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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropa Magica | 7:30pm | Silk City | 21+ |
| Luicidal / Terminally Ill / The Hajj Kung Fu Necktie | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Kassa Overall | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Amble | 8:00pm | Music Hall at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
| John Moloney Bill Nace Duo / Walnut Brain | 8:00pm | Jerry's on Front | All Ages |
| Stiff Little Fingers / The Attack | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brennan Wedl | 6:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |
| Karl Denson's Tiny Universe | 8:00pm | Ardmore Music Hall | 21+ |
| Oso Oso / Born Without Bones | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Swans | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Dayglo Abortions / The Brothels | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| We Are Scientists | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Mac DeMarco | 8:00pm | Franklin Music Hall | All Ages |
| Frankie Cosmos / Fantasy Of A Broken Heart / Moontype | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivri | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |