Venue details
Thumpin' Tum
Status: Closed
Type: Discotheque
Location: 50 Little LaTrobe Street Melbourne Comments: also known as The Tum, The Thumping Tum, Thumpin' Tum, The Thumpin' Tum. Notes: nickname given to itself in mid 1970 was 'Heavy Quarters' - perhaps as a link to the 'heavy' bands and music played there - AG 130316. Article: Go-Set March 23, 1966. p 7. Title: Around the World. Author: Tony Healey. - Ken Moate named as part owner. Article: Mother Tum alive again. Go_Set June 12, 1971. p.21. Article states that Max the Bouncer was behind the June 1971 reopening of Tum. Notes: dry venue, though had occasional BYO and licensed nights (a few times a year maximum). - AG
Status: Closed
Type: Discotheque
Location: 50 Little LaTrobe Street Melbourne Comments: also known as The Tum, The Thumping Tum, Thumpin' Tum, The Thumpin' Tum. Notes: nickname given to itself in mid 1970 was 'Heavy Quarters' - perhaps as a link to the 'heavy' bands and music played there - AG 130316. Article: Go-Set March 23, 1966. p 7. Title: Around the World. Author: Tony Healey. - Ken Moate named as part owner. Article: Mother Tum alive again. Go_Set June 12, 1971. p.21. Article states that Max the Bouncer was behind the June 1971 reopening of Tum. Notes: dry venue, though had occasional BYO and licensed nights (a few times a year maximum). - AG
GIG MAP
Recent Tugging
5 years, 3 months ago: The gig Alan Eaton's Big Band @ Powerhouse on Thursday, Oct 1 was added.
5 years, 3 months ago: The gig Allan Lee's Vitamin E Capsule @ Polaris Inn Hotel on Thursday, Aug 9 1973 was added.
5 years, 3 months ago: The gig Town Criers and others @ Palace - Broadmeadows on Saturday, Jul 4 was added.
4 years, 4 months ago: The gig Mark O'Rourke @ Frank Traynors on Tuesday, Aug 1 1972 was added.
4 years, 8 months ago: The gig Carson @ Easyrider Disco on Thursday, Sep 23 1971 was added.
5 years ago: The gig Chain, Threshold, Blue Dog @ Upsville on Saturday, Mar 31 1973 was added.