Record Store Day in Greenville, South 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 Greenville, South Carolina
Independent record shops open in Greenville, South 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.
- BJ Music
Upstate SC institution since 1977 selling new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes, vintage stereo gear, and skate decks out of a Whitney Road storefront.
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- Cabin Floor Records
Rare and vintage vinyl specialist and RSD-pledge store on Rutherford Rd, buying and selling vinyl, tapes, CDs, stereo gear and instruments; also hosts a small live-music stage.
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- Horizon Records
Greenville's oldest continuously operating record store, founded by Gene Berger in 1975. Eclectic new and used vinyl, CDs and books in a converted gas station, sharing the building with the connected bar Bohemian Cafe; marked its 50th anniversary in 2025.
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- Pharmacy Records
Independent record shop in the Pleasantburg Shopping Center off Laurens Rd, opened spring 2016. New and used vinyl and CDs spanning rock, indie, rap, R&B, metal, punk and jazz.
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- Sound & Vision
Collectibles and vinyl shop in Mauldin selling used LPs, CDs, and cassettes alongside video games, vintage toys, Pokemon cards, and graphic tees. Opened August 2023 by Max Eubanks and Sarah Collins.
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- South Main Social
Downtown West End Hi-Fi listening bar and restaurant that opened April 28, 2026 in the former Foxcroft Food & Wine space. Vintage Altec/Klipsch speakers and Technics turntables spin nearly 5,000 LPs across three listening zones, Japanese-kissaten inspired.
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See the full record store listing for Greenville, South Carolina.