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, 6 months ago: The gig Rondells @ Eureka Stockade on Sunday, May 14 1972 was added.
12 years, 5 months ago: The gig Jimmy Cook Syndicate @ Rendezvous Lounge on Saturday, Jul 24 1971 was added.
12 years, 11 months ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs @ Thumpin' Tum on Thursday, Jan 15 was edited.
12 years, 7 months ago: The gig Alan Leesing, Julie Wong @ Frank Traynors on Thursday, Feb 3 1972 was added.
12 years, 11 months ago: The gig Dutch Tilders, Bruce McNichols @ Commune - North Melbourne on Tuesday, May 8 1973 was added.
12 years, 11 months ago: The gig Chain and others @ Berties on Thursday, Feb 26 was added.