Record Store Day in Dusseldorf, 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 Dusseldorf, Germany
Independent record shops open in Dusseldorf, 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.
- A&O Medien
Düsseldorf's largest record shop: vinyl, CD, film, music books, hi-fi equipment, imports and special orders, drawing crowds for Record Store Day.
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- Heimindustrie Records
Neighbourhood used-record shop in the Bilk district focused on second-hand vinyl.
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- Hitsville Records
Independent Altstadt record store established 1986 by Ralf Brendgens, specializing in indie, punk/hardcore classics, soul/funk, jazz and reggae.
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- Minty Vinyl
Around 3,000 handpicked used records, cassettes and vinyl in the back of a 69 sqm interior-design shop in Flingern.
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- Rainking Recordstore
Second-hand record store in Pempelfort run by Tommy Kirchmann and Chris von der Düssel since 2016, with 30,000-40,000 records and CDs spanning punk to krautrock.
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- The Vinyl Room
Curated vinyl and first-pressings shop in Düsseldorf's Ludenberg district, with an online shop and wishlist service.
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- Throwback Vinyl
Second-hand record shop buying, selling and trading rare vintage vinyl across jazz, soul, funk, disco, reggae, afro and hip-hop.
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See the full record store listing for Dusseldorf, Germany.