Record Store Day in Adelaide, Australia
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 Adelaide, Australia
Independent record shops open in Adelaide, Australia 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.
- Big Star Records
Adelaide's oldest independent record store, trading in Norwood since 1988 (25+ years, Mayor's Business Commendation Award). Now fully owned by longtime staffer Darren McBain, with a 2026 refit adding an in-house hi-fi showroom, Analog Fix.
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- Clarity Records
CBD record store on the corner of Rundle Street, filling the record-store-shaped hole left by Big Star Records' old Rundle Street shop. New and secondhand vinyl across genres.
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- Gordy Boy Records
Adelaide's newest record store when it opened in the historic Adelaide Arcade in December 2023, run by lifelong music fan Ed Rooney. New and preloved vinyl, CDs and merch, plus a no-consignment stand for local acts.
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- Mr V Music
Semaphore record shop run by Vic Flierl, a fixture of the local scene via the Semaphore Record Fair and the WOMADelaide music-and-signing tent. Wide range of new and pre-loved vinyl and CDs, with used records the big drawcard.
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- Rerun Records & Photography
Home to Adelaide's largest retail collection of retro vinyl, plus an archive of historic Adelaide photographs and photographic gear. Buys, sells and exchanges records across nearly every genre; in Rundle Mall's Renaissance Arcade since 2010.
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- Rocktherapy Records
One of Adelaide's original record shops, open in Daw Park since 1997. Huge range of new import and pre-loved vinyl, 45s, CDs and cassettes across nearly every genre; buys collections for cash.
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- Streetlight
CBD record, arthouse-film and book store near Palace Nova, spread over two levels. New and used vinyl and CDs across all genres downstairs; secondhand records and vintage clothing upstairs.
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- Underground Records
Vinyl-obsessed Prospect store sourcing ear-deafening heavy music from across the globe — a destination for Adelaide's metal and hardcore collectors.
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- Wolfie's Records
Norwood record store occupying a whole cottage on Magill Road's record-shop strip. New releases, reissues, secondhand vinyl, rare 45s and budget bargains, plus new and used hi-fi gear and vintage clothing.
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See the full record store listing for Adelaide, Australia.