Record Store Day in Hobart, Australia
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 Hobart, Australia
Independent record shops open in Hobart, Australia 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.
- Aeroplane Records
"Hobart's Different Record Shop" — founded at Salamanca Market in 1982 by Lin Stanton, closed its shopfront in 2005 and resumed as a market stall in Feb 2021, plus an online shop selling new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes and videos. Saturdays only — not a permanent storefront.
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- Gravestone Records
Vinyl stall trading records since 1986, at Site 253 of Salamanca Market every Saturday plus an online shop. New and pre-loved vinyl across rock, metal, punk and Australian artists, every record graded before sale. Saturdays only — not a permanent storefront.
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- Music Without Frontiers
A Hobart institution for over five decades, buying and selling new, used and collectable vinyl and CDs. Founder Stefan Markovitch ran it for 50 years until his death; DarkLab (Dark Mofo) took over the shop in late 2023, keeping it at its original Liverpool Street location.
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- Rare Groove Records (Solda's Music)
Hobart's largest range of collectable and new & used vinyl, running under the long-standing Solda's Music Shop since 1980. Also stocks Hi-Fi stylus/cleaning gear, DJ equipment, guitars and amps; over 6,000 pre-loved records typically in stock.
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- Suffragette Records
Tasmania's first record store dedicated exclusively to music made by women, opened 2022 by the Carter family in a 1900s Edwardian building in Battery Point. Sells new and pre-loved vinyl, cassettes and accessories; a destination store for vinyl-loving tourists.
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- Tommy Gun Records
Retro-chic Hobart record store with over 3,000 titles of new and second-hand vinyl, plus turntables and Tasmanian-themed merch. Carries rare Tasmanian music alongside classic and current releases.
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See the full record store listing for Hobart, Australia.