Record Store Day in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Independent record shops open in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 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.
- 39th Street Records
Northwest OKC neighborhood record shop stocking vinyl alongside jewelry and comic books, listed in Oklahoma Gazette's community business directory under Shopping.
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- Guestroom Records
Flagship location of Oklahoma's best-known indie record chain, serving OKC since 2003 with new and used vinyl, CDs, turntables, and audio gear; also presses vinyl for local artists.
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- Guestroom Records (Edmond)
Edmond outpost of the Oklahoma indie record chain founded in Norman in 2003, new and used vinyl plus CDs, cassettes, and record-buying counter.
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- Guestroom Records (Norman)
Longtime independent record shop a block off Main Street in downtown Norman, new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes and turntable gear near the OU campus.
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- Monkey Feet Music
Collector-grade vinyl shop founded 2015 by a former Wilcox Records owner; has grown to six rooms of records plus a vintage stereo equipment department (Marantz, Pioneer, McIntosh).
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- Sound Bar Vinyl Bar
Vinyl listening bar in Automobile Alley run by the Monkey Feet Music team, pairing cocktails with turntables and vintage stereo gear for an in-house record-listening lounge experience.
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- The Sound Bar OKC
Vinyl listening lounge above ZamZam Mediterranean Grill in Automobile Alley, pairing a curated hi-fi system with 12,000 records for browsing/purchase, turntables and gear via Monkey Feet Music, plus cocktails.
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- Trolley Stop Record Shop
Large, high-ceilinged 'one stop shop' for vintage vinyl, 78s and 45s in a former streetcar-era building that doubles as a live music space for in-store sets.
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- Vintage Stock (Edmond)
Edmond location of the regional used-media chain, vinyl records alongside movies, video games, comics, and collectibles.
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- Vintage Stock (Norman)
Regional used-media chain store in Norman with a large vinyl section alongside movies, video games, comics, and collectibles.
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See the full record store listing for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.