Record Store Day in Bogotá, Colombia
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 Bogotá, Colombia
Independent record shops open in Bogotá, Colombia 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.
- Almacenes La Música
Downtown Centro branch of the Almacenes La Música chain (40 years running, also in CC Av Chile and Medellín), a walk-in shop on the Carrera 7 pedestrian strip selling new vinyl, CDs, turntables and music books.
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- Casa Santo & Seña
Chapinero Alto bookshop, record shop and cultural space opened in 2017, pairing vinyl with graphic novels and Rey Naranjo Editores titles, attached to the Antenna listening bar.
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- Discos Muertos
Underground record label and shop tied to the Rat Trap punk collective, specializing in Colombian hardcore, punk and black metal vinyl since 2013.
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- Discos Vértigo
Traditional vinyl-culture shop run by Orlando Ramos on Carrera 7's record-shop row, specializing in rock, salsa and tropical music for seasoned collectors.
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- El Templo de la Música
Nearly 20-year-old metal and hard rock specialist inside Centro Comercial Omni, a direct importer of CDs, LPs, cassettes and DVDs across rock, metal, punk and funk.
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- La Roma Records
Bogotá branch of the Mexico City-founded La Roma Records, buying, selling and trading vinyl from a Teusaquillo garage space since 2014, an essential corner for acetate lovers.
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- La Valija de Fuego
Chapinero café-bookshop devoted to punk culture, with rock vinyl strong on first editions alongside books, coffee and a reading space.
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- Mort Discos
Bogotá's first dedicated metal record store, open since 1987 near Centro Comercial Multiséptima, stocking punk, krautrock, post-punk and metal from budget to rare pressings.
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- Musiteca
Longtime Centro Comercial Omni stall specializing in rock and jazz reissues, part of the mall's cluster of veteran Bogotá record and CD shops.
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- Musiteca Salsa
Sister stall to Musiteca inside Centro Comercial Omni, focused on salsa, Latin jazz and Cuban son vinyl and CDs.
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- Rocka Rolla
Rock and metal specialist inside Centro Comercial Vía Libre in downtown Bogotá, a mandatory stop for collectors hunting Bathory, Iron Maiden and W.A.S.P. on vinyl.
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- Rolling Disc
Two-decade-plus Centro Comercial Vía Libre shop selling music, t-shirts, pins and books across rock, metal, salsa and ballads.
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- RPM Records
Boutique Chapinero vinyl shop selling new and used LPs, 12", 10" and 7" records plus cassettes and CDs, with turntables, in-house RPM Sessions concerts and craft coffee.
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- Tango Discos Av Chile
Chapinero branch of Tango Discos inside Centro Comercial Avenida Chile, stocking new vinyl, film, books and hi-fi turntables with the same 1991-founded catalogue.
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- Tango Discos El Virrey
Flagship of Tango Discos, a Bogotá institution since 1991, near Parque El Virrey with new vinyl, film, books and turntables across a wide repertoire for melómanos.
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- Tango Discos Hacienda Santa Bárbara
Northern Bogotá branch of Tango Discos inside Centro Comercial Hacienda Santa Bárbara, selling new vinyl, film, books and turntables.
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- The Beatles Abbey Road Store
Beatles-themed record shop inside Centro Comercial Omni run by Don Antonio since 1976, selling vinyl, CDs, cassettes, turntables and Beatles memorabilia.
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- Three Little Birds
Chapinero cultural space and record shop founded by Eugenys and Nicolás, buying, selling and trading new and used vinyl across genres alongside community listening events.
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- Tornamesa
Bookshop specializing in vinyl, turntables and accessories alongside books, films and comics, with a strong jazz, blues, soul, folk and classical selection.
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See the full record store listing for Bogotá, Colombia.