Record Store Day in Aarhus, Denmark
Two dates to know: Record Store Day Black Friday is Friday, November 29, 2026, and the next main Record Store Day is Saturday, April 17, 2027.
What is Record Store Day?
Record Store Day is an annual event built around independent record stores. The main event traditionally lands on the third Saturday of April each year; Record Store Day Black Friday is traditionally held the day after US Thanksgiving. Both days bring exclusive, limited-run vinyl and CD releases sold only at participating independent shops — not big-box retailers, and not mail order until the in-store exclusives sell through. Because pressings are limited, popular titles can sell out within the first hour, which is why a line-early culture has grown up around the day even at shops that are otherwise quiet on a weekday morning.
Tips for the day
- Arrive early. At busy shops, lines for popular titles can start well before opening.
- Bring cash. A cash line often moves faster than card on a shop's highest-volume day of the year.
- Check each shop's own site or Instagram in the week before the date — participating shops post their own opening time, line policy, and which exclusive titles they've ordered in.
- Release lists are first-come, first-served and vary store to store. A title in stock at one shop may not show up at another, even across town.
- Expect one-per-customer or per-household limits on the most in-demand titles.
- Not every independent record store participates every year, and allocations vary shop to shop — confirm directly with the shop rather than assuming based on a past year.
Shops to check in Aarhus, Denmark
Independent record shops open in Aarhus, Denmark right now. We don't yet track which specific shops participate in Record Store Day or what they've ordered in for a given year — check each shop's own site or Instagram close to the date for their exclusive-release list, opening time, and line policy.
- Badstue Rock
One of Denmark's longest-running music stores, trading in the Latin Quarter since 1973. Walls covered top to bottom in decades of music posters; still run by owner Björn Lydén, mostly LPs with some CDs.
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- Basho Records
New listening-bar-style record shop that opened Oct 2025 in an arts-and-culture house on Graven, inspired by Japanese record bars. Sells house, techno, ambient, disco, funk, jazz and roots vinyl; hosts community station Pana Radio and in-house events.
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- Black Light Records
Small collector-run record joint operating since 2003, co-located with Route 66 on Fredensgade. Specializes in secondhand alternative/indie rock, electronica, lo-fi, industrial, experimental and exotica vinyl.
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- Clemens Antikvariat
Antiquarian bookshop and record dealer since 1989, with a dedicated 'Clemens Records' vinyl division alongside ~100,000 books, posters and memorabilia. Actively buys record collections.
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- Dandelion Records
Vinyl-only Aarhus C shop with a huge new-and-used selection, plus a companion web shop for browsing stock remotely.
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- iMusic
Started in Aarhus C in 2005 as a CD/DVD specialist; moved to larger Risskov premises in 2021 and expanded into vinyl. Stocks at least 10,000 vinyl records and 10,000 CDs, plus K-pop and merch.
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- Pladekisten
Frederiksbjerg record shop stocking new and used vinyl, CDs and singles across genres from jazz to classical; buys well-kept collections from customers.
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- Reverb Vinyl
Nørregade record shop open since 2017 with 50,000+ units in stock, known for rarities, jazz and maxi-singles alongside a broad new-and-used vinyl selection with a focus on alt/indie rock.
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- Route 66
Long-running Aarhus C record shop selling new and used vinyl, over 8,000 titles spanning rock, jazz, electronic, pop, indie and experimental; also trades on Discogs.
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- Vinylpladen.dk
Viby J vinyl specialist selling new and used LPs plus turntables, cleaning gear and record sleeves, with fast mail-order shipping alongside its showroom.
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See the full record store listing for Aarhus, Denmark.