Record Store Day in Nuremberg, Germany
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 Nuremberg, Germany
Independent record shops open in Nuremberg, Germany 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.
- 14,80
Gostenhof vintage treasure trove run by owner Marcus -- over 10,000 LPs and singles alongside vintage lamps, design objects, small furniture and books; open daily from 5pm.
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- ArtPhönix
Hi-fi and vinyl specialist (Thorens, Nubert, JBL, Dynaudio and more) in Nürnberg-Sebald since a March 2012 mailorder-to-storefront launch; participates in Record Store Day.
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- Goldvinyl
Vinyl shop founded 2016 when Marc Storma took over the ArtPhoenix mail-order business; specializes in new, high-quality analog pressings across rock, pop and jazz, with record-cleaning and warp-flattening services. Now on Spenglerstraße, Gostenhof.
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- mono-Ton
Lorenz-district shop with a large secondhand selection spanning indie, alternative, rock, pop and electronica, plus new vinyl/CD across all genres; also does hi-fi consulting as an authorized Dali and Pro-Ject Audio dealer.
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- musicandbooks
Large secondhand media shop with roughly 1,500 individual LPs and 1,800 CDs in stock alongside DVDs, Blu-rays, books and comics; buys and sells across all of it.
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- Schallplattenfachhandel
Nuremberg's hip-hop/electronic/soul-funk/reggae vinyl specialist ('100% Vinyl' is its own tagline, not a separate shop), open Wed-Sat only. Originally in the USG6 bar's Altstadt basement; now on Rothenburger Straße near Plärrer, Gostenhof.
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- Vinylio
Curated new and used vinyl (all formats), CDs and cassettes across a broad genre spread; buys, sells and trades, with an active Discogs storefront.
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See the full record store listing for Nuremberg, Germany.