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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workout For Warmth (Fundraiser) | 12:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Dilly Dally Fest 3 (Night 2) | 4:00pm | Underground Arts | All Ages |
| Pretty Pity / Out In Front | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Chad Taylor Quintet | 7:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Septic Bath / Red King / The Regulars / The Great Depression | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Emily Drinker / Stella Ruze / Max Davey | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tómarúm / Dessiderium | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Action/Adventure / Not My Weekend / Diva Bleach | 8:00pm | Warehouse on Watts | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liam St. John / Joshua Quimby | 8:00pm | The Foundry | All Ages |
| Dialogues 6 (Prasant Radhakrishnan) | 8:00pm | The Perch | All Ages |
| Pet Needs | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porch Light | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Throne / Scab Hag | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Sawyer Hill | 8:00pm | The Met Philadelphia | All Ages |
| Die Spitz / Babe Heaven | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |