Record Store Day in Lausanne, Switzerland
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 Lausanne, Switzerland
Independent record shops open in Lausanne, Switzerland 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.
- Belair Records
Boulevard de Grancy record shop run by Kevin Shaw, buying and selling vinyl and CDs across jazz, rock, rap, reggae, blues and Brazilian music.
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- Disc-à-Brac
Long-running independent record shop in Lausanne's town centre, specializing in new releases and reissues alongside a curated secondhand vinyl selection, mainly rock and related genres.
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- Le Salon
Maupas-district record shop run by an association of DJs and music enthusiasts (Samuel Badoux, Christian Fankhauser), stocking new and used vinyl plus cassettes across dub, techno, ambient, post-punk and experimental sounds, with regular in-store DJ sessions.
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- Music Sounds Better With Books
Shared shop on Place du Tunnel pairing a vinyl and record store (Upside Records) with a books/magazines/photography/visual-art side (Mosoma Books) in one space.
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- Obsession Records
Independent record shop tucked in the basement of Basta! bookstore, run by Eric Jeantet since opening in 1990; a loft-like room of couches, a turntable and crates of rock, indie pop, experimental, electro, jazz, hip hop and world vinyl.
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- Spirit Records
Central Lausanne secondhand specialist near the M2 metro, with thousands of collectable 45s and LPs across reggae, soul, jazz, gospel, blues, rock'n'roll, Brazil and rap from the 1950s to today, plus CDs and music books; buys collections.
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- YouDooRightRecords
Central-Lausanne vinyl shop with a mostly secondhand selection plus some new stock, spanning electronic, funk, hip hop, jazz, Latin, reggae, rock and soul; buys collections.
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See the full record store listing for Lausanne, Switzerland.