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
12 years, 9 months ago: The gig Guest Band @ Tom Katz on Saturday, Mar 7 was added.
12 years, 3 months ago: The gig Winchester @ Stanley's Stomp Station on Friday, Jul 14 1972 was added.
12 years, 9 months ago: The gig Danny Spooner and others @ Frank Traynors on Wednesday, Jan 15 was edited.
10 years, 8 months ago: The gig Shirley Jacobs @ Green Man on Friday, Mar 18 1966 was added.
12 years, 7 months ago: The gig Jeff St. John, Kahvas Jute, Bo Diddley and others @ Festival Hall on Thursday, Oct 11 1973 was added.
12 years, 9 months ago: The gig Grand Opening was added.