Record Store Day in Eindhoven, Netherlands
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 Eindhoven, Netherlands
Independent record shops open in Eindhoven, Netherlands 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.
- Bullit Klassiek
Classical-music specialty shop in the foyer of concert hall Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, descended from the record store Bullit, with an extensive collection of secondhand CDs, SACDs and LPs.
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- CD Teek
Music shop dating back to a 1989 music library, now carrying new releases, secondhand vinyl, rare cuts and vintage items across metal, rock, electronica, jazz and blues.
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- De Platenzaak
Neighbourhood record shop born from a love of music, stocking secondhand vinyl, 7-inch singles and CDs plus rare editions and collector's items, with free customer parking and a cozy browsing atmosphere.
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- Memory Music
One of Eindhoven's oldest record shops, open since 1989 in a quieter city-centre corner, specializing in special editions, rare titles and memorabilia across new and secondhand vinyl.
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- Ray Elpee
Rock, new wave, punk and alternative specialist near the Eindhoven City Brewery, with vinyl and CDs from a euro upward alongside DVDs, band merch and music books; a fixture among local vinyl collectors.
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- Rewind Records
City-centre vinyl shop bringing back the magic of records in a music-hangout atmosphere, run as a meeting place for enthusiasts, collectors and newcomers, with a rotating Record of the Week.
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- Ruishuis
Woensel-West record shop opened September 2024 by Radar Men From The Moon musician Glenn Peeters, focused entirely on underground and alternative music on vinyl (and tape), doubling as a scene meeting place with DJ sets and performances.
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- Velvet Music Eindhoven
Small new-and-secondhand vinyl and CD shop inside the Urban Shopper creative mall, covering mostly popular genres with a consistently strong jazz selection.
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See the full record store listing for Eindhoven, Netherlands.