Peking Duk has graduated from Bunnings to Summernats. Photo: Screenshot.
The same Canberra music band that literally transformed a Bunnings carpark into a rave party will be bringing their same electronic energy to next year’s Summernats.
Peking Duk has been chosen to headline the Saturday night concert at Summernats 38 on 10 January 2026.
Anyone who’s been vaguely following Australian music will have heard of Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles, ever since their hit ‘High’ reached number 5 on the ARIA Singles Chart in 2014. But their rise to fame can really be traced to Canberra, where they’d regularly perform at Transit Bar.
The Peking Duk account on Spotify now has nearly a million monthly listeners, with the most popular songs remaining ‘High’, followed by ‘Take Me Over’ and ‘Fire’.
The band also made news across the country in September, when it played to around 1000 fans in the carpark of a Melbourne Bunnings in a rave event.
The idea originated from a 19-year-old Sydney-based music producer known as Kaila Music, who tagged Peking Duk in a social-media post in July 2024, asking them to pick up his petition for a rave at Bunnings.
Hyde and Styles did indeed pick up the post and shared a video where they performed various energetic moves inside and outside a Bunnings store set to a remixed version of the Bunnings jingle.
The video opened with the text “Remixing Bunnings until they rave with us”, and the caption read, “Tag @bunnings if you want the rave to happen”.
@kaila_music The dream came true @Bunnings #newmusic #edm #producertok #australia #musicproducer #heavymusic @What So Not @Peking Duk @LOTTIE DNB 🎧
The post attracted more than 91,000 reactions and 3300 comments, including from companies like Sydney Water; Carlton Dry, which said “a Bunning Warehouse party would go OFF”; and Better Home and Gardens – “count us in”.
Bunnings responded, saying it was having “very positive chats” with the band, before confirming Peking Duk would host a rave at its Preston store in Melbourne on 31 August. Tickets sold out within five minutes of going on sale.
Summernats resumes its place at Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC) for the 38th year in January 2026, opening with a ‘City Cruise’ along Northbourne Avenue at midday on Thursday, 8 January.
The music kicks off on a Friday night concert at EPIC, headlined by The Living End, who are set to rock the stage with ‘Prisoner of Society’ and ‘White Noise’. The same evening will also feature Summernats’ favourites, The Screaming Jets, and their classics of ‘Better’, ‘Helping Hand’, and ‘C’mon’.
Peking Duk will then take to the stage on Saturday night and answer all the prayers of the masses by performing ‘High’, ‘Take Me Over’ and ‘Stranger’, among others.
Summernats co-owner Andy Lopez said this year’s entertainment line-up will take the festival to another level – because, after all, it’s not just about the cars.
“Summernats has always been the ultimate Aussie horsepower party, and this year we’ve gone all out with a line-up that offers something for everyone,” Mr Lopez said.
“The Living End, The Screaming Jets and Killing Heidi will deliver an unforgettable rock bill on Friday night, while Peking Duk will turn Saturday night into the biggest celebration Canberra has ever seen.
“Summernats is not just about the cars. It’s about the people who love them, the community, the music, the party and celebrating one of the country’s most iconic events.”
The last Summernats, held in January this year, was estimated to inject a record-breaking $46 million into the ACT’s economy, and attracted more than 47,500 visitors from interstate or overseas.
Since its inception in 1987, the festival has contributed more than $900 million to the ACT.
