Record Store Day in Cleveland, Ohio
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 Cleveland, Ohio
Independent record shops open in Cleveland, Ohio 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.
- Bent Crayon
Curated new-release specialist inside the 78th Street Studios arts complex, dealing in eclectic and experimental vinyl since 1995 with worldwide shipping.
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- Blue Arrow Records
Award-winning used-vinyl anchor of the Waterloo Arts District, with its own in-house record label and a sales floor inlaid with vintage records.
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- Brittany's Record Shop
Vinyl-only Ohio City shop emphasizing soul, jazz, hip-hop and reggae, with occasional in-store DJ sets.
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- Harmony Hi-Fi
Kissa-style vinyl listening bar in Ohio City's former Kyuu-juu space, built around a McIntosh hi-fi rig at lounge volume, small plates, and craft cocktails; genre nights and BYOV events planned.
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- Hausfrau Record Shop
Ohio City record shop tucked upstairs from Visible Voice Books, curating punk, metal, jazz, world and experimental vinyl.
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- Late Nite Records
Late-hours record shop from owner Allen Wagner mixing rock, hip-hop and electronic vinyl, open into the night in Clark-Fulton/Tremont.
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- Mistake By The Lake Records
West Side shop built around local Cleveland music, rare used vinyl, and a growing cassette and VHS section.
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- My Mind's Eye Records
New-release-heavy Lakewood shop on Detroit Ave with a strong used section and high-end collectible items for serious diggers, per Cleveland Magazine's 2026 store guide.
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- The Current Year
Curated Parma record shop known nationally for its "Parma for Pavement" event, focused on mood music, exotica, lounge, city pop, disco, and rock deep cuts alongside audio-gear services.
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- The Exchange
Third Cleveland-area location of The Exchange chain, at Steelyard Commons in the Old Brooklyn/Tremont area, distinct from the existing Cleveland Heights (Coventry Rd) and Lakewood (Detroit Ave) stores. Sells new and used vinyl, CDs, movies, and games.
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- The Exchange (Cleveland Heights)
Coventry Village location of the longtime Cleveland-area chain The Exchange, trading new and used vinyl, CDs, DVDs, and video games in the neighborhood's classic record-shopping strip.
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- The Exchange (Lakewood)
Lakewood outpost of the Cleveland-area used CD/vinyl/DVD/game chain The Exchange (est. 1975), with new and used wax alongside CDs and games.
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- The Vinyl Groove Records
Old Brooklyn shop stocking over 20,000 new and used records across genres, plus in-house turntable repair and restoration.
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See the full record store listing for Cleveland, Ohio.