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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witchvomit / Torture Rack / Caesarean / Coffin Dust | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Pageant / Hot Seat / Micro Girl | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| The Black Angels / L.A. Witch | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | 21+ |
| Oranssi Pazuzu / Wayfarer | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | All Ages |
| Get Up w/ It performs In A Silent Way (A Miles Davis Centennial Celebration) | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisters / Hiroe / Beinn | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Laceration / Glorious Depravity / Hematoid | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra / Mother's Day Rogers / Local News Legend / Racoon Tyrant | 7:30pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| Get Up w/ It performs Bitches Brew (A Miles Davis Centennial Celebration) | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get Up w/ It performs A Tribute to Jack Johnson (A Miles Davis Centennial Celebration) | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Curren$y with the 747 Band & special guest Fendi P. | 8:30pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyd / Brooke Falls / Ruby Bell | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| MARSHALL ALLEN'S 102 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION! | 8:00pm | Ruba Club | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brittle Brian / John O'Neil / Chasia | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Chiefs of Math / Kat Nzingha / Housing / Gun Ittt | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |