Bunnings Warehouse announce location of three-hour car park ‘rave’ – as iconic Aussie line-up is revealed

Bunnings Warehouse has announced that it will be hosting a highly anticipated warehouse party at one of its Melbourne stores on Saturday 31 August.

Electronic music duo Peking Duk, who will headline the event, made the announcement on behalf of the hardware store on Wednesday.

“The Bunnings Rave is confirmed,” they announced. “The line-up will feature some of the best Australian talent around, including the man who started it all.”

Peking Duk frontmen Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles have announced that they will be joining electronic music producer What So Not on stage.

Kalia, 19, known on TikTok for his EDM remix of the Bunnings Warehouse jingle, will perform alongside them, with Melbourne DJ Nay Nay and Bunnings employee DJ Lottie completing the line-up.

The official Bunnings Warehouse Party, as the organisers are calling it, will take place on Saturday 31 August in the car park of Bunnings Preston in Melbourne’s north.

The three-hour event will take place in an alcohol-free environment, with an emphasis on celebrating the local music community, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

However, there will be a special ‘kick-ons’. A second location has yet to be announced.

“It’s a 16+ dry event because Bunnings is for everyone,” Hyde said in the announcement video shared on TikTok on Wednesday. “But if you want to join us, there’s a separate event afterward.”

Organisers have promised that ‘all the Bunnings favourites’ will be on hand that night, including a staff-hosted sausage sizzle, face paint and branded merchandise.

Peking Duk frontmen Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles said they will be joining electronic music producer What So Not (pictured) on stage

Tickets are $30 and the headliners are donating their time and art for free.

All proceeds from ticket sales and sausages will go to Support Act, an organization that provides “crisis support, mental health and wellness support to people in the music industry.”

‘The Bunnings Warehouse Preston car park will be the setting for a three-hour, ticketed community event celebrating and supporting live Australian music, featuring performances from Peking Duk, What So Not, Kalia, NayNay and our very own Bunnings team member and DJ, Lottie,’ a statement read.

The Bunnings Warehouse Party event is the result of much feedback from the community, which called on the hardware giant to host a live music event to help the struggling local music industry.

“Bunnings was thrilled to see Australian music lovers across the country sharing their enthusiasm for a Bunnings rave in support of local music groups,” the announcement read.

Electronic music producer What So Not will headline the three-hour community event

‘Bunnings is excited that together with Peking Duk, What So Not and Kaila we have found a way to give people what they want: the Bunnings Warehouse Party.’

“This is an event that people have been asking for and we are happy to be able to deliver it in a safe and fun way, where it is all about the music,” it concluded.

In April, 19-year-old Kalia hilariously remixed the Bunnings theme song with a heavy beat, enlisting Australian electronic acts What So Not and Peking Duk to headline a rave at the hardware store.

The Sydney teenager, who co-headlines the party he created with his mentors, went viral on TikTok.

By June, the hashtag BunningsRave had been viewed over 1 million times and was being talked about across Australia.

Electronic hitmaker What So Not also jumped on the bandwagon, sharing the video with the caption ‘MAKE THIS HAPPEN’ on his Instagram. The video has since been viewed over a million times.

The official Bunnings page read: ‘We’ll bring the decks’, with a series of eyeball emojis.

What So Not, the stage name of Chris Emerson, is the driving force behind the event.

The Sydney-born DJ of Dee Why, who recently completed his Dance Dance Revival Australian tour, has been supporting Australian talent and local events for years.

In an interview he gave with his Instagramhe was asked why he did it and said: ‘Going to a small club and hearing the weird things the locals do and the interesting act that’s booked from abroad? THAT’S IT’.

“Oddly enough, I’ve always done it. And the reason I do it is because it’s so much fun! And it’s so fulfilling, and you meet really cool people. You get inspired and you find cool new artists. This is where we come from.”

What So Not has led a nomadic touring existence over the past decade, playing major festivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza, but its mission has always been to build a thriving music scene in its home country.

“It’s just a win,” he explained. “That’s the best stuff. I can’t fault it. It’s great, it’s fun. It helps everybody.

‘I’m talking now because Australia has just lost all these big festivals. You’ve got all these acts saying, “That was my income for the year.”‘

This comes after the Byron Bay music festival announced on Wednesday that the four-day event starting on April 17, 2025 will be the “final applause” after major Australian festivals Splendour in the Grass, Groove in the Moo, Beyond the Valley and Spilt Milk were cancelled earlier this year.