Record Store Day in Cardiff, United Kingdom
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 Cardiff, United Kingdom
Independent record shops open in Cardiff, United Kingdom 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.
- Cardiff Record Exchange
Second-hand record shop opened December 2020 by owner Ed, known for thousands of quality used records from classical to heavy metal and a strong reputation among Cardiff crate-diggers.
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- D'Vinyl Records
Homely second-hand record shop on Mackintosh Place with 60s-70s rock and 80s-90s pop, plus indie and electronic sections, CDs, magazines, tapes and DVDs.
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- Diggers Club Records
Speakeasy-style record store on the second floor of Portland House in Cardiff Bay, selling new and used vinyl in an intimate, hidden setting.
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- HMV
Flagship Welsh HMV store on Queen Street stocking a large vinyl collection alongside CDs, DVDs and pop-culture merchandise across two accessible floors.
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- Kellys Records
Wales' largest vinyl record shop, trading from Cardiff Central Market since 1969 with 300,000+ pieces of vinyl and 60,000 CDs spanning rare, collectable and deleted music.
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- Spillers Records
Founded in 1894 and celebrated as the world's oldest record shop, Spillers stocks an eclectic vinyl and CD selection with a strong Welsh-artist focus and hosts regular in-store gigs from its Morgan Arcade home.
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- The Record Shop
Quiet, homely second-hand record shop on Inverness Place offering affordable rock, country and dance vinyl from the 1950s-60s, with bargain boxes of 1970s singles.
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See the full record store listing for Cardiff, United Kingdom.