Record Store Day in Florence, Italy
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 Florence, Italy
Independent record shops open in Florence, Italy 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.
- Cortelloni Fumetti e Dischi
Oltrarno shop open since 1996, pairing collectible comics with used vinyl from the postwar era through the 2000s — 45s and 33s spanning Italian and international pop, rock, hard 'n' metal and soundtracks, all in good-to-excellent condition.
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- Danex Records
Via degli Artisti fixture since 2009 for DJs and collectors, stocking drum'n'bass, tech house, disco, dubstep and electronic vinyl alongside rock, hip hop and punk, plus DJ accessories and a dual-turntable setup for pre-listening.
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- Data Records 93
Via dei Neri shop on the former site of legendary label Contempo Records. Deep stock of rare second-hand vinyl, cassettes and CDs, including hard-to-find Italian pressings, spanning all genres. Buys collections; turntables available.
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- Logout Records
Via San Gallo vinyl shop opened in 2023 by Michele Alunni and DJ Fabio della Torre, focused on Tuscan and Italian labels alongside classic records and valuable reissues across all genres. Sells second-hand gear and shop merch.
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- Move On
Two-level pub and record shop on Piazza San Giovanni facing the Baptistry: ground-floor cocktail bar with an upstairs record store of new releases, reissues, used vinyl, rarities, books and hi-fi accessories. Open since 2014.
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- Occasioni Musicali
Historic Florence shop (since 1962, on Via dell'Oriuolo since the late 1980s) dealing in collectible vinyl, CDs, cassettes, reel-to-reel, sheet music, instruments and books, now focused mainly on classical, opera, rock and pop records.
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- Rock Bottom
Florence vinyl institution since 1993, two hundred meters from the Duomo on Via de' Giraldi. New, used and rare records with particular strength in '60s-'70s rock, new wave, punk and '90s alternative.
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- Sleeve Records
Florence record shop near the historic center specializing in Latin American independent music (Brazilian, Colombian, Cuban) alongside techno, house, Italo house and disco.
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- Twisted Jazz Shop
Borgo San Frediano specialist since 2002, run by collector Stefano. New and used vinyl, CDs and DVDs weighted toward jazz (about 70% of stock) with blues, funk, gospel, folk, classic rock and soundtracks, plus books and magazines.
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See the full record store listing for Florence, Italy.