Record Store Day in Eugene, Oregon
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 Eugene, Oregon
Independent record shops open in Eugene, Oregon 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.
- Brown Hornet Records
Record shop owned by Okon (Nasia-Obio) Udosenata, opened in 2025 inside The Hybrid, a multi-tenant creative space in Eugene's Whiteaker neighborhood that also houses a coffee roaster, an art gallery, and a vintage shop.
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- Endless Media
Buy/sell/trade shop for physical media across formats — vinyl, cassettes, CDs, VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, laserdisc, video games, trading cards, and vintage electronics — plus stated vintage-equipment repair service.
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- Epic Seconds
Downtown two-story used-media store that grew out of the former CD/Game Exchange; buys, sells, and trades vinyl alongside movies and video games, with a notably deep jazz section.
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- FYE
Mall-based FYE location at Valley River Center carrying new and used vinyl, CDs, movies and collectibles.
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- House of Records
Eugene's oldest record store, operating continuously since 1971 out of a converted house on 13th Ave; roughly 25,000 records and 10,000 CDs on the sales floor plus a large basement stock. Buys vinyl by appointment.
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- Little Axe Records
Springfield storefront of Little Axe Records/label, run by Warren Hill and Jed Bindeman, who also operate the separate Little Axe Records shop in Portland.
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- Moon Rock Records
Opened in 2017 by Callie Dean, a former Mississippi Records (Portland) staffer, described by Eugene Weekly as part of "the new generation of record shops in Eugene." Sells new and used vinyl and cassettes plus vintage stereo equipment.
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- Vinyl and Pine
Independent book-and-record shop opened by Sara Dubick and Trevor Brooks in downtown Springfield in April 2025, self-described as the only independent store of its kind in Springfield. Sells new books alongside new and used vinyl.
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See the full record store listing for Eugene, Oregon.