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| Location | Old Street, London |
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| Coordinates | 51°31′32″N0°05′09″W / 51.525445°N 0.085732°W |
| Owner | The Columbo Group |
| Type | Nightclub |
| Capacity | 800 |
| Opened | 2010 |
| Website | |
| www.xoyo.co.uk | |
XOYO is a nightclub in London. It is located on Cowper Street near Old Street station in Islington.
The two-room club opened in 2010, [1] occupying a converted print works. It was bought and renovated by The Columbo Group. [2] [3]
Eats Everything became the club's first resident in January 2015. [4]
In November 2014, XOYO launched Gloria's, a mixed gay and straight night, alongside polysexual East London collective Sink the Pink. [5]
A sister venue, XOYO Birmingham, opened in Birmingham in autumn 2023. [6]
XOYO was voted into the "Top 100 Clubs" list by the readers of DJ Mag in 2020. [7]
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