Record Store Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Independent record shops open in Buenos Aires, Argentina 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.
- Abraxas
Buenos Aires' oldest specialist record shop, filling collections for over 30 years from its Galería 5ta Avenida storefront on Av. Santa Fe, from punk to progressive rock. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- Animals Records
Online-forward Buenos Aires record shop selling new vinyl (including colored and picture-disc editions), CDs, cassettes and turntable accessories across national and international genres. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- Anthology
Alternative-leaning record shop tucked in the basement of the historic Galería Bond Street, with exclusive imports, national indie pressings and special orders. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- Big Bang Rock
Almagro-area rock specialist selling vinyl in-store and online.
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- Blade Cazador de Vinilos
San Telmo shop staffed by specialists with 40-plus years in the trade; national and imported vinyl and LPs across all genres, buy/sell/exchange, plus turntable and record-changer repair.
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- Bonus Track
Small, densely packed record shop inside Galería del Óptico on Av. Corrientes, strongest in used classic rock, jazz, blues and bossa nova vinyl. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- Brujas Discos Y Libros
Combined record shop and bookstore buying, selling and exchanging used LPs, singles, CDs and DVDs (10,000-plus LPs, 7,000-plus CDs); attracted visitors including David Byrne and Billie Joe Armstrong.
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- BVM Records
Heavy metal specialist inside Belgrano's Galería Recamier, stocking imported vinyl, CDs, DVDs and band merch sourced from Europe and beyond. OSM lead, verified.
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- Cactus Discos
Long-running specialist in South American folk vinyl and CDs — folklore, guitar players, Andean and Bolivian music, charango and quena — plus general new and used stock. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- Casa Piscitelli
One of the world's oldest classical-music specialists, family-run near Plaza de Mayo since 1939, selling classical vinyl, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and books. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- Discos Opus
Flores institution since 1950, a vinyl museum of some 90,000 records spanning tango and beyond, run by a couple who also repair old turntables, radios and speakers. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- Disquería Bird
San Nicolás shop buying, selling and trading vinyl, CDs and DVDs; named for jazz saxophonist Charlie 'Bird' Parker.
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- Disquería RGS
Villa Crespo institution since 1966 that has outlasted the big chains through neighborhood loyalty; runs its own reissue label, Acqua Records, specializing in rare Argentine tango alongside rock, jazz and folklore.
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- El Agujerito
Opened 1969 by brothers Gabriel and Roli Epstein in the Galería del Este, a hub of 1960s-70s Buenos Aires counterculture. Still trading today under DJ Dany Nijensohn, and the subject of a 2024 documentary film.
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- El Cerebro Musical
Record shop near Retiro specializing in indie, alternative and classic rock alongside folk, jazz and experimental vinyl and CDs. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- El Coleccionista
Long-standing Microcentro vinyl, CD and DVD shop for collectors near Plaza San Martín. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- El Gallo Cantor
Collector-focused shop since 1986 inside the Galería Apolo, selling original vinyl pressings (not 21st-century reissues) with a strong Latin American catalog, plus rare books and magazines from across the region.
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- El Perseguidor Discos
Corrientes shop named for Julio Cortázar's short story 'El perseguidor'; a family business pairing a room of vinyl and CDs with a wine selection, visited over the years by Gustavo Cerati and Charly García.
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- Elena de San Telmo
Stall inside the covered Mercado de San Telmo, founded in 2001 by Elena Beatriz Santillán Maydana and her son David; a one-stop tour of Argentine musical heritage strong on tango and South American funk/jazz, including 78rpm and vintage originals.
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- Estimado Vinilo
San Telmo shop for used vinyl spanning rock nacional and internacional, jazz, tango, Brazilian, Latin, tropical, Italian and French music.
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- Eureka Records
San Telmo institution of 24+ years buying, selling and exchanging vinyl, CDs and cassettes two blocks from the antiques market, with worldwide shipping. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- Exiles Records
Palermo record shop with a curated mix of used and new vinyl spanning jazz, hip-hop, national rock and indie, plus worldwide shipping from its own online store. OSM lead (tagged Exile records), verified.
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- Feria de Parque Rivadavia — Puesto 67
A fixed daily pitch (Puesto 67) at the Parque Rivadavia fair — a used book, record and magazine market running since the 1950s — dedicated specifically to vinyl records, music magazines and music books.
2 sources
- Guía Musical
Longtime disquería/CD-DVD storefront in a Liniers shopping gallery on Av. Coronel Ramón Falcón; a customer's 2022 post recalls buying records there decades earlier, and directory listings still show it trading as of late 2025.
2 sources
- Jarana Records
Palermo shop specializing in vinyl records, with an online catalog, nationwide shipping and WhatsApp contact. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- La Cueva Musical
Microcentro shop since the 1980s specializing in rare and out-of-print vinyl, CDs and DVDs of rock, pop, tango and Argentine national music. OSM lead, verified.
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- LEF Casa de Música
Villa Urquiza branch of a multi-location Buenos Aires música chain (instruments, pro audio, and a 1,500+ title new-vinyl catalog spanning rock, jazz, metal, reggae, and classical); listed as an official Record Store Day store.
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- Liverpool Rock Shop
Rock, blues, metal and punk specialist sharing Belgrano's Galería Recamier with fellow collector shops, selling national and imported vinyl and CDs. OSM lead (tagged Liverpool Discos), verified.
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- Magical Mystery Records
Belgrano vinyl specialist selling used records across genres, a long-running fixture of the Buenos Aires collector circuit. OSM lead, verified.
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- Maniac Records
Independent record shop for audiophiles and collectors since 2004, curating vinyl, CDs and special editions prized for sound quality and rarity, with local pickup. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- Mercurio Disquería
Recoleta specialist in Argentine independent labels and artists shut out of the big chains (Las Ligas Menores, El Mató a un Policía Motorizado, Bestia Bebé and others); also stocks books, magazines and merch, and hosts in-store film screenings and acoustic sets.
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- Musicomio
Colegiales showroom opened in 2023 when established disquerías Musicono and Insomnio Discos joined forces; described as the city's biggest record store and a gathering space for DJ sets and listening parties, new stock only.
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- Oid Mortales
Av. Corrientes shop since 1983 buying, selling and trading imported and independent Argentine vinyl, CDs and music t-shirts. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- Rik Records
Belgrano vinyl shop inside the Galería Río de la Plata record-shop cluster, alongside Strobe Records and Liverpool Rock Shop.
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- Rockabilly Discos
Microcentro shop specializing in rockabilly and rock vinyl and CDs, new and used. Web-discovered, not in the OSM leads.
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- Smile Discos
Palermo record shop known for imported editions of jazz, rock and tango vinyl and CDs, preceded by its own small bar. OSM lead, verified.
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- Strobe Records
Belgrano electronic-music specialist inside the Galería Río de la Plata, selling new and used vinyl alongside rock, pop and classic records.
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- Tango Cerouno
Recoleta-area disquería specializing in tango alongside jazz and rock records.
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- Twilight Records
Owner Gabriel Carbone's Corrientes specialist (15-plus years running) in gothic, martial, medieval, doom, industrial, ambient, dark-wave, dark-folk, synth-pop and progressive rock; new European and North American imports, plus his own record label and radio program.
2 sources
- Vintage Club Librería & Disquería
Neighborhood shop for used vinyl and books across all genres.
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- Zivals
Landmark record and book store at the corner of Corrientes and Callao since 1971, declared a Cultural Site of Interest of Buenos Aires; new vinyl, deep CD imports, and a mural marking 55 years.
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See the full record store listing for Buenos Aires, Argentina.