Record Store Day in Hastings, England
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 Hastings, England
Independent record shops open in Hastings, England 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.
- Bat Cave Records
Cash-only vinyl shop through a private courtyard in Hastings Old Town, open Saturdays only (or when the owner feels like it).
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- Courthouse Records
Vinyl shop tucked into a trading mews (known locally as Dee Day's Yard) in Hastings Old Town, selling secondhand rock, pop, soul, blues, jazz, folk, hip hop and soundtrack vinyl; open daily except Wednesdays.
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- Dark Circles
Seafront coffee bar and record shop in Marine Court, St Leonards, selling new and used vinyl across jazz, funk, soul and hip hop with a listening deck and specialty coffee.
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- DayGlo Records
Record store, secondhand-clothes shop and artists' studios in St Leonards run by Rosie (with her parents) and Haydn, with a secondhand vinyl selection spanning indie, soul, funk, disco, rock and pop.
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- Japhy
Appointment-only electronic-music vinyl warehouse on the Ponswood estate, run by a 15+-year specialist in house, techno, acid, electro, bass and deep vinyl, also trading via Discogs.
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- King Records
Vinyl shop tucked behind the Phoenix & Plum wine shop in historic St Leonards, run by Will and Andy, specialising in jazz, soul, funk, disco, rock, prog, Latin, reggae and African vinyl with a large US import selection.
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- Music's Not Dead
Small independent shop inside the De La Warr Pavilion selling Americana, folk, rock and blues on vinyl and CD, plus books and T-shirts; open during the Pavilion's normal hours, 7 days a week including bank holidays.
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- Platform Two Records
Secondhand vinyl specialist in Bexhill (previously trading as Platform One Records at the same address), dealing in classic rock, punk, psych, metal, reggae, jazz, Britpop, soul, folk, Afrobeat and funk 7in, EPs and albums.
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- Pressing Matters Record Shop
Basement record shop below Printed Matter on Queens Road, run by Marc (Mr Thing) and Steve Underwood, dealing in rare and sought-after soul, funk, hip hop, breaks, jazz, library, punk and post-punk vinyl.
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- Printed Matter Book & Record Shop
Community book and new-record shop on Queens Road run by Lee Humphries, stocking vintage Jamaican reissues (rocksteady, ska, dub, roots reggae, soul, funk) alongside new books, author events and a radical book club; sits above Pressing Matters' basement record shop.
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- Records and Retro
Bexhill vinyl LP and singles specialist run by Ken (20+ years in records and hi-fi, previously trading in Henley-on-Thames), also selling record decks, speakers and retro memorabilia; relocated from Little Common to central Bexhill in December 2015 under this name.
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- Second Spin
Specialist nostalgia record shop in Bexhill dealing in classical, easy listening, jazz and vocal vinyl, sheet music and secondhand CDs, with mail order available.
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- Stereo Retro
Record and hi-fi shop on Kings Road, St Leonards, selling new and vintage vinyl and audio equipment (plus repairs) with an on-site cafe offering over ten coffee beans.
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- Tough Love St Leonards
Independent record shop specialising in new music, selling new and preloved vinyl, CDs and cassettes alongside vintage rock T-shirts, art prints, coffee and gifts; relocated from Bohemia Road to 8 London Road.
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- Wow And Flutter
America Ground record, book and art shop set up by Tim and Susan in 2014, buying and selling vinyl, comics, art and books alongside coffee and tea.
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See the full record store listing for Hastings, England.