curtain, of foreign songs.

In no time at all, more than an hour of concert passed and it was Buena Fe's turn, who despite having visited the terroir on several occasions maintains intact the capacity to amaze us. On this occasion, Israel Rojas began with an apology, since they had to readjust the selection of the repertoire in the absence of Yoel Martínez, who for family reasons abandoned the Reencounter national tour, which had its official stop here as part of the Piña Colada.

However, the presentation followed its usual course and, although his presence was missed, the quality and enjoyment did not diminish.

“Do not play with my loneliness” was like a return to the origins, to the year 2011, when the duo began to climb the hit parade of Cuban music and their songs served as a backdrop to touch on social issues and carry out different campaigns with a social focus.

Then, the tone of the night went up with Música Vital, Catalejo, Ser de Sol, Fin de Fiesta, Pataquí de Libertad and Nacimos Ángeles, while the songs included in their most recent album Morada, from the Egrem record label, arrived from a little and the choir followed the choruses of Farolero, Carne, Hipopótamo, Morada and El macho de la mantis, as if they had been in the group's repertoire for years.

At intervals, Israel shared choirs with Jorge Luis Robaina and Javier López Elías, a member of Duo Iris, with which the presentation gained dynamism and versatility. Near the end, local talent, represented by the young sudden performers Yeinier Delgado and Rainer Nodal, stood out. Together they made the already famous counter-readings, adding improvised verses to the refrain of Catalejo, in a peculiar game of skills and abilities.

Fighting Cock was the theme reserved for the farewell party which, even after 2:00 in the morning, seemed too soon after this riot of good music, which promises to be the rule and not the exception in this XX edition of the Piña Colada.