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

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026
Time Venue Age
John Hollenbeck & George 8:00pm Solar Myth 21+
Zen Selekta 8:30pm Underground Arts 21+
Friday, Mar 20, 2026
Time Venue Age
Sapremia / Bone Weapon / Purulency / Spellhammer 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Brendan Lane & the Sugar Packets / Sleephouse / Lito & The Shepherds 7:30pm Silk City 21+
Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick / Jeff Zeigler 8:00pm First Unitarian Church: Sanctuary All Ages
Utsav Lal Rajna Swaminathan Alec Goldfarb Trio 8:00pm Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement All Ages
The Russels / Be Nothing / Beloved Binge 8:00pm Cousin Danny's 21+
Caiola 9:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Saturday, Mar 21, 2026
Time Venue Age
Ray Vans / ALTARBOY / Sh'Bang / Nothing Wrong 7:30pm Silk City 21+
The FU's / YDI / The Brood 8:00pm Cousin Danny's 21+
Sunday, Mar 22, 2026
Time Venue Age
Angry Samoans 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Natalie Jane 8:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Moon Walker / Demi The Daredevil / Sarah & The Safe Word 8:00pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Monday, Mar 23, 2026
Time Venue Age
Obscura / Allegaeon / Cognitive / Cryptosis 7:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Tara Clerkin Trio 8:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
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