Record Store Day in Bordeaux, France
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 Bordeaux, France
Independent record shops open in Bordeaux, France 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.
- Archi Pop Records
Bar-record shop in the Capucins-Victoire district, opened 2024, browse vinyl over a drink across hip-hop, jazz, city pop and ambient, with regular DJ sets and live sessions.
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- Bam Balam
Bordeaux vinyl institution run by Jean-Jacques for over 30 years, reputed to hold one of Gironde's largest record collections with a stronghold in psychedelic and experimental rock.
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- Deep End Records
Small Bordeaux shop on Rue de la Porte Basse specialising in rare vinyl, CDs and limited editions from around the world, aimed at collectors seeking unique pressings.
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- Diabolo Menthe
Central Bordeaux disquaire since 1996 with around 50,000 CDs, vinyl and DVDs in stock spanning eclectic genres and artists, new and used from 1 euro.
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- Disc'Ayres
Vinyl specialist on Rue des Ayres with more than 10,000 records in bins and crates spanning rock, rap, jazz, classical and electronic, strong on secondhand electronic and jazz.
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- Eponyme Vinyle
Independent record shop inside the Eponyme contemporary art gallery in Bordeaux, mixing vintage jazz, blues, soul, funk, disco, pop, rock and hip-hop pressings with new releases and reissues.
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- Gimme Sound
New and secondhand record shop near Bordeaux's Opera focused on electronic music, opened March 2021 with a curated selection of rare and current electronic releases.
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- La Charcuterie
Bordeaux shop buying and selling used 33 and 45 rpm vinyl across rock, pop, jazz, soul, funk, blues, metal, disco and reggae, plus secondhand hi-fi gear (turntables, amps, speakers).
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- La Machine à Musique - Lignerolles
Bordeaux music bookshop and record store formed in 2015 when the Lignerolles music bookstore merged with the former Harmonia Mundi shop; sells vinyl, sheet music, books and small instruments.
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- Le Boudoir Sonore
St-Paul district record shop specialising in disco, soul, funk, hip-hop, Afrobeat, Brazilian, reggae, electro and house, sharing space with Café Mancuso for weekend DJ sets.
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- Micita
Bordeaux landmark combining a secondhand bookshop, DVD and vinyl record store near Cours Victor Hugo, praised by regulars for attractive prices and a quality used-vinyl selection.
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- Total Heaven
Bordeaux institution near Place de la Victoire since 1996, selling new and used vinyl, CDs and DVDs across rock, hip-hop, soul, reggae, metal and jazz, plus books, fanzines and merch.
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See the full record store listing for Bordeaux, France.