Record Store Day in Marseille, 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 Marseille, France
Independent record shops open in Marseille, 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.
- Bazar Musiques
Independent shop on the slope up to La Plaine; ~3,000 new and used LPs/7"/78s/tapes spanning Afro, jazz, funk, groove, psych, oriental, pop, chanson, electronic and rap.
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- Bonne Mère Records
Small independent generalist record shop at the top of the Canebière near Réformés metro; wide-ranging, quality-curated vinyl selection. Web-discovered addition not in the OSM leads.
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- Dizonord
Marseille branch (Réformés district) of the Paris Dizonord shop; garage-aesthetic bins of new/used vinyl, cassettes, CDs, books and fanzines for independent/experimental music. Web-discovered addition not in the OSM leads.
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- Galette Records
Independent shop since January 2010; curated soul, funk, jazz, Afro, Latin, reggae, hip-hop and electronic on vinyl/CD, plus 60s-70s objects, books and a record-cleaning service.
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- Kako Records Store
Afro-Latin specialist (zouk, gwoka, compas, Caribbean salsa) plus world, jazz, rock, reggae and hip-hop; new, reissue and used vinyl with listening decks, run by a hip-hop producer. Web-discovered addition not in the OSM leads.
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- Lollipop Music Store
Café-disquaire and rock'n'roll bar near Cours Julien; new and used 33/45s, CDs, books and clothing across rock, reggae, jazz and world, plus its own Lollipop Records label and in-store showcases.
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- Lucky Experience
Independent Marseille record shop and exhibition space carrying vinyl, CDs, DVDs, box sets and limited editions alongside photography, drawing and graphic-arts displays.
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- Mindtrip
City-center shop dedicated to electronic music from ambient to hardcore; ~8,000 used references plus new vinyl, with multiple in-store listening decks. Web-discovered addition not in the OSM leads.
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- Sabre Tooth
Marseille's metal/hardcore/punk record shop, active since 1999; thousands of new and used vinyl, CDs, imports and collectors plus band merch and accessories.
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- Tangerine Musiques
Cours Julien fixture for over a decade; 10,000+ used records across rock, pop, jazz, blues and electronic, with regular in-store concerts. Relocated from rue des Trois Mages to 28 Cours Julien.
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- Tripsichord Music
Small vintage-style vinyl shop on rue des Trois Mages, part of the same record-shop row as Galette Records and Sabre Tooth.
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See the full record store listing for Marseille, France.