Record Store Day in Medellín, Colombia
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 Medellín, Colombia
Independent record shops open in Medellín, Colombia 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.
- Almacenes La Música (Oviedo)
Medellín branch of the Colombian music-retail chain Almacenes La Música inside Centro Comercial Oviedo, stocking new vinyl, CDs, turntables, DVDs and books.
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- Almacenes La Música (Unicentro)
Medellín branch of the Colombian music-retail chain Almacenes La Música inside Centro Comercial Unicentro, stocking new vinyl, CDs, turntables, DVDs and books.
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- Archivo Musical
Downtown Medellín discotienda in the Avenida Oriental record-shop cluster, buying and selling music across formats for more than 30 years from Centro Comercial Paseo de La Playa.
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- Calle Vinilo
Vinyl specialist trading as Calle Vinilo from a fixed Medellín storefront, selling individual LPs across genres with nationwide shipping and payment via Nequi, Bancolombia and card.
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- HITMUSICAL Discotienda
Discotienda in Medellín's Calle 53 record-shop cluster near Avenida Oriental, buying and selling vinyl, CDs and DVDs across genres since 1989, with worldwide shipping and Discogs/MercadoLibre storefronts.
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- La Caja, SoundBox Records
Record Store Day-listed shop selling new and used vinyl imported mainly from North America, with both an online catalogue and a physical storefront on Carrera 36.
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- Musicales San José
Family-run buy-and-sell record shop of more than 30 years inside the Pasaje Comercial San José arcade in downtown Medellín, trading vinyl, CDs and turntables across all genres.
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- Otro Que Vende Discos
El Poblado vinyl and turntable shop trading online and from its own physical storefront, specializing in new-release and pre-order pressings across pop, rock and electronic.
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- Rockland Discotienda
Metal, punk, post-punk and post-rock discotienda inside Centro Comercial Paseo de la Playa, downtown Medellín, and a long-running ticket outlet for the city's metal and hard-rock concerts.
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- Surco Records
Independent Medellín record shop open since 2012 in the Bomboná/La Pascasia building, stocking alternative, rock, hip-hop and electronic vinyl, CDs, books and comics with nationwide shipping.
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- Vinilos Rock Medellín
Hard rock, heavy metal and Colombian rock specialist inside Centro Comercial Veracruz in downtown Medellín, one block from the Botero plaza, and an authorized distributor for local metal bands.
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See the full record store listing for Medellín, Colombia.