Record Store Day in Minsk, Belarus
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 Minsk, Belarus
Independent record shops open in Minsk, Belarus 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.
- Accidental Point
DJ bar, vinyl record shop and bookstore near Malademečnaja metro -- widely reviewed as one of Minsk's best vinyl spots, with a sales counter alongside the bar and regular DJ sets.
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- Gartllery
Small courtyard-entrance record shop on Masherov Avenue that buys and sells vinyl, with in-house ultrasonic cleaning on Rekkord Audio equipment.
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- Longplay.by
Record shop inside the Zerkalo mall with more than 4,000 titles across rock, blues, jazz and classical -- old and new pressings, Soviet-era and imported, plus an ultrasonic record-cleaning service and cash buybacks of collections.
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- PLAYVINYL
Independent record store and hi-fi showroom in central Minsk with the largest vinyl catalogue in Belarus -- new releases plus turntables and audio gear you can try in person.
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- Vinyl Labs
Hi-fi and turntable showroom in the same central-Minsk mall as PLAYVINYL, one pavilion over -- Pro-Ject, Crosley, Audio-Technica, Klipsch and Technics gear alongside a vinyl records selection.
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- Винильный человек (Vinyl Man)
Basement record shop on Chapajeva street stocking new and vintage vinyl -- over 1,300 records including a strong jazz section of 600+ titles -- with delivery and pickup.
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- Институт звука (Institute of Sound)
Audio-equipment showroom on Masherov Avenue that also stocks vinyl records alongside sound and lighting gear, with delivery and in-store pickup.
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- Музыкальный Рай (Music Paradise)
Long-running vinyl and CD shop on Independence Avenue -- one of Minsk's few outlets carrying both new and secondhand records across genres.
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See the full record store listing for Minsk, Belarus.