Record Store Day in Alaska (statewide)
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 Alaska (statewide)
Independent record shops open in Alaska (statewide) 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.
- Blue Door Antiques
North America's farthest-north large antique shop, three floors of dealer booths in downtown Fairbanks; carries a notable vinyl specialty including Alaskana and Alaskan-folk LPs alongside general antiques.
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- Downtown Disc
Downtown Juneau used-and-new record shop in the Emporium Mall, run by Keith Crocker and Luke Metcalfe with a strong jazz section; participates in Record Store Day and International Jazz Day.
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- Duane's Antique Market
Alaska's largest and oldest antique market, spanning two buildings and roughly 100 vendor booths. Known locally for crates of used vinyl, including rare Alaskan and Alaska Native recordings.
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- Hi-Fi Senpai
Mendenhall Valley shop pairing used vinyl, cassettes, CDs and 8-tracks with vintage hi-fi gear sales, repair and restoration; opened by Nano Brooks and Anthony Thingvall.
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- Mammoth Music
Alaska's musician superstore since 1991, primarily instruments, gear and repair, but with a standing vinyl section and a spot on the official Record Store Day store list.
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- Obsession Records
Alaska's only dedicated indie vinyl shop, opened by married couple Steve and Verna Haynes in December 2014 off Tudor Road. New and used LPs across rock, punk, jazz, soul and more.
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- Pack Rat Antiques
Multi-vendor consignment antique mall in Spenard since 1996. At least two vendor booths are dedicated to vinyl records and vintage phonographs, alongside Alaskana and jewelry.
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- Title Wave Books
Alaska's largest used bookstore, founded 1991 by Julie Drake and Steve Lloyd. Alongside a half-million used books, it stocks thousands of used vinyl LPs plus CDs and DVDs in Spenard.
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See the full record store listing for Alaska (statewide).