Brazilian singer Margareth Menezes managed to show just how much her country and Cape Verde have in common this Saturday, August 16. The rhythms she performed from the Brazilian state of Bahia got festival goers jumping for more than an hour, while Cabo Verde Show's cocktail of rhythms also got fans pumping.

With more than 100,000 people present, Baía das Gatas once again stood majestic as the largest and one of the best festivals in Cape Verde. And, despite the last-minute changes in the festival line-up and the delays in beginning the concerts, the public remained until the very last band - Steel Pulse, who closed the second day of the festival with its world-famous reggae.

"This is my first time in Cape Verde and I feel right at home," said Margareth Menezes, expressing the emotion she felt at being in the country. Menezes, who enjoyed more stage time than the other artists, did not bore the public, and by the end of her show did not want to stop. "I have to come back to Cape Verde," she said, visibly moved, after having shed tears on stage while singing the Cape Verdean classic "Sodade."

But it wasn't just the Brazilian singer that got festival goers dancing. Cabo Verde Show 2008 also rocked the public with a mix of their old and new hits, blending rhythms like salsa, zouk, coladeira and funaná.

Another of the night's highlights was São Vicente guitarist Hernâni Almeida, who just released his first solo album, Afro na mi. And the reggae of Steel Pulse closed the second night of Baía das Gatas, to the delight of the genre's many fans in Cape Verde.

Off the stage, things were calm, according to information from the Red Cross and from the National Police. Some 30 cases were treated at the Red Cross tent - fewer than on the first night of the festival - and only three injured people had to be taken to the hospital in Mindelo, none of them in serious condition. The National Police also registered only three cases of theft and three minor traffic accidents, none of which resulted in injuries.