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, 1 month ago: The gig John Graham @ Pancake Parlour on Thursday, Oct 12 1972 was added.
10 years, 11 months ago: The gig Auditions @ Garrison on Thursday, Mar 17 1966 was added.
13 years, 1 month ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs and others @ Sebastians on Friday, Jul 10 was added.
12 years, 9 months ago: The gig Blackfeather @ Iceland Ringwood on Wednesday, Feb 2 1972 was added.
12 years, 8 months ago: The gig Attraction @ Hampton Hotel on Tuesday, May 16 1972 was added.
10 years, 11 months ago: The gig Brian Brown Quartet @ Fat Black Pussycat on Sunday, Mar 20 1966 was added.