Record Store Day in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
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 Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
Independent record shops open in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina 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.
- Buffalo Boogie Records
Independent record shop on Spring Garden Street near UNCG offering a large selection of new, rare, and used vinyl across genres in a cozy, browsable space. Buys and sells collections.
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- Dictator Records Shop
Independent Greensboro record shop on Westside Drive selling new and used vinyl, CDs, DVDs, and music merch. Buys collections and hosts in-store events, including an annual Record Store Day celebration with live DJs and local vendors.
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- Hippo Records
Vinyl-focused shop on Spring Garden Street founded by Patrick Lemons in September 2013. Carries new and used LPs and EPs across genres, from classic catalog to current Billboard releases, with weekly new arrivals.
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- Remember When Records & Videos
Long-running Greensboro record and media shop tracing to the late 1980s. A 3,200-square-foot storefront holds well over 100,000 graded LPs, 45s, CDs, and DVDs, backed by warehouse overstock, focused on 1960s-80s vinyl.
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- Soul Relief Records
Mostly-used record store specializing in soul, funk, rock, and jazz LPs, 45s, and 12-inch singles, with a large dollar bin; owner has been in the record business since 2002. Buys and sells, with house calls available.
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See the full record store listing for Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina.