XOXO

Yeah, no kidding! We’re bringing XOXO back this August 22–24 to Revolution Hall in Portland, one last time.
After the last XOXO in 2019, we had decided to start wrapping things up, planning for one final festival in September 2020. Then obviously the pandemic arrived, derailing our plans entirely, and turns out, postponing them for almost four years....

We're sorry to announce that we’ve decided to cancel XOXO 2020.
But September is still six months away! Why not wait a little longer before deciding? Well, for several reasons:
To produce the revenue we need to run the festival, we need to get tickets on sale right away. In this environment, it feels irresponsible to sell a pass to someone that we can’t safely refund. (And realistically, most people probably wouldn’t buy a...

Since releasing our lineup this week, we’ve heard from several attendees and members of our community who are uncomfortable with Max Temkin’s involvement due to allegations of sexual assault that were made against him last month.
We made a mistake. We didn’t anticipate that his presence could make people feel unsafe, could be triggering for victims of sexual harassment or assault, and question whether XOXO was a place where they belonged....

In just a few short days, we'll welcome over 1,200 of you to Revolution Hall for this year's XOXO. After last year's festival at Veterans Memorial Coliseum (a venue that even to those of us who live here feels like it's another world away), we've very...