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
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slingshot Dakota | 6:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |
| Annabelle Chairlegs / Shortcuts | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Ally Nicholas / Shyeye / Sir Echo | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| Marisa Anderson | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Father | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shampoo / Benny P, Gripper / Log Flume | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Brye / Dacelynn | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Break Free Fest Friday: LustSickPuppy / ShyGodwin / Survival Tactics / Chromafix | 7:00pm | Cousin Danny's | All Ages |
| Dinner Time / Ernest Strawfield / Shred Flinstone | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Northern Liberties / Coma Hole / Rope Trick / Big Toy | 8:00pm | Century | 21+ |
| Panic Shack | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Kalia Vandever | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| I Am The Avalanche / Make Do And Mend / Nightmare Of You | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Robyn Hitchcock / Emma Swift | 8:00pm | Ardmore Music Hall | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fin | 2:00pm | Nikki Lopez | All Ages |