Accessibility

This is a living policy, subject to continual refinement and expansion. Last updated August 21, 2024.

It’s important to us that XOXO reflects the diverse and vibrant creative communities it was created to celebrate. We currently make the following accommodations in our production for attendees who require accessibility considerations.

If you have questions about this policy, or suggestions for ways it might be improved, please contact us at [email protected].

Accessibility

XOXO primarily takes place at Revolution Hall, a 850-capacity theater and music venue located inside Washington High. Both Revolution Hall and Washington High were completely renovated and reopened in 2014, and are in line with modern building accessibility code and ADA guidelines.

The main venue floor has clearly marked hallways and aisles (at least 3.5ft wide), elevators, ramps, accessible restrooms, and wayfinding that highlights accessible routes. We also provide reserved seating areas inside Revolution Hall for attendees with mobility devices and/or mobility issues.

We also use Washington High Park, a field adjacent to Washington High, as a secondary venue and social space for our food carts, bar, picnic seating, and the tent for our Park Stage.

We construct a staircase and accessible ramp for entry onto the field, but be aware the field is grassy and uneven terrain. People with mobility devices may struggle to navigate the field. We planned to build a tiled walkway from the entrance to our tent and bar, but were informed the week of the festival that our provider didn't feel they could built it safely, even though they built the same thing for us in 2019. We're very sorry to those affected by this last-minute change.

Live Captioning

Our main stage programming is accompanied by real-time captioning. We provide reserved seating for attendees who are deaf or hard of hearing directly in front of the captioning screens.

Service Animals

Service animals are welcome at XOXO.

License

This policy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, and is available on GitHub. We encourage other events to adopt (and enforce) similar policies by using and remixing ours.