Record Store Day in Dortmund, Germany
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 Dortmund, Germany
Independent record shops open in Dortmund, Germany 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.
- Amsterdam Record Shop
Second-hand vinyl and CD dealer with 80,000+ records and 20,000+ CDs (excludes techno, hip-hop, schlager and folk); basement shop, phone ahead of a visit.
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- Archiv, CDs und LPs
New and used CD/LP specialist in Dortmund-Mitte, with a broad back catalogue including 1960s records and budget bins.
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- Black Plastic
Vinyl buy/sell shop since 2012, moved to a larger 600 sqm Rheinische Straße location in 2022 consolidating shop, warehouse and office; also has a Bremen location.
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- Delicate Groove Records
New second-hand vinyl shop in the Kaiserstraßenviertel, opened April 15, 2025 by Martin Schüttler, with about 5,000 records including US soul and funk originals.
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- Flat Earth Record Store
Compact used-vinyl specialist in Innenstadt-Ost focused on rock, alternative, punk, post-punk, new wave and indie, open since 2019.
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- Idiots Records
Long-running metal, punk, rock and ska specialist with an online shop and merch alongside vinyl, CDs and DVDs.
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- Rare Records
New and second-hand vinyl specialist run by Guido Gappa, focused on punk, hardcore, jazz and world music; also hosts in-store events.
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See the full record store listing for Dortmund, Germany.