Wild plan for ‘Bunnings rave’ gets traction

A bizarre plea to hold a massive rave at a Bunnings store that went viral online appears to have legs with even the retailer indicating support.

Home improvement giant Bunnings has indicated it may agree to hold a massive rave in one of its stores.

A Sydney music producer called Kaila posted a video to TikTok with a rave remix of the famous Bunnings advertising jingle which has now amassed 400,000 views.

He also encouraged people to put pressure on the chain to have an event on the premises featuring band Peking Duk and electronic producer What So Not.

“I’m down. All we’ve got to do is get Bunnings’ attention to make this happen,” said Chris Emerson of What So Not on TikTok.

And the plan may have worked with Bunnings replying: “We’ll bring the decks”.

The plan would see a dance music event held at a Bunnings store.

“DJing in a Bunnings’ car park is not the idea I had in mind when we started this dance revival tour to get the young producers real life,” added Emerson.

“But hey maybe this is the ironic future of the dance music industry.”

Bunnings’ appears to be on board. Picture: Kaila/TikTok.

It’s still not entirely clear what form a rave at Bunnings might take.

The wild plan caught the attention of The Project which has dubbed it “the Aussiest rave in history”. Panellist Susie Youssef asked Emerson what form a Bunnings’ rave might take.

“Is it going to be inside the actual Bunnings like people kind of climbing over I don’t know probably hoses and Christmas trees?”

What so Not’s Chris Emerson wants to make the Bunnings rave happen. Picture: The Project.

Emerson replied that “we’ll have to see what HR thinks about”.

“I would say we do it in the car park with a little sausage sizzle and PA system and I reckon it would go down a treat.”

The What So Not musician, who kicked of his Dance Dance Revival Australia tour on Friday, said he had been involved in similar pop up music events.

“They go fantastically, they’re awesome fun,” he said.

“And I think it’s great for young people to come and get involved, be a part of it in the audience and all the kids who get to perform as well.

The Project's’ Susie Yousef was baffled where in the store you might hold a rave. Picture: The Project.

Georgie Tunney from The Project said the only issue could be over enthusiastic dad. Picture: The Project.

“Are you worried that maybe an aggressive dad might try and varnish your decks?” at a Bunnings’ rave, asked The Project’s Georgie Tunny.

“We did seven house parties in one night and it’s all happened without a hitch,” he told The Project hosts.

“I think people are actually a lot more respectable than you might think in the dance music scene.

“You get a couple of security guards and everything is pretty smooth”.

Emerson said a Bunnings could be a perfect venue for the struggling music industry.

“Everyone’s just looking for interesting ways to get that excitement back and get everyone amped on new music and get them in front of big audiences.

“And Bunnings Warehouse is a pretty big space to do that”.

But the question is whether Bunnings itself is really as pumped at the prospect as its online response suggests.

‘They’re a little hard to get a hold off, admitted Emerson.

“We’ve got that one reply publicly and we’re trying to chase him down to make this happen.

“I’m pretty sure if we relentlessly tag them and bomb the page with comments they’re going to have to make this happen”.

Originally published as Wild plan for ‘Bunnings rave’ gets traction