Social

Friday, 12pm—8pm

A lineup of meetups and parties around town, and an opportunity to explore Portland and meet fellow XOXO attendees.

XOXO Slack Meetups

This year, several channels in our Slack team self-organized their own meetups. Here are the ones we know of, but check Slack for more leading up to XOXO!

12pm-2pm
#tim-tam-slam-jam

Floyd’s Coffee, 1412 SE Morrison

1pm-3pm
#knit-and-purl

Happy Knits, 1620 SE Hawthorne

2pm-4pm
#bikes

Meet at Registration

3pm-5pm
#beer

Beer, 1410 SE Stark

4pm-6pm
#podcasts

There Be Monsters, 1308 SE Morrison

5pm-7pm
#ladies

Coopers Hall, 404 SE 6th

6pm-8pm
#photography

Meet at Registration

WordPress.com Free Play

The WordPress.com crew takes over two floors of classic arcade and pinball games, setting them on free play, opening up the bar, and inviting you to join them. Don't miss Killer Queen, the 10-player arcade game we featured at last year's XOXO. All ages welcome.

Panic Open House

Rumor has it that exactly once a year the team at Panic—makers of software and such—throw open the doors of their secretive office, sweep off their rooftop deck, whip up some delicious and fanciful tiki drinks and food, and welcome all the nice people in town for XOXO into their world. Is the rumor true? There's only one way to find out...

Instrument Happy Hour

Come get a glimpse of the upcoming XOXO Outpost with our friends at Instrument, who open their doors for happy hour, ice cream, and an art showcase curated by PDX Creative Coders. See the works of Church of RobotronLumenal CodeC.A.R.D.S.Surya BuchwaldDarius KazemiJosh MichaelsJeremy Rotsztain, and Mike Walczyk.

Knight News Challenge Meetup

Join the team at the Knight Foundation as they launch this year's News Challenge, offering more than $3 million for innovative projects that can help make data work for individuals and communities. Light food and drinks will be provided.