WKDU Presents: UPSIDE DOWN PUNKS: THE STRANGE BUT TRUE STORY OF THAT FUGAZI BASKETBALL HOOP SHOW

Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 8:00pm

Venue: 
PhilaMOCA
Age: 
All Ages

A night celebrating punk history, DIY spirit, and the music that keeps it alive.

In the summer of 1988, Fugazi played a sweaty, chaotic, sparsely attended show in a rundown Philadelphia gym. The sound was terrible. The power went out. And yet, somehow, it became legendary.

Upside Down Punks: The Strange but True Story of That Fugazi Basketball Hoop Show (Microcosm Publishing) is an oral history of that gig—told by those who were there, compiled by J. Hunter Bennett, with a foreword by Mickey Lynch, the teenager who made it happen.

To celebrate the zine’s release, we’re throwing a proper DIY show in its honor featuring:

Des Demonas
Dot Dash
Applied Knowledge

Philly Haps

Wednesday, Apr 29, 2026
Time Venue Age
Lahnah / Teller Banks / Maloiker / Instinct 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Isaia Huron 8:00pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
The Thing 8:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
Thursday, Apr 30, 2026
Time Venue Age
Babes In Canyon / Camp Bedford 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Cold Court 7:00pm Philly Style Pizza All Ages
Sam Shackleton 7:30pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
FEM&M / Milky Possum / Astrid /Charloux 8:00pm Warehouse on Watts All Ages
Corey Bernhard's Eternity Ensemble 9:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
Friday, May 1, 2026
Time Venue Age
WKDU Supports: Countach 7:00pm Warehouse on Watts All Ages
harf. / Andrew Lucier 7:30pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Yumi Zouma / Ducks Ltd. 7:30pm First Unitarian Church: Basement All Ages
The Afghan Whigs / Mercury Rev 8:00pm Union Transfer All Ages
Coke Bust / Commitment / The HIRS Collective / Melissa / Demonstrate 8:00pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
Black Eyes / Morgan Garrett / Ibah Baskette / The Wandering Talisman Ensemble 8:00pm The Rotunda All Ages
Sam Prekop 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
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