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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jhariah | 6:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |
| Raavi / Grant Claytor / Mike Pajamas | 8:00pm | Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |
| Girl In A Coma | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | All Ages |
| Jim E. Brown / Nylon / Kate Ferencz / Marathon 77 | 8:00pm | Cousin Danny's | 21+ |
| Dorothea Paas / Eliza Niemi *CANCELED* | 9:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cool Heat / Computer Kill / Johnny Dynamite | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Millington | 7:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Dikembe / Kerosene Heights / Swiss Ary Wife | 7:30pm | Foto Club | All Ages |
| Green Jelly | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Neilsen Family Band / Creeks / Tonks / Sun God | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Supports: Make The World Better Concert Weekend | 8:00pm | FDR Skatepark | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Presents: Unity in the Community (Music, Spoken Word, Giveaways, Panel Discussion) | 12:00pm - 5:00pm | CEC Community Education Center | All Ages |
| Faraquet / SAVAK (Early Show) | 5:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Walnut Brain (Tape Release) / Jacy Webster / Ana Woulfe | 7:00pm | Molly's Books and Records | All Ages |
| Bartees Strange | 7:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |