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Record Store Day in Kyiv, Ukraine

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 Kyiv, Ukraine

Independent record shops open in Kyiv, Ukraine 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.

  • Diskultura Vinyl Centr

    Open Hours not listed

    Long-running Kyiv vinyl institution, relocated from Hoholivska St and now trading as Vinyl Centr on Yevhena Chykalenka street; deep electronic (house/techno/DnB/IDM), hip-hop, jazz, rock, funk/soul and classical selection.

    2 sources

  • GRAM Record Store

    Open Hours not listed

    Vinyl corner inside one of Kyiv's first audiophile bars, near the city centre. Around 800 LPs and 12-inches on the shelves with plans to grow toward 1,500.

    2 sources

  • Just Punk Vinyl

    Open Hours not listed

    Vasylia Tiutiunnyka street vinyl shop with a stylish, art-filled interior and a broad curated selection; one of Kyiv's most reviewed record stores, with an owner who posts new arrivals almost daily.

    1 source

  • MUSONE

    Open Hours not listed

    Curated vinyl shop tucked in a courtyard off Andriivskyi Descent (enter through the archway), specialising in classic rock plus disco/pop, electronic, jazz/blues and pop-rock, with an emphasis on honestly graded condition.

    2 sources

  • PLAY VINYL

    Open Hours not listed

    Flagship of Kyiv's largest vinyl/turntable retailer, stocking 3,800+ record titles alongside turntables, speakers, DJ and studio gear, headphones and Hi-Fi accessories; two further branches trade inside Kyiv shopping malls.

    2 sources

  • PLAY VINYL | ТРЦ Lavina Mall

    Open Hours not listed

    PLAY VINYL branch inside Lavina Mall on Kyiv's west side, selling the chain's full range of vinyl records, turntables and Hi-Fi gear.

    1 source

  • PLAY VINYL | ТРЦ Respublika Park

    Open Hours not listed

    PLAY VINYL branch inside the Respublika Park shopping mall on Kyiv's ring road, selling the chain's full range of vinyl records, turntables and Hi-Fi gear.

    1 source

  • SuperShop2016 (Магазин "Грамплатівка")

    Open Hours not listed

    Fixed record-shop pavilion (unit 31-3) in a market complex on Verbova street, trading as 'Grammplativka'. Discogs seller history under the same name; no independent website.

    2 sources

  • THE VINYL

    Open Hours not listed

    Vinyl and turntable specialist on Olesia Honchara street selling rock, hip-hop, electronic, soul and pop pressings, plus protective sleeves, antistatic brushes and turntables, with a special-order service for rare records.

    2 sources

  • Vanilin Records Shop

    Open Hours not listed

    Reitarska street vinyl specialist covering rock, hip-hop, disco/funk/soul, electronic, metal, jazz/blues/folk and classical, with strong Ukrainian-release and vintage sections and a vacuum record-cleaning service.

    2 sources

  • Vinyla

    Open Hours not listed

    Podil music space combining a vinyl shop, turntables, audio gear, bar and cafe. Hosts a monthly listening-club night (Klub Lyubyteliv Plativok) where visitors bring and spin their own records.

    2 sources

  • Vinylotheka Record Shop

    Open Hours not listed

    City-centre vinyl shop on Yaroslaviv Val, relocated from its original Dehtiarivska St site; wide catalogue spanning pop, electronic, rock, jazz, hip-hop, folk/world, reggae, blues, funk and classical plus CDs, cassettes and accessories.

    2 sources

  • VinylShop

    Open Hours not listed

    Record shop on Zhylianska street south of the centre; no independent website found, but a well-reviewed, currently trading Google Maps storefront.

    1 source

See the full record store listing for Kyiv, Ukraine.