CAVO PARADISO

History
Cavo Paradiso is the brainchild of creator and owner of the venue, Nikos Daktylides, and is based on a lifelong ambition to introduce to the island, a recreational venue that takes advantage of the natural beauty which one can find in abundance, in and around Mykonos.
After completing the initial build and suffering a nearly fatal accident on site, Nikos encountered a lot of skepticism from various people working in the mykonian nightlife. The main argument was: " Nobody will leave Mykonos Town to go and party on an otherwise deserted hilltop".
Well after 17 years of continuous success we can safely say now that they where wrong !! The first years, Cavo existed as an after hours party venue and first line-ups included the DEF MIX crew (Morales, Knuckles & Tomiie), Louie Vega and Kenny Dope plus many others from the US house scene, Word was spread over quickly, within the dance music industry and Cavo was on tis way, on becoming the club is today.
The architectural design was developed through various stages of extensions on the initial building, to become on the present day as 2000 capacity venue. At the same time, thanks to the efforts of Margharita Antonini ( Who is also General Manager and the head of the promotions department since 1997), the artist poster was getting more and more intense, showcasing a unique diversity of dance music genres from house to techno, trance and everyt hink in between.
Ever since the dawn of the millennium, Cavo Paradiso is regarded by music industry publications, Artists and Clubbers, as one of the most impressive venues on the planet, and it is regularly voted in the top club annual lists.
Most recent accolade from an international magazine, was DJ Mag's Best Club annaul list for 2010, with Cavo Being voted by clubbers worldwide as the 12Th Club on the planet, Jumping upwards 33 places from last years vote.
There have been many great memorable moments from Cavo's Rich Party history including a show with John Digweed in 2001, where he finished his set after 11 hours at the decks, at 3:30 in the afternoon, and in 2004, at David Morale's 40th Birthday (Which he celebrates in Mykonos since the club first opened in 1994), where he had a surprise visit buy Louie Vega and Frankie Knuckles, which ended up being a marathon back to back between these 3 legends of house music.
Today, Cavo is characterized by probably the most intense summer schedule on the planet with back to back events, involving the biggest players on the scene, from the beginning of July until the the end of August.
Cavo's main aspiration for the futures is to contunie the tradition of being a venue striving for quality, diversity and the need to satisfy the thousands of clubbers that visit every year.
After all, we wouldn't be where we are now, without them!
Artists who have appeared over the years
Carl Cox, Sasha, Deep Dish, David Guetta, Louie Vega, David Morales, Frankie Knuckles, Armin Van Buuren, Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin, Joe Vannelli, Satoshi Tomiie,John Digweed,Laurent Garnier,Ricardo Villalobos,Tiesto,Loco Dice,Marco Carola,Dave Clarke,Juniot Vasquez,Danny Tenaglia,Benny Benassi,Claudio Coccolutto,Dj Ralf,Alex Neri,Francois K,Sandy Rivera,Erick Morillo,Harry Romero,Hector Romero,Kenny Carpender,Timmy Regisford,Dennis Ferrer,Jerome Syndenham,Seb Fontaine,Pete Tong,Steve Angello,Sebastian Ingrosso,Axwell,LTJ Bukem,Danny Rampling,CJ Mackintoshand many many others