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
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Recent Tugging
12 years ago: The gig Band of Tabalene @ Stanley's Stomp Station on Saturday, Sep 16 1972 was added.
13 years ago: The gig Dave Brannigan and others @ Frank Traynors on Wednesday, Sep 16 was added.
13 years ago: The gig Ram Jam Big Band and others @ Paradise - Caulfield Youth Centre on Saturday, Feb 28 was edited.
13 years ago: The gig Mighty Kong @ Stanley's Stomp Station on Friday, Jul 6 1973 was added.
12 years, 10 months ago: The gig Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas and others @ Teazer on Thursday, Oct 25 1973 was edited.
13 years ago: The gig Adderley Smith Blues Band @ Berties on Wednesday, May 27 was added.