Record Store Day in Memphis, Tennessee
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 Memphis, Tennessee
Independent record shops open in Memphis, Tennessee 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.
- Consignment Music
Family-owned used-instrument shop that relocated from Memphis's Park Avenue to Collierville's Town Square in early 2020 after three decades. Vinyl-lined walls hold a sizeable collection of 70s/80s rock records alongside vintage guitars.
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- Goner Records
Cooper-Young punk/garage institution and label co-founded by Eric Friedl and Zac Ives; Rolling Stone-lauded, home of GonerFest since 2004.
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- Memphis Music
Beale Street fixture billed as the largest blues specialty store around; new and reissue vinyl, 45s, CDs, and music memorabilia.
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- River City Records
Downtown Main Street record shop and community hub known for live in-store performances and release parties for collectors.
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- Shangri-La Records
Midtown record shop since 1988 with sprawling new and used vinyl across every genre, deep Memphis-music crate, and collectible rarities.
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- Sheffield Antiques Mall
72,000-sq-ft multi-dealer antiques mall with 300+ booths on West Poplar. Collierville's own tourism guide flags it as a place to dig for used vinyl, though stock skews older and pricing runs modest.
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See the full record store listing for Memphis, Tennessee.