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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inside Hustle | 5:30pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
| Pet Symmetry / PONY / Jimmy Montague | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Ministry / My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult / Die Krupps | 8:00pm | Franklin Music Hall | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volcandra / Saidan | 7:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| William Tyler / Time Wharp | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Sharada Shashidar | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dash Rip Rock | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| West Philadelphia Orchestra | 7:30pm | Black Squirrel Club | 21+ |
| Dim Wizard / Maneka / Moon By Moon / Paper Bee | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Samiam / iron Chic / Toys That Kill / Big Nothing | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Japanese Breakfast / Ginger Root (Night #1) | 8:00pm | The Met Philadelphia | All Ages |
| George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic | 8:00pm | Keswick Theatre | All Ages |
| V. Shayne Frederick / Jakeya Limitless / Talie | 8:00pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
| Hamilton Leithauser / Johanna Samuels | 8:00pm | Ardmore Music Hall | 21+ |
| The Noisy / Bren / Twin Princess / Petal | 8:00pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |