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]
XOYO was voted into the "Top 100 Clubs" list by the readers of DJ Mag in 2020. [6]
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