Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Eckerman MI

Address: 32000 M-28
City: Eckerman
State: MI
Zip: 49728
County: Chippewa
Number of visits to this page: 508
General Information:

The Tumble Inn started as a Dance Hall in 1936. It has also featured live entertainment, gas station, restaurant, and a bar at various times. It changed hands numerous times over the years. One attempt made at making the place work was in 1989 by Frank Smith. He had purchased what looked to be the dance hall (a Quonset Hut design) for $25k and put another $20k into it. He put it back up for sale and left town when Chippewa County Health Dept and the Michigan Liquor Commission shut him down over some problems with the building.

However, after that time the place was re-opened as a concert venue and bar. I was surprised to see some fairly large national rock acts had played this place, given the location in a sparsely populated area. They included Slaughter, Vixen, Vince Neil, Nuclear Assault, Tuff, and Warrant. These shows occurred between 1994-1997.

As far as I can tell from the historical aerial photos, the place sat on the NE corner of M-28 and M-123. There is nothing left of it as of 2024. The structures on that corner were gone by 2005. The address I am using is approximate as that corner no longer has an address.

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Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Vintage Postcard
Vintage Postcard
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Old Postcard
Old Postcard
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Vintage Postcard
Vintage Postcard
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Interio Photo
Interio Photo
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Dec 1989 Article
Dec 1989 Article
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - 2024 Street View
2024 Street View
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - 1975 Aerial
1975 Aerial
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - 1996 Concert Flyer
1996 Concert Flyer
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Setlist Fm Site Listing
Setlist Fm Site Listing
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Dec 1936 Opening Ad
Dec 1936 Opening Ad
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Aug 22 1973 Ad
Aug 22 1973 Ad
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Aug 30 1969 Ad
Aug 30 1969 Ad
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Dec 1937
Dec 1937
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - Jul 5 1973 Ad
Jul 5 1973 Ad
Tumble Inn (Tumble-Inn) - May 11 1940 Ad
May 11 1940 Ad
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