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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Open Studio Tours | 12:00pm | PAFA Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts | All Ages |
| Alpha Sub / Chumps / My Version of It (early show) | 1:00pm | Nikki Lopez | All Ages |
| Wayside / Doom Mutual | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Laveda / Stella Stella (evening show) | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Acceptance | 7:30pm | Theatre of the Living Arts | 21+ |
| Nazir Ebo / Daniel Villareal | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought / Common Sage / Mt. Ida / Burial Dance | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | All Ages |
| Upchuck / Eraser / Commitment | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bassvictim / More TBA | 7:00pm | Ukie Club | All Ages |
| Lesser Care / Night Ritualz / Doused | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Jack the Underdog / davvn / Pine Creek Academy | 7:15pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Jason Anderson / The Afterglows | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushadicus / Null | 7:00pm | Ortlieb's | 21+ |
| Juanita & Juan (Alice Bag and Kid Congo Powers!) / Clickbate | 7:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
| Jason Blythe & His Ensemble | 7:00pm | Chris' Jazz Café | All Ages |