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
Time | Venue | Age | |
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PUP / Jeff Rosenstock | 7:30pm | The Fillmore | All Ages |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Shallow Alcove / Sarah Gross / Kennedy Shaw | 6:00pm | Spruce Street Harbor | All Ages |
The Courettes | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
Glenn Jones / Liam Grant / Elizabeth / Laprelle | 7:30pm | Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement | All Ages |
Dougie Poole / Margaux | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
Tara Clerkin Trio (Rescheduled from 3/22) | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
Arto Lindsay & John Moran | 8:00pm | Jerry's on Front | All Ages |
Bambara / Buck Gooter | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Sarah and the Safe Word / The Weekend Run Club | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
WKDU Supports: Brooks Nielsen | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
Kendra Morris | 8:00pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
Fazerdaze | 9:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Time | Venue | Age | |
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Telescreens | 7:00pm | Cambridge Hall - Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |
Public Circuit / Abbatia / Lust Orchid (DJ set) | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
Jack Van Cleaf | 7:45pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |