Record Store Day in Edmonton, Canada
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 Edmonton, Canada
Independent record shops open in Edmonton, Canada 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.
- Blackbyrd Myoozik
Edmonton's premier independent record store on Whyte Avenue since 1993, stocking new and used vinyl, CDs and cassettes across all genres with a strong local-music section.
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- Curmudgeon Music & Posters
Edmonton's newest vinyl store on Whyte Avenue, offering a curated mix of new releases and ultrasonically-cleaned used vinyl, posters and art plus a rotating record-club subscription.
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- EROC Records
Weekend record booth inside Queen Mary's Market with a large, strictly-graded selection of new and used vinyl, 45s, cassettes and music memorabilia; also buys collections.
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- Freecloud Records
Edmonton's rockin' record store since 1985, buying and selling new and used vinyl, CDs, tapes and music memorabilia from a longstanding downtown location.
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- Listen Records
New & used vinyl shop opened by Kris Burwash in 2001, known for one of Edmonton's best selections of funk, soul, world, punk and experimental sounds and staff skilled at tracking down rarities.
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- Record Collectors Paradise
One of the largest record stores in North America by floor space, with an enormous selection of rock, metal, punk, jazz, classical and country LPs, 45s and CDs plus international shipping.
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See the full record store listing for Edmonton, Canada.