Record Store Day in Hannover, Germany
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 Hannover, Germany
Independent record shops open in Hannover, Germany 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.
- 25music
Hannover fixture since 1987, since 2018 in a 450sqm backyard space off Kronenstraße; buys and sells new and used LPs, CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays across rock, pop, hip-hop, funk, soul, reggae, punk, metal and folk, plus vinyl-cleaning and pressing services.
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- Limmer 60 H. Brand
Linden-Nord buy-and-sell shop for used vinyl, CDs, DVDs and comics, run by Harald Brand.
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- Monster Records
Small Calenberger Neustadt shop selling exclusively vinyl -- punk, hardcore, hip-hop, soul, indie, garage, sixties/seventies and reggae -- and occasionally hosting in-store concerts. Relocated from Goseriede years ago; some older directories still show that address as closed.
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- Ohrwurm CDs
Linden-Süd media shop since 1987, primarily CDs/DVDs/Blu-rays but with a dedicated vinyl department across almost all genres; buys and sells whole collections.
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- Rockers
Linden-Nord secondhand vinyl specialist since 1993 -- LPs, singles and maxis across jazz, rock, alternative, punk, hardcore, reggae, ska, metal, new wave, goth, industrial, hip hop, funk, electronica and soundtracks; ships worldwide.
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- Tarantula
Limmer specialist shop for film and soundtrack music on vinyl and CD.
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See the full record store listing for Hannover, Germany.