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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steamroll / The Sissy Boys / King's Command / Square One / Frothing Mad / Flip The Switch (matinee show) | 1:00pm | Nikki Lopez | All Ages |
| claire rousay / Ami Dang (early show) | 6:30pm | First Unitarian Church: Chapel | All Ages |
| Fly Anakin / Quelle Chris / Henny L.O. / Monday Night | 7:00pm | Silk City | 21+ |
| Stiff Curls / Verity Den / Ex Locals | 7:30pm | Jerry's on Front | All Ages |
| Toshi Makihara / Nick Millevoi / Dave McDonnell's 5th World | 7:30pm | Fidget Space | All Ages |
| The Beths | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Peter Evans Being & Becoming (Peter Evans - trumpet, Joel Ross - vibraphone, Nick Jozwiak - bass, Tyshawn Sorey - drums) [Night #1] | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Breakker / Witchforce / Megatronix / Grozov | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Stolen Gin / Theo Kandel | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Goalkeeper / Another One Down! / All Systems Go / Closing In | 8:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| claire rousay / Ami Dang (late show) | 9:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Chapel | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Presents: Sunday Brunch! Moved to 12/7. | 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Rentboy / Le Star / Eraser / Ruby Sateen | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Peter Evans Being & Becoming (Peter Evans - trumpet, Joel Ross - vibraphone, Nick Jozwiak - bass, Tyshawn Sorey - drums) [Night #2] | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Fire / Karl Blau / Paperdisk | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |