Listening Bars & Vinyl Cafes in Tennessee

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Used vinyl and CDs from the long-running Chad's Records, now operating inside Winder Binder's books/art/gallery space on the NorthShore.

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Flagship new-vinyl-focused shop founded by Ben VanderHart; opened August 2020 after a COVID delay. Includes a Goodman Coffee bar, listening parties, and in-store performances in a 2,000 sq ft space.

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Open 10am–5pm today

A vinyl vendor inside downtown Columbia's Bleu 32 Vintage Marketplace with roughly 1,400 records alongside vintage and one-of-a-kind finds; buys records and ships worldwide.

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Open 11am–6pm today

Franklin's first record shop, mixing vintage vinyl across jazz, rock, country, and R&B with antiques, vintage clothing, and collectibles. Run by Will Jordan, it buys and sells hundreds of records weekly.

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A Gallatin shop pairing thousands of records with comic books, action figures, and collectibles, and known locally for organizing its own annual comic convention.

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Open 9am–11pm today

Independent record shop in Gatlinburg's Mountain Mall, stocking vinyl, CDs, DVDs and music memorabilia for Smoky Mountains visitors and locals.

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A family-run record shop and coffee shop in Hermitage, part of the Nashville metro, selling new and used vinyl alongside espresso drinks.

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Open 11am–5:30pm today

Downtown Jackson curio and vinyl shop, open since 2018 and billed as the only brick-and-mortar record store between Memphis and Nashville.

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Open 12pm–7pm today

Used vinyl, VHS, vintage collectibles and action figures in a combined record store / tattoo studio in downtown Johnson City.

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Knoxville record shop, live music venue, and restaurant/bar in one space, stocking new and used vinyl records and record players alongside its stage and Taylor Guitars dealership.

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The Madison branch of The Great Escape, Middle Tennessee's long-running new/used vinyl, comics and collectibles chain.

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A Murfreesboro shop founded in the mid-1970s by Jerry Jones that spent decades focused mostly on smoke-shop goods before his children restocked its vinyl and record inventory starting in 2016.

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Open 12pm–7pm today

An independent used bookstore and record shop a few blocks from the Murfreesboro square, trading in gently used vinyl across rock, jazz, and other genres alongside secondhand books and graphic novels.

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The Murfreesboro branch of The Great Escape, Middle Tennessee's long-running new/used vinyl, comics and collectibles chain.

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A combined skate shop and record store on Murfreesboro's West Main Street, stocking new and used vinyl alongside skateboards, apparel, and rock n' roll merchandise.

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Open 5pm–1am today

A Japanese restaurant and sushi bar downtown anchored by a floor-to-ceiling wall of roughly 2,000 vinyl records curated with Grimey's and United Record Pressing, played through a dedicated hi-fi system.

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An announced Salemtown cocktail bar in a converted Craftsman house, pairing herbal-forward drinks with a hi-fi listening setup built with GIK Acoustics; not yet confirmed open.

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Founded by the country star in 1947 and a Lower Broadway fixture for decades, Ernest Tubb Record Shop closed in 2022 and reopened in November 2025 as a multi-floor venue with a restored vinyl shop, live music stages, and a rooftop bar.

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Operating in Middle Tennessee since the late 1970s, The Great Escape's Charlotte Avenue superstore stocks new and used vinyl alongside comics, posters, toys, and other collectibles.

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Open 11am–7pm today

Grimey's has sold new and used vinyl in Nashville since 1999, moving in 2018 to a former church on East Trinity Lane. Vinyl makes up roughly 70% of sales.

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A cocktail bar and vinyl listening room above Mama Bread and Lemon Laine in East Nashville, centered on a wall of records and rotating DJ sets.

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McKay's is a large used-media store in West Nashville selling books, vinyl, CDs, movies, and games, with a dedicated vinyl section among its sprawling stock.

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Open 10am–6pm today

Swaggie Records sells new and used vinyl, CDs, and apparel from a downtown Nashville storefront near 3rd Avenue North and Union Street.

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Open 11am–6pm today

Jack White's Third Man Records opened its Nashville storefront in 2009, pairing a record store and label headquarters with a novelties lounge.

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Open 5pm–10pm today

A 40-seat vinyl listening room above chef Sean Brock's Audrey restaurant in East Nashville, built around full album plays and a $5 menu of cocktails, wine, beer and seasonal snacks; walk-ins only.

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Open 12pm–1am today

Founded by ninth-generation Nashvillian Todd Hedrick, Vinyl Tap opened in East Nashville in November 2016 as a neighborhood bar pairing craft beer with new and used vinyl.

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Open 8pm–12am today

A hi-fi vinyl bar behind Mel's Drive-In in a converted 19th-century bank vault on 2nd Avenue, with three rooms built around vintage speakers from different decades and weekend vinyl-only DJ sets.

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