Record Store Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Independent record shops open in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 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.
- Kong Meng Audio
Audio-equipment shop in the Phsar Deum Thkov area stocking re-pressed vinyl of classic Khmer albums alongside turntables, amplifiers and secondhand hi-fi gear imported from the US and Japan.
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- La Melodie - Vinyl Cafe & Listening Bar
Coffee by day, bar by night, vinyl always -- an analogue-sound cafe in Tonle Bassac with regular vinyl listening sessions and a reading party on weekends.
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- SPACE FOUR ZERO Wang Dang Doodle
Pop-art gallery and vinyl emporium down Phnom Penh's 240 1/2 Art Alley, founded by Cambodian Space Project guitarist Julien Poulson -- 500+ rare and new vinyl and CDs alongside prints, vintage rock posters and collectibles.
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- The Retro Shop (Retroshop Cambodia)
Stall inside Phnom Penh's Russian Market run by Chan Rean, selling vinyl records alongside original 1960s-70s-style film and music poster art, CDs and T-shirts celebrating Cambodia's golden-era pop scene.
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- Zeppelin Cafe
Long-running rock bar and listening spot run by a vinyl-collecting Taiwanese owner -- over 1,000 records spanning rock, blues and punk, retro furniture, pool table and the odd live show. Open since 2002; has relocated within the city over the years.
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See the full record store listing for Phnom Penh, Cambodia.