Record Store Day in Barcelona, Spain
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 Barcelona, Spain
Independent record shops open in Barcelona, Spain 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.
- Barcelona City Records
Ciutat Vella shop opened November 2019, praised by the Financial Times as one of the world's best record shops and singled out for its Latin/cumbia section, including Discos Fuentes pressings.
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- BCore Disc
Gràcia storefront of the BCore hardcore/punk/indie-rock label since 1990. New and second-hand vinyl and CDs plus label merch. Weekday mornings only, occasional Saturdays.
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- Bifragma Discos
Ciutat Vella vinyl shop and recordstores.love supporter on Riera Alta, in the Raval record-shop cluster near Riera Baixa.
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- Bite It! Records
Gràcia shop specializing in soul, funk and jazz vinyl from past decades — a minimalist space with a deep crate of Black-music treasures.
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- Blue Sounds
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi shop and home of the Fresh Sound / Fresh Sound New Talent jazz labels, run by Catalan jazz veteran Jordi Pujol. Collectible jazz vinyl and CDs, original pressings.
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- CO'LAAB
Poble-sec specialty-coffee bar and record shop paying homage to Black music (blues, jazz, funk, soul, R&B, hip-hop, reggae, Afro); a meeting point for labels, DJs and collectors.
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- Crokan's Mutant Store
The most eclectic of the four Galeries Olímpia record shops, run by Lupen Crokan — a genre-agnostic crate from The Beatles to contemporary jazz. Afternoons only.
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- Curtis Audiophile Cafe & Record Store
Eixample audiophile bar and record store, Barcelona's first of its kind, built around a high-end sound system; browse vinyl in wooden drawers, listen at dedicated points, or have staff queue a record to decide on buying.
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- Daily Records
Raval record shop, label and distributor since 1994, specializing in punk rock, hardcore, Jamaican sounds and soul. Runs its own Daily Records label with 35+ releases.
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- Dancing Vinyl Record Shop
Eixample record shop and B2B vinyl distributor specializing in electronic music, with worldwide shipping. Weekday-only walk-in hours (closed local bank holidays).
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- Decibel
Ciutat Vella vinyl specialist ('The only rule: VINYL!') spanning rock, indie, reggae, jazz, soul, hip-hop and electronic.
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- Dilla Barcelona
Eixample vinyl shop combining a record store with a café and cultural programming across a wide range of styles and genres.
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- Disc Center
Badalona record shop trading since the 1970s (exact founding year unconfirmed), selling music and band merchandise.
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- Disco 100
Gràcia institution founded 1978 with over 117,000 CD/vinyl references across nearly every genre. Family-run, expert staff, special-order service. Split morning/afternoon hours — call ahead.
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- Discos Edison's
Raval institution since 1979 with a catalog of over 200,000 used vinyl, CDs and cassettes across genres, on a building shared with other Riera Baixa record dealers.
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- Discos Impacto
Raval vinyl shop of 30+ years specializing in 60s-80s rock, pop, funk, soul, hip-hop and jazz — originals, reissues and bootlegs, plus music merch.
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- Discos Paradiso
Raval record shop near MACBA specializing in new and second-hand electronic music — house, techno, disco, ambient — plus soul, funk and jazz. Four in-store listening stations and a backroom that hosts in-stores.
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- Discos Redondos
Raval shop with a wide-ranging vinyl catalog — jazz, soul, funk and hip-hop through flamenco, African, Brazilian, Japanese, electronic and soundtracks — plus its own label and accessories.
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- Discos Revolver
Raval institution since 1991 — buys and sells vinyl, CDs, books and merch spanning indie, electronic, punk, grunge, metal, post-punk, gothic and classic rock. Named Spain's best record shop in 2011.
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- Discos Tesla
Raval rock-merch and record shop — CDs from 3-5 euros, vinyl LPs and singles from 1 euro, plus band t-shirts, patches and gig tickets. Also runs a Sunday stall at Mercat Dominical de Sant Antoni.
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- Discos Volta
Gràcia digger's spot for dub, dancehall, soul, funk, jazz, post-punk and world music; visits by appointment, with weekly hours posted on Instagram.
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- El Genio Equivocado, la Botiga
Small Gràcia shop run by the El Genio Equivocado label — new and second-hand vinyl, CDs and books spanning independent national and international releases, plus its own imprint.
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- Espai Salvadiscos
Poble-sec cultural association and bar formed during the pandemic, built around a rescued 8,000+ vinyl collection (jazz, hip-hop, funk, soul and more) with weekly resident DJs; buys, sells and collects donated records.
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- Glove Records
Newest of the four Galeries Olímpia record shops, run by DJ Daniele Soza, focused on italo disco and dancefloor singles. Afternoons only.
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- ID On Wax Record Store
Ciutat Vella electronic-music specialist opened January 2025 by vinyl enthusiasts wanting a dedicated underground-electronic space; new and second-hand deep house, techno, minimal, electro and ambient, with regular in-store DJ sessions.
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- Jazz Messengers
Eixample shop billed as Europe's reference for jazz vinyl — roughly 8,300 artists and 1,800+ labels in stock across LPs, CDs, DVDs and books. Google rating 4.8/5 from 200+ reviews.
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- Kebra Disc
High-end second-hand Raval shop focused on 60s-90s vinyl, especially punk, garage and psychedelia, plus cassettes, fanzines and music books.
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- King Atupali
Barri Gòtic reggae specialist (in the former Hot Shots premises) selling reggae/dub vinyl alongside reggae-branded clothing and accessories.
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- La Bola
Eixample shop that grew from a secondhand record store some 20 years ago into a broader vinyl, book and pop-rock memorabilia/collectibles dealer — postcards, posters, film programs, comics and toys.
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- La Conxita llibres i discos
Sants record-and-book shop built around a light-filled central courtyard, founded by three friends (Carla, Adrià, Marcel); new and second-hand vinyl favoring reggae and electronic, plus second-hand books from EUR2, with regular DJ sets, book launches and concerts.
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- La Crema
Sant Antoni's only kiosk-turned-record-shop ('Cultura Take Away'), opened September 2024 by Lidia Anaut and Edu Montoya; new and second-hand vinyl of all genres alongside music books, local-artist graphic works and a concept-store annex hosting workshops and exhibitions.
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- Libertine Records
Raval outpost (since March 2019) of the Berlin-born Libertine collective (DJs/producers Yoshi and Sbri), specializing in club music — techno, deep house and electro.
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- Mad Record Shop
One of the newer Barri Gòtic shops, quickly popular for its extensive new and used electronic-music vinyl selection.
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- MEZZ // Vintage Hi-Fi Bar
Gràcia wine bar and restaurant, a sister venue to Casa Figari's analog-sound jazz bar, built around a vintage hi-fi system spinning vinyl (soul, jazz, disco) alongside natural wines and French-inspired small plates.
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- Naima Records
Born-neighborhood shop specializing in jazz vinyl (plus fusion, free, funk, soul, psych, afro and more), CDs, cassettes and books. Google rating 4.9/5 from 250+ reviews.
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- Nut Records
Compact Gothic Quarter shop opened 2015 by DJ Lyonel, focused on new and second-hand house, techno and disco vinyl for club DJs.
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- Pentagram Music Store
Raval shop devoted to heavy metal in all its forms — thrash, death, black, doom — vinyl and CD, new/original/reissue, plus band merch. Opened by a former Discos Revolver employee.
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- Perros Mediterráneos
Sant Antoni cultural bar and record shop pairing curated second-hand vinyl (largely sourced from Italy and Spain — black music, world, house, breakbeat, electro, techno) with natural wines and Mediterranean tapas.
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- Plastic
Long-running Eixample DJ shop and distributor (DJ training since 1993) selling vinyl records and DJ/production gear, with a house-music emphasis.
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- Revólver Records
Raval collectors' shop since 1999, two doors from (and independently owned/managed from) Discos Revolver at number 13 — oldies, southern rock, country, indie, metal, punk, garage and progressive rock, new, import and second-hand.
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- Rhythm Control
One of four record shops inside the Galeries Olímpia digger's hub in Poble Sec/Raval border, run by Tony Manejas — new and original-press techno, house, disco and electro. Afternoons only.
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- Riff-Raff Discos
Fixed stall inside L'Hospitalet's Mercat del Centre specializing in film and music across all genres — rock, pop, metal, jazz, flamenco, blues, soul, hardcore, punk — new and second-hand vinyl, CD, Blu-ray, DVD, books and merchandise.
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- Seawolf Records
Sant Martí house/techno/minimal digging destination founded by DJ Senc, with 40,000+ vinyl records catalogued on Discogs and thousands more in-store only; digging visits arranged via WhatsApp, plus in-store DJ sessions and release events.
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- SILENT Archival Items & Records
Barri Gòtic shop pairing archival vintage clothing/accessories with a curated ambient-vinyl selection.
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- Small Black Dots
Born-neighborhood record store and vinyl distribution outlet specializing in electronic music. Marked its 5th anniversary in Barcelona in 2025.
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- Subwax Bcn
Raval record store, label, distributor and booking agency specializing in rare electronic music and reggae/dub, with roughly 10,000 second-hand records in stock. Relocated to Riera Baixa 10.
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- Surco
Catalonia's oldest record shop, family-run by Carlos García since 1974. New and second-hand vinyl, CDs, books and DVDs; known for independent Catalan/Spanish labels and a deep Beatles section.
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- T Vinyl
Raval record store and distribution outlet at Valldonzella 25, focused on electronic music vinyl.
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- Tartera Discos
Long-running fixed Sunday-market stall run by Jordi Tartera (who opened the original 'Discos Pica Nas' in 2010), a gathering point for vinyl and CD collectors — jazz, swing, rock'n'roll, classical, soul and blues.
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- Ultra-Local Records
35-square-metre Poblenou shop founded by Raul Chamorro to spotlight local and independent Catalan music alongside international new releases — soul, funk, jazz and electronic.
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- Victor Kiswell Records
By-appointment-only shop/showroom near Plaça Reial curating rare, 99% second-hand records with a jazz or funk tinge, sourced from across the globe.
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- Vinil Vintage
Gràcia buy/sell shop for second-hand vinyl and hi-fi gear, plus CDs, cassettes, books and magazines. Strong on out-of-print 70s-90s rarities across pop, rock, jazz, soul and Catalan/Spanish music.
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- Vinilarium
Second-hand-focused record shop inside the Galeries Olímpia hub, run by Alex Heras, specializing in used electronic-music vinyl. Afternoons only.
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- Vintage A5E
Sant Pere/Born vintage shop (furniture, clothing, flamenco suits) with an extensive, keenly-priced vinyl-crate selection including collector's titles; owner is a painter/musician often found playing or painting in-store. Cash only.
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- Vinyl Club Barcelona
Eixample shop with 3,000+ singles on display, all playable in-store except sealed copies. Buys used vinyl and ships worldwide; specializes in Latin, jazz, funk and soul.
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- Wah Wah Records
Riera Baixa fixture since 1992 with a huge stock of originals and reissues spanning blues, jazz, soul, funk, garage, psych, prog, rockabilly, punk, indie and soundtracks.
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- Yoyaku Barcelona Store
Sant Martí electronic-music shop opened 15 June 2026 — the Paris label/distributor Yoyaku's first store outside Paris — new vinyl from Yoyaku and local Barcelona labels alongside an extensive second-hand selection, with in-store listening and online order/in-store pickup.
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See the full record store listing for Barcelona, Spain.