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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tea Eater / Jasno Swarez / JIM E BROWN / Nancy Strong | 7:30pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Jack Symes | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Jazz Jam w/ Orrin Evans | 8:00pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
| Barrington Levy | 8:00pm | Ardmore Music Hall | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Options / Soft Surface / Smile Machine | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| SOUND TYPE 2025: Yu Su x Elissa Suh | 8:00pm | Asian Arts Initiative | All Ages |
| ERIC13 & THE PINHEADS / Goddamnit / Ratrod / Mikey Primadonna | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Santiago Cruz | 8:00pm | Music Hall at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
| PEARL | 8:30pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Philadelphia Folk Festival | 12:00pm - 10:00pm | Old Pool Farm | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Mariposas Galácticas | 6:30pm | Eakins Oval | All Ages |
| clipping. | 7:00pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| My Mom is Here / Droozy / Koser | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Carver Commodore | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Ekoh / Arankai | 7:30pm | The Loft - Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |