Record Store Day in Nice, 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 Nice, France
Independent record shops open in Nice, 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.
- Crazy Rhythm
Secondhand record shop in the Nice Europe complex: old and collectible vinyl, posters, and used magazines/books.
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- Evrlst Lifestore
Concept store near Promenade du Paillon that grew out of a small dedicated vinyl shop; secondhand vinyl, CDs and cassettes across all genres alongside books, decor, small furniture and a gallery. Records from €5.
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- Hit Import
Nice's longest-running record store, founded 1980 by Jean-Paul Galliano; originally rock/hard rock/metal/punk/new wave, now spanning electro, techno, reggae and gothic too. Online and in-store sales.
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- Kosimi Records
Vintage 80s/90s vinyl and secondhand-clothing combo in the Nice-Europe passage; ground floor is rock/jazz/soul/hip-hop/electronic/reggae/French-variety/soundtrack vinyl, mezzanine is thrift clothing. Runs in-store DJ 'Live Store Sessions'.
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- Sonic Import
Vinyl specialist in central Nice selling and buying new and used records for 25+ years; rock, pop, soul, jazz and more.
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- The Electric Monk
Secondhand record and comic-book shop, operating 26+ years; well-organized used vinyl bins across genres plus vintage soundtracks and used comics.
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See the full record store listing for Nice, France.