Natanzinho Lima at São João de Campina Grande Maria Eduardo Batista São João 2026 in Campina Grande ended the first weekend of partying with forró, piseiro and brega, and a packed Parque do Povo. The night of shows on Sunday (7) also ended up being marked by technical problems on the main stage. Sound system failures affected the performances by Natanzinho Lima, Raphaela Santos and Tarcísio from Acordeon. According to the organization of São João de Campina Grande, the event surpassed the mark of 400 thousand visitors in the first five days of the celebration. This Sunday alone, more than 100,000 people passed through the site throughout the night. The night's program had Natanzinho Lima among the most anticipated attractions of the night. The fact that caught our attention was that, after the singer's announcement, the lights on the main stage remained off and the sound system did not work for more than ten minutes, while thousands of fans waited for the performance to begin. During the wait, the audience began to call out to the artist in chorus: "Natanzinho, where are you? I came here just to see you", shouted the fans. g1 contacted the organization for a position on the flaws on stage, but did not receive a response until the last update of this article. Once the problem was resolved, Natanzinho Lima took to the stage at São João de Campina Grande just over 1:20 am this Monday (8), with Parque do Povo taken over by a sea of ​​hats, the Ceará singer's trademark. During the performance, the singer performed his best-known songs, such as “Me Apaixonei Nessa Morena”, “5 am”, “Mentira Estampada” and Uma e Quinze da Manhã”. The performance marked the artist’s return to the main stage of O Maior São João do Mundo for the second year in a row. In an interview with g1 before the show, the singer spoke about the responsibility of returning to Campina Grande. “I didn’t imagine coming back here for another year, because it’s a very competitive São João. So, for me, it's like a day of achievement. I remember some advice Wesley [Safadão] told me: ‘Natan, playing a party for the first time is very difficult, but returning to that party is even more difficult.’ So, it’s a sign that we’re doing it right.” The show was also marked by strong interaction with the public. Among the fans was little Ravi, just 4 years old, who on social media already has around 30 thousand followers, where the family shares videos of the boy singing and dancing to Natanzinho Lima songs, and who even went on stage and danced with the artist during the show. Ravi's mother, Paloma Joyce, told g1 that her son has been a fan of the singer since he was two years old, when he started listening to his songs. Little fan of Natazinho Lima at Parque do Povo Maria Eduardo Batista Natanzinho commented on the presence of children at shows and the responsibility involved in dealing with this type of audience. “Like it or not, we have to be careful, right? Even unintentionally, we influence. And now as a father, I have to set an example. How am I going to be a father and am I going to set a bad example for a child? So parents see that I’m a very calm guy and bring their children to enjoy the show,” he said. At around 2:30 am, a new 'blackout' hit the stage at São João de Campina Grande. The interruption was quick, but it provoked a good-humored reaction from singer Natanzinho Lima: “Is our time here yet, boss? Now that it's good”, he joked. In the final minutes of the performance at Parque do Povo, the artist even invited a friend to the stage to sing along with him the songs “Que Dá Vontade Dá” and “A Nossa Primeira Vez”. Campina Grande is expected to receive more than three million visitors during the São João festivities Raphaela Santos brought brega to São João de Campina Grande Singer Raphaela Santos was the second attraction of the night and faced technical problems during the performance. In the first minutes of the song "Quem é o Louco Entre Nós", the microphone stopped working, leaving the artist without sound for around five minutes. Even so, the audience continued singing and maintained the rhythm of the show. After the incident, Raphaela continued the performance for almost two hours uninterrupted, with the audience singing all the songs along with her. The presentation was marked by a repertoire of cheesy and suffering, with the biggest hits of the singer's career, such as “Você Remember”, “Quem É o Louco Entre Nós”, “Meio Termo” and “Rasga Minha Roupa”. At one point during the show, the singer placed a table on the stage and drank with the dancers, simulating a bar while singing “Procure Me Esquecer”, a partnership with Natanzinho Lima. The opening of Raphaela Santos' performance paid homage to the June gangs, one of the most traditional symbols of São João in the Northeast. The moment also highlighted the growing presence of brega from Pernambuco in the state's June festivals. After the show, the singer spoke about the increasing presence of brega in São João's programming. "I'm loving seeing that other states are giving us the opportunity to hear our brega from Pernambuco. Paraíba is a state that has always been strengthening me in a very beautiful way. This month of São João I'm very divided between Pernambuco and here in Paraíba, so I just have to thank you for all this love and for opening the doors to our brega", he stated. At the end of the performance, the singer also included some well-known forró songs in her repertoire, such as “Amores Que Matam”, “Tá Com Medo de Amar”, “Mágica” and “ Lábios Divididos”. Tarcísio do Acordeon in Parque do Povo Maria Eduardo Batista Tarcísio do Acordeon stirs up the public with great successes The technical failure repeated itself again during Tarcísio do Acordeon's show. The singer's microphone stopped right at the beginning of the performance and didn't work for a few minutes. Just like what happened at Raphaela Santos' show, the fans continued singing and, at a certain point, started the chorus of “why did it stop, why did it stop?”. After the problem was resolved, Tarcísio apologized to the public for the incident. Throughout the night, the artist sang great hits from his career, such as “Proteção de Tela”, “Rembrei de Você”, “Chorei na Vaquejada” and “Meia Noite”, and entertained the audience at Parque do Povo, who did not sit still during the performance. The singer also included in his repertoire songs from his new musical project, Esquenta pro São João, such as “Não Era Eu no Bolão” and “Volável”. After the show, Tarcísio commented to g1 on the public's reaction during the technical failure and highlighted the affection he receives from fans in Campina Grande. "Tarcísio do Acordeon has a love and affection relationship with Campina Grande, so much so that this has been proven. Everything is reciprocity. We deliver what we can, and Campina Grande always delivers that wonderful energy", he highlighted. One detail that caught our attention was the jacket worn by Tarcísio during the show, printed with Luiz Gonzaga's face. The singer explained that the piece was a way of paying homage to the King of Baião. "Luiz Gonzaga is very important in my life and, this year, I brought this honor to Campina Grande. So, Luiz Gonzaga is everything, especially for people who carry the instrument like the accordion, which is the voice of the Northeast, which is the voice of the northeast", said the singer. Singer Gitana Pimentel, born in Campina Grande, also performed on the main stage this Sunday (7), opening the night of shows with an eclectic repertoire Agenda The shows on the main stage of São João 2026 in Campina Grande will resume on Tuesday (9) with a program aimed at the Catholic public. The night will feature ‘Arraiá do Crescer’, with performances by Sister Kelly Patrícia, Ana Clara Rocha and Ítalo, as well as Father Nilson. In addition to the main stage, Parque do Povo will have performances by local artists, June square dances and forró trios on the forró islands, in the bandstands, on the Cultural Stage, in the Quadrilhódromo and in the Pyrâmide. Programming in these spaces starts at 6pm. Most watched videos from g1 Paraíba