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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychopomp / Carrousel / Red Brick / Half | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Hardcore Friends (Dominic Angelella & Eric Slick / The Tisburys / Twin Princess) | 8:30pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Wolves / Bright Paper Werewolves | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Plastic Icons / Forrest Philpot / The Blackouts | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Presents: Sunday Brunch w/ Allison & Kirby (Note time change 12pm - 4pm) | 12:00pm - 4:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Tiptoe / Chemical / Sky Pocket | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Bex Burch | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| World Cafe Live Workers Benefit (feat. Carsie Blanton, Ray Drezner, Izzy True, and Sad13) | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cate Le Bon | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| French Toads / Gonzo / Mango Safari | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Ches Smith's Clone Row | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grozov / Diuertic / Insecticide / Banshee | 6:00pm | Nikki Lopez | All Ages |
| Ondara | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Jim E. Brown / My Wife's An Angel | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Shame | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |