Record Store Day in Lyon, France
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 Lyon, France
Independent record shops open in Lyon, France 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.
- Bigoût Records
Record shop and label near Hôtel de Ville; new and used vinyl spanning noise rock, metal, punk, stoner/doom, hip-hop, folk and electronic.
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- Dangerhouse
One of Lyon's oldest independent record shops (since 1989); 15,000+ new and used vinyl from garage and punk to soul, Motown and jazz.
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- Kraspek Myzik
Pentes concert venue and bar run by association Lerocképamort, with an attached record shop devoted to independent and self-produced music; open on show nights.
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- Legram VG
Secondhand techno-house specialist (1990s-today) opened in early 2024 by DJs Oscar VG and Anaïs Liro; intimate, dimly-lit crate-digging space.
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- Livity Records
Reggae, dub and soul specialist on the Saône in Vieux Lyon; also a label with an in-house dub-plate studio and custom single-vinyl pressing service.
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- Lucky Records
Lyon outpost (opened Nov 2024) of the Paris pop/collectibles specialist since 1991; Madonna, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift alongside rock, electronic, R&B, rap and jazz.
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- Onigiri Records
Vinyl-only shop devoted to Japanese pressings and labels (city pop, funk, anime soundtracks) plus electronic and hip-hop; opened June 2021 with a hidden courtyard terrace.
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- Planète Disques
200m² record store since 1994 split into a DJ-focused 12" section (house, disco, italo, garage) and a Collector section (pop, rock, French and foreign LPs), new and used.
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- Réglis Records
New and used 33/45rpm vinyl across pop, rock, folk, jazz, blues, soul, hip-hop and electronic; buys and sells collections, strong in used jazz/soul/funk.
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- Sofa Records
Independent Terreaux-district shop since 2000 with roughly 10,000 new and used records: jazz, soul, funk, hip-hop, wave, blues, world and avant-garde.
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- Tiki Vinyl Store
New-vinyl specialist on the Croix-Rousse slopes since December 2014; 5,000+ references spanning new releases, imports and essentials in a tropical-themed shop.
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- Ultimae
21-year electronic-music specialist on the 2nd floor of a converted Haussmann courtyard building; ambient, IDM, downtempo, deep/dub techno and house from 300+ independent labels.
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- Unité Centrale
Electronic-leaning record shop (also rock, hip-hop, soundtracks) opened April 2022 by former Chez Emile Records owner Guillaume Des Bois; ~70% used stock, open concert nights only.
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- Watts Records
Pentes-neighborhood shop for second-hand records, reissues and new releases spanning jazz, black music, world, library, electronic and rock; used stock is machine-cleaned.
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See the full record store listing for Lyon, France.