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 Spectrum and others @ Thumpin' Tum on Saturday, May 30 was added.
12 years, 9 months ago: The gig Gary Young's Hot Dog @ Matthew Flinders Hotel on Thursday, Aug 23 1973 was added.
12 years, 6 months ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Tank, Abel Lodge @ Blaises on Saturday, Oct 27 1973 was added.
12 years, 9 months ago: The gig Special Blues Concert - Adderley Smith Blues Band and friends was added.
12 years, 9 months ago: The gig 69ers @ Sundowner Hotel on Thursday, Jul 19 1973 was added.
12 years, 5 months ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs @ Eureka Stockade on Sunday, Feb 27 1972 was added.