Record Store Day in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
Independent record shops open in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida 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.
- Cosmic Vinyl
Titusville record store and working vinyl-cutting lathe operation, born in 2014 when Rabbitfoot Records' Titusville location split off and renamed under owner Tim Malone. Thousands of new and used records plus custom record-cutting and a DIY live-music venue.
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- FYE
National f.y.e. media-and-collectibles chain outlet at Melbourne Square mall; carries new vinyl alongside CDs, movies, games and collectibles.
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- Record Cellar
"Space Coast's Premier Record Store" -- a buy-sell-trade vinyl booth (AW32) inside Renningers flea market in Melbourne's Eau Gallie area, open Friday through Sunday.
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- Savvy Vinyl Records
Woman-owned Melbourne record shop, successor to Vinyl Request Records; new and used vinyl across all genres, buys, sells and trades. RSD-pledged store.
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- Tonik's Lab
Electronic-music-focused Melbourne record shop and Technics turntable specialist; Ortofon and Pioneer dealer offering turntable repair, customization and custom slipmats.
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- Unforgettable Tracks
Vinyl-records booth (K03) inside Antiques & Uniques Vintage Market, Melbourne's 32,000-sq-ft, 280-vendor vintage mall; hours match the host market's posted daily schedule.
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See the full record store listing for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida.