Social
A tradition started in our first year, XOXO Social is a day of meetups, parties, and special events around town — a chance to make new friends while exploring Portland.
Multiple Venues
- 8am 6pm
XOXO Slack Meetups
The physical manifestation of the XOXO Slack, with dozens of channels self-organizing together in real-life. No registration required — join anything that sounds interesting! View as a grid, courtesy of Annika Backstrom.
8am #climbing 9am #biking Meet by the XOXO registration area for a stunning 15-mile ride across six of Portland's iconic bridges.
9am #fitness 9am #hiking The 4T is a great way to experience Portland with four miles of trails, plus travel by tram, trolley, and train.
10am—12pm #comics 10am—12pm #indieweb / #xoxo-mastodon Take back control of your content from the corporations trying to own it. Beginners welcome!
10am—12:30pm #photography A photowalk along Portland's waterfront and eastside.
10am—12pm #robots 11am #books 11am—12pm #education 11am—1pm #parenting This charming toy store is hosting XOXO parents with little ones between 6 months to 8 years old. Juice boxes and PB&Js provided.
11am—1pm #visual-art 11:30am—1pm #vegetarian-vegan 12pm—3pm #music-making We've booked this rehearsal space for three hours and are bringing out a bunch of instruments. Let's see what happens.
12pm—5pm #videogames 12pm—2pm #x-commons Bringing together XOXO's genderfluid, genderqueer, non-binary, trans folx, and womxn. Food carts won't be open yet, so bring your lunch for a picnic on the pavilion.
1pm—2pm #immersive Timberview Productions and Laura E. Hall invite you to visit the future home of the Meridian Adventure Co.
1pm—5pm #knit-and-purl / #sewing A joint meetup between our knitting and sewing channels, complete with a PDX fiber map.
1pm—3pm #patreon Join Patreon creators and team members for a drink at Portland's best combination coffeehouse/motorcycle shop.
1pm—3pm #tabletop 1:30pm—3:30pm #enby / #trans Meetup for trans, non-binary, genderqueer and genderfluid folx in Overlook Park, an 11-acre park overlooking the city and Willamette River.
2pm—5pm #language Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch leads this gathering of language enthusiasts, over rounds of Rewordable.
2pm—3pm #tim-tam-slam-jam 3pm—5pm #bots 3pm—5pm #game-making 3pm—5pm #kickstarter Meet other creators and members of the Kickstarter team for a drink on Century's rooftop bar.
3pm—6pm #writing 3pm—6pm #x-videogames 3pm—5pm #poc 4pm—6pm #beer Join us for a flight at the Portland outpost of San Diego's Modern Times, an employee-owned brewery with an excellent vegan menu. (Then maybe sneak across the street for Hong Kong-style bubble waffles at Puffle Waffle's grand opening.)
4pm—6pm #civic-tech 4pm—6pm #cocktails 4pm—6pm #disney 4pm—6pm #podcasts 4:30pm—6pm #mcelroys I WANNA MUNCH!
4:30pm—6pm #wine -
Level Eater's XOXO Adventure is an epic, unofficial Dungeons & Dragons experience that turns individual heroics into a cooperative fantasy gaming quest and fundraiser for MyMusicRx. This special Friday afternoon event is exclusively for XOXO attendees, with special guest DMs Satine Phoenix, Keith Baker, and Patrick Rothfuss. No experience necessary to play! Tickets are now available.
- 1pm 5pm
Join our friends at Intel and Mozilla for an afternoon of XR, VR, and AR demos from creators across the XOXO community, the XR Studio, Intel, and Mozilla on a variety of headsets, followed by Beat Saber.
- 4pm 7pm
Our friends at Adobe bring their two-part design experience back to PDX, combining design talks with a ten-person design tournament showdown. Learn more and RSVP right here. Free beer, wine, and food available.