Record Store Day in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Independent record shops open in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 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.
- A Day In The Life Records
Independently owned downtown Lancaster record shop with a finely curated, ever-changing stock of new, used, rare and out-of-print vinyl and CDs.
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- Angry Young & Poor
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- CI Records & Skates
Downtown Lancaster record store and full skate shop combo in one storefront.
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- Etown Record Lounge
Vinyl-collector-run record lounge in Elizabethtown, opened by longtime collectors in Lancaster County.
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- FYE (Park City Center)
Mall-based location of the FYE new/used media chain, inside Park City Center.
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- Lititz Music Co.
Lititz music and record shop carrying over 10,000 vinyl LPs and thousands of 45s across rock, folk, country, hip hop, jazz and more, plus guitars, repairs and lessons.
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- Mr. Suit Records
Lancaster shop stocking new and used vinyl.
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- Record Connection
Ephrata record shop devoting 1,100+ square feet to vinyl, with over 100,000 records, 45s and 78s in stock; in business 30+ years.
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- Retro Rocks
Eclectic Lancaster shop selling records and CDs alongside clothing, fossils, gems and jewelry.
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- Spiders From Mars Record Shop
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- Stan's Record Bar
Self-described as Lancaster's oldest running record store, on N Prince St downtown.
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See the full record store listing for Lancaster, Pennsylvania.