Record Store Day in Leipzig, Germany
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 Leipzig, Germany
Independent record shops open in Leipzig, Germany 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.
- Gatefold's Paradise
North-Leipzig shop with a wide new-and-used spread from rock and indie to electronic and jazz.
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- Glas & Bohne
Leipzig-Lindenau's one-of-a-kind combination of optician, café and record shop, run by an optometrist and a former social worker since April 2018; new vinyl curated toward electronic, modern classical, soundtracks and rap.
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- Inch By Inch
Electronic-music specialist opened June 2018 by DJ Drunkenstein (Philipp Weißbach); moved to Merseburger Str. in 2022, 10,000+ records including dollar-bin digs.
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- Jamaica Underground Records
Reggae/ska/dub specialist sharing a Plagwitz storefront with Shredderei Skate Shop; 2,000+ records.
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- Musikhaus Kietz - Klangkombinat
Est. 1994, in the heart of Leipzig; ~80% vinyl including a large stock of GDR-era pressings, participates in Record Store Day.
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- Ohrakel Records
Leipzig fixture since 1996 in the Zentrum, ~10,000 new and used titles in stock, monthly in-store live events.
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- Phonocentrum
Operating since 2005; classical-music specialist also strong in GDR-era pressings, plus turntables and amps.
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- Schall und Rausch
Westwerk vinyl-and-CD shop, moved from Grünewaldstraße to Karl-Heine-Straße in 2023; indie, 60s/70s rock and electronic rarities.
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- Sleeve++
East-Leipzig hybrid shop combining secondhand electronic vinyl with secondhand clothing, opened May 2020.
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- Strawberry Fields Recordstore
Owner-run (Elise & Sebastian) shop steps from Connewitzer Kreuz since Oct 2021; every used record is quality-checked before sale.
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- VARY Record Store & Café
Vinyl shop and café at the start of Eisenbahnstraße; curated techno/house/hip-hop/soul with a focus on local Leipzig artists.
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- Whispers Records
Long-running Karli institution (est. 1997), relocated to the Feinkost grounds in Oct 2021; broad genre range including original US pressings.
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See the full record store listing for Leipzig, Germany.