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, 5 months ago: The gig Daisy Clover and others @ Paradise - Caulfield Youth Centre on Saturday, Apr 11 was added.
12 years, 4 months ago: The gig Headband, Sherbet @ Waltzing Matilda on Thursday, Aug 30 1973 was added.
12 years ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs @ King Neptunes on Friday, Apr 21 1972 was added.
12 years ago: The gig Carson @ Southern Aurora Hotel on Saturday, Jan 15 1972 was added.
11 years, 8 months ago: The gig John Graham and others @ Frank Traynors on Saturday, Oct 9 1971 was added.
11 years, 4 months ago: The gig The Carousels and others @ Winston Charles on Friday, Oct 6 1972 was added.