Record Store Day in Nantes, 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 Nantes, France
Independent record shops open in Nantes, 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.
- CDmania
Independent Nantes shop near Place de la Bourse buying and reselling secondhand CDs, vinyl records, DVDs and Blu-rays across many genres, trading for more than twenty years.
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- Comme à la Radio
Independent Nantes disquaire buying and selling new and used vinyl, CDs and DVDs on Rue Jean Jaurès, with a regular stall at the Place Sainte-Croix market.
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- Frozen Records
Independent Nantes record shop and label specialising in metal, hard rock and punk vinyl, sharing its Rue Mercœur premises with an affiliated tattoo studio.
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- Izi Café Jazz
Hybrid specialty-coffee cafe and jazz record shop on Rue Voltaire, selling curated new and used jazz vinyl alongside coffee and homemade pastries, with occasional concerts.
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- Mélomane
Large Nantes disquaire on Quai de Turenne since 2005, selling new and used vinyl and CDs across rock, soul, jazz, world, electro and hip-hop with frequent stock updates.
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- Moar Music
Downtown Nantes record shop opened late 2024 by DJ/digger Moar, selling vinyl, CDs, cassettes, goodies and small hi-fi gear, with a sound and lighting rental service.
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- Oneness Records
Nantes specialist since 1998 in Afrobeat, reggae, latin, soul, funk and jazz vinyl, with more than 10,000 records in stock spanning originals and reissues from 7-inch to boxsets.
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- Osmose
Nantes vinyl boutique run by Le Disquaire du Dimanche, mixing a wide selection of records (heavy on French rap) with plants and curiosities in a homely setting.
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- Pisch Boutique
Nantes shop buying and selling secondhand vinyl and posters across funk, soul, hip-hop, rock, jazz, disco and world music, with a small used-book corner.
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- St. Ann's Records
Sainte-Anne neighborhood shop opened 2016 by a former vinyl collector, selling new and used records with an eclectic range spanning classical to hard rock.
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- Wood Records
Downtown Nantes record shop near the Hôtel Dieu tram stop, open since October 2017, selling new and used vinyl and CDs across jazz, soul, techno, funk, house, African and Brazilian music.
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See the full record store listing for Nantes, France.