Record Store Day in Boise, Idaho
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 Boise, Idaho
Independent record shops open in Boise, Idaho 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.
- Disc-Cover Records
Downtown Nampa record shop run by former radio DJ Al Babbitt, buying/selling new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and vintage stereo gear in a century-old storefront.
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- Jam Session Record Shop
Small, owner-run used record shop on Main Street opened in November 2021 by Jesse (formerly of Record World on Broadway), focused on spotlighting local Boise bands.
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- Modern Sounds Vinyl and Music
Neighborhood record shop on the Boise Bench opened by Derek Anderson in 2019, stocking roughly 5,000 new and used vinyl titles with regular in-store events.
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- Rollin' Records
Buy/sell/trade shop known for its hip-hop and R&B depth plus rare Japanese pressings; sponsors Treefort Music Festival and hosts local in-store shows.
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- Spin Records Boise
Owner Kirk Heydt relocated his ~20,000-record shop from Petaluma, CA to Boise around 2020, specializing in private pressings and non-major-label vinyl.
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- The Record Exchange
Idaho's largest independent music store since 1977, with an in-house espresso bar and gift shop ("The Edge") that opened downtown Boise's first espresso counter in the early 1980s, plus a built-in performance stage hosting free in-store shows.
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See the full record store listing for Boise, Idaho.