More than 8,000 people, dressed in fantasies inspired by the Mexican country, with banners, flags and eager to have a good time, gathered on Friday night in the tourist town of Playa Blanca to enjoy the Carlos Rivera concert, which inaugurated the carnival weekend.
In an atmosphere of authentic intercultural celebration and diversity, all the communities that reside on the island and numerous tourists who chose March for their vacations danced and sang the artist's hits. On stage, a Carlos Rivera in a state of grace, who closed his successful national tour XX in Lanzarote, 20 concerts in 20 cities to celebrate his 20 years of career, exuded sympathy and warmth.
The Mexican addressed the most popular themes of his extensive career in the repertoire. The enthusiastic and dedicated public demanded and was rewarded with six encores, in a concert that lasted for nearly three hours and whose temperature rose to its maximum with the interpretation of the mariachi El rey.
Among the highlights of the night, the two marriage proposals, with their corresponding kisses of love, captured live by the Kiss cam and cheered by the attendees, will go down in posterity. Also emotional were the messages from numerous performers and friends of Rivera, such as Maluma, Bisbal or Raphael, who congratulated him through the screens for his 20th birthday on the boards.
The recital opened with videos from the president of the Cabildo, Oswaldo Betancort, and the councilor of the Art, Culture and Tourism Centers, Ángel Vázquez, who invited the people gathered on the Papagayo esplanade to enjoy the evening: "We want commerce, restoration, transport and the circular economy to move, and what better way to do it and benefit the more than 13,000 people who live in Playa Blanca than with international artists of the stature of Carlos Rivera."
The mayor of Yaiza, Óscar Noda, has stressed that the Playa Blanca Carnival 2025 "is standing out for the very high participation in all events, so the invitation remains open to enjoy the entire weekend."
