Record Store Day in Allentown, Pennsylvania
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 Allentown, Pennsylvania
Independent record shops open in Allentown, Pennsylvania 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.
- Compact Disc Center
Bethlehem's neighborhood music store since 1989, a block from Liberty High School. New and used CDs, vinyl, DVDs and cassettes, plus Record Store Day exclusives, band tees and turntable accessories.
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- Easton Record Exchange
Downtown Easton used-vinyl shop on Centre Square run by Tom Patterson of local indie-rock band Slingshot Dakota. Stocks used records and CDs, turntables, speaker components and vintage video games.
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- Railroad Records
South Bethlehem vinyl shop opened by longtime collector Asa Blynn in a former beauty-salon space; buys, sells and trades new and used records, CDs, 8-tracks, vintage stereo gear and music memorabilia.
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- Spin Me Round Records
Vinyl, CD, DVD, video game and book shop inside Palmer Park Mall; describes itself as the first vinyl record store to open in a Pennsylvania mall in 30 years. Hosted a Cardi B in-store event in Sept. 2025.
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- The Broken Record
Music-themed restaurant and bar centered on a working turntable and ~1,000-record collection that guests curate themselves; modern American small plates alongside a full bar.
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See the full record store listing for Allentown, Pennsylvania.