2015 Festival

Day Festival

Saturday & Sunday • 11AM–5PM
The Park at Washington High & Holocene

Not attending the conference talks? We have two days of activities on Saturday and Sunday for you.

Saturday

September 12
10AM–10PM
The Park at Washington High
Virtual Reality Lounge – Curated by Voices of VR

Grab your deck, load up your SimStim, and try out a rotating selection of some of our favorite virtual reality projects—including SUPERHYPERCUBE and Headmaster for the Sony Morpheus, and the debut of Soundsketch, a new audiovisual toy from Wieden+Kennedy. Curated by Kent Bye, creator of Voices of VR, an interview podcast funded by Patreon subscribers.

11AM–1AM
Holocene
Electric Objects Salon

Bring Internet art into the real world with an art exhibition curated by Feel Train’s Darius Kazemi and Courtney Stanton and presented on the Kickstarter-funded Electric Objects EO1, in collaboration with Kickstarter and Dots. All ages until 7pm, 21+ after 7pm. Open to non-badgeholders by RSVP.

11AM–1AM
The Park at Washington High
Tabletop Library

We’ll have a large selection of independently-produced board and card games available for casual play, including several featured at past and present XOXOs.

12PM–5PM
The Park at Washington High
Saturday Stage — Curated by Patreon

Jack Conte, Patreon’s co-founder/CEO and one-half of indie band Pomplamoose, hosts a showcase of performances by five Patreon-funded musicians on our outdoor stage, followed by interviews.

12PM • Amanda Lee
Best known for her English adaptations of popular anime and video game music on YouTube, Amanda’s fans support her with over $2,600 for each new song.

1PM • Kyle M. Terrizzi
Kyle M. Terrizzi is a Berkeley, California-based singer/songwriter whose latest collection of songs, Volume One, is free to download now.

2PM • Shawnee Kilgore
Austin-based singer-songwriter Shawnee Kilgore just released her fourth album, while collaborating on a six-song EP with writer/director Joss Whedon.

3PM • Nick Pitera
While working at Pixar, Nick Pitera found fame on YouTube with his “one man” covers and absurd range, with fans supporting him with over $1,200 per video. (Oh, and he sang the TripleDent Gum jingle in Inside Out.)

4PM • Future Sunsets
Jose Mostajo and David Michael Frank formed Future Sunsets last year from the ashes of their former band, King the Kid, and soon embarking on a national tour and releasing their new EP.

Sunday

September 13
10AM–10PM
The Park at Washington High
Virtual Reality Lounge – Curated by Voices of VR

Grab your deck, load up your SimStim, and try out a rotating selection of some of our favorite virtual reality projects—including SUPERHYPERCUBE and Headmaster for the Sony Morpheus, and the debut of Soundsketch, a new audiovisual toy from Wieden+Kennedy. Curated by Kent Bye, creator of Voices of VR, an interview podcast funded by Patreon subscribers.

11AM–1AM
The Park at Washington High
Tabletop Library

We’ll have a large selection of independently-produced board and card games available for casual play, including several featured at past and present XOXOs.

12PM–5PM
The Park at Washington High
Sunday Stage — Curated by Ground Kontrol's Art Santana

Art Santana of Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade curates a lineup of five Portland-based DJs and bands for our outdoor stage.

12 PM • DJ CapcomD
1 PM • Mechlo
2 PM • DoublePlusGood
3 PM • The Ghost Ease
4 PM • Ancient Heat

2015 Patrons

Special thanks to Blurb, Hover, Instrument, Knight Foundation, MailChimp, Medium, NextDraft, Slack, Stripe, Wieden+Kennedy, and WordPress.com for their support. XOXO would not be possible without them.