Record Store Day in Delhi, India
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 Delhi, India
Independent record shops open in Delhi, India 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.
- Digging In India - Vinyl Records & Collectibles
Shahpur Jat vinyl store run by DJ and archivist Nishant Mittal, its shelves packed with psychedelic, Indian rock, funk, jazz and electronic records; travelers make pilgrimages here for Indian pressings.
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- Kala Ghoda Records
Appointment-friendly Vasant Vihar record shop begun in 2010 as a home vinyl collection of 3,000 records passed down from owner Deepak Dewan's father; now a basement space for classic rock, blues and vintage LPs.
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- Krishna RaagMala
Thirty-year-old Chittaranjan Park shop run by Sanjoy, a well-informed and patient dealer in old LPs, vinyl, DVDs and books who used to play records on the storefront for the neighbourhood to enjoy.
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- New Gramophone House
Chandni Chowk institution founded in Lahore in 1930 and long billed as Delhi's last vinyl record shop; a dense stock of original and reissued Bollywood, Bengali and English LPs shipped worldwide.
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- Online Vinyl Shop
Vijay Park record shop run by Alok selling new and used LPs, CDs and cassettes with a strong Bollywood, classical, ghazal and regional-Indian catalogue alongside English/international vinyl; reviewers describe in-person browsing walkthroughs of the collection.
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- Pagal Records Store
Hauz Khas Village basement record shop with a diverse, well-curated vinyl, CD and cassette collection spanning genres and eras; ships worldwide and takes part in Record Store Day sales each April.
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- Radio & Gramophone House
Connaught Place shop selling original Hindi film vinyl and restored gramophones since decades past; reviewers praise the browsing experience even as some flag steep prices on hyped new releases.
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- Shah Music Centre
Daryaganj antique-and-record dealer playing since the 1930s, selling vintage Bollywood LPs -- Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and more -- alongside cassettes, curios and the odd complimentary chai for visitors.
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See the full record store listing for Delhi, India.