Record Store Day in Delaware (statewide)
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 Delaware (statewide)
Independent record shops open in Delaware (statewide) 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.
- 2nd & Charles
Used-media store (a Books-A-Million brand) that buys and sells vinyl alongside books, CDs, games and movies.
2 sources
- Dawn's Books and Stuff
Independent bookstore that also sells vinyl records, collectibles and homemade crafts alongside new/used books.
4 sources
- Extended Play
New/used vinyl, cassettes, CDs, components and accessories, opened 2018 by Steve Fallon (former owner of Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ).
5 sources
- Gidget's Gadgets
Huge selection of new/used vinyl paired with vintage glasses/barware, mid-century lamps, comics, music merchandise and retro toys.
4 sources
- Goodboy Vinyl
Buys, sells and trades vinyl records, 45s, CDs and cassettes on Kirkwood Highway.
4 sources
- Grooves & Tubes
Buys, sells and trades 1950s-1980s vinyl LPs alongside vintage audio gear -- turntables, amps, receivers, tape decks -- with electronics repair service.
3 sources
- International Groove Records
Import vinyl -- Jamaican reggae/rocksteady, West African funk and Afrobeat, Japanese pop and jazz -- with an in-store listening bar, from the co-owner of Rainbow Records.
3 sources
- JAM Music & Memorabilia
Vinyl, CDs, T-shirts, music books and concert-poster memorabilia inside the Zeppelin & the Unicorn antique mall; buys and sells. Est. 2014.
4 sources
- Jupiter Records
New/used records, CDs and cassettes at affordable prices, with a constantly changing selection.
5 sources
- Rainbow Records
Locally owned, in business 43+ years -- used and new cassettes, CDs, vinyl, and musician's supplies.
4 sources
- Shock Vinyl
New and used vinyl (plus $5/$3/$1 bins), turntables, guitars and amps from former photojournalist Marc Clery, in the Shops of Penney Square.
3 sources
- SqueezeBox Records
Vintage and new vinyl, electronics, t-shirts, posters and books.
3 sources
- The Vintage Underground
New indie-label and vintage vinyl, cassettes and CDs alongside vintage clothing and gifts, in a basement space on Second Street since 2018.
4 sources
- Treasure Hunt Records and Collectibles
Records and collectibles booth inside the New Castle Farmers Market.
3 sources
- Wonderland Records
Newark, Delaware's oldest record store, open since 1972.
5 sources
See the full record store listing for Delaware (statewide).