Record Store Day in Jacksonville, Florida
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 Jacksonville, Florida
Independent record shops open in Jacksonville, Florida 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.
- Atomic Records
Independently owned record shop in Orange Park mixing new and used vinyl with apparel and skate decks — a music-art-skateboarding hangout.
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- Bruiser Records
Brick-and-mortar record shop in the St Nicholas area a mile east of San Marco Square, opened May 25, 2024; new and used vinyl with nationwide shipping.
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- DJ's Record Shop
Black-owned Lackawanna-neighborhood shop at McDuff and Edison, run by Jerry West since 1968 (current location since 1974); Northeast Florida's oldest surviving record store, deep in rap, jazz, R&B and soul.
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- Soul Waves Vinyl Records
Owner Joe Rukab's sanctuary for soul, funk, jazz and world music on vinyl in Jax Beach, with every record cleaned and graded before it hits the bins.
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- Tiger Records
Independent record store and label in Riverside's historic district, opened November 2019 by James Siboni; well-organized new/used vinyl spanning punk, hardcore, hip hop, soul, indie and more.
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- Yesterday & Today Records
San Marco institution dating to 1988 (current Hendricks Ave location since 2017); huge stock of new/used LPs, 45s, CDs, cassettes and memorabilia across nearly every genre.
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See the full record store listing for Jacksonville, Florida.