Record Store Day in Portland, Oregon
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 Portland, Oregon
Independent record shops open in Portland, Oregon 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.
- 1709 Records
Established 2015.
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- 2nd Avenue Records
Independent record and CD/cassette shop in downtown Portland, open since 1982, carrying genres from rock and jazz to punk and reggae plus a large t-shirt selection. The store also buys record, CD, and t-shirt collections from sellers.
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- 503 Records
Vinyl record store in Beaverton buying and selling new and used records, including rare and limited editions and discount bins. The shop also sells books, CDs, and music-related arts and crafts.
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- After Ours
All-day cafe that turns into a record bar, with a DJ booth.
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- BC Music Company
Combo guitar shop and vinyl/cassette shop.
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- Black Water Records
Punk and hardcore record shop and label operating in Portland since 1999, now sharing 5115 NE Sandy Blvd with an all-vegan bar, restaurant, and all-ages music venue.
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- City Noise Records
Montavilla record shop specializing in punk, metal, goth, and alternative vinyl, cassettes, and CDs alongside band merchandise; also buys collections.
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- Clinton Street Record & Stereo
Southeast Portland record shop offering a curated mix of new and used vinyl and cassettes spanning house, techno, boogie, italo disco, darkwave, and indie rock, with daily buying, selling, and trading.
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- Crossroads Music
Consignment mall record store in SE Portland where more than 50 independent dealers each stock and sell their own vinyl, CDs, and poster inventory.
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- Daily Records
Daily Records is an independent vinyl shop in Milwaukie/Oak Grove, Oregon, opened by Stephen and Emily Mackey in 2021, selling new and used records, turntables, and vinyl-care supplies.
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- Decibel Sound & Drink
Decibel Sound & Drink is a Milwaukie, Oregon listening bar built around a vintage cinema-derived horn hi-fi system, serving craft cocktails in a 1970s-inspired lounge filled with vinyl and vacuum-tube amps.
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- Dig Vinyl
Used-vinyl shop in Sellwood run by KMHD DJ Scott Thayer, emphasizing jazz and soul with most stock under $10. Small, calm, browsable space tucked behind a coffee shop.
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- Echoes in Space Records
Echoes in Space Records is a Southeast Portland shop founded by DJs Cee White, Nick Mejia, and Seth Mooney in 2024, specializing in imported 12-inch dance and electronic vinyl and DJ supplies like replacement needles.
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- Everybody's Music
Sells records, CDs, and guitars; open 20+ years.
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- Everyday Music
Everyday Music is Portland's last remaining location of a used CD, DVD, and vinyl retailer founded in 1995, known for its large rotating stock of used records at its West Burnside storefront.
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- Exiled Records
Relocated from SE Powell to West Slope, near the Beaverton border.
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- FINAL FORM
Video-game-music vinyl and retro games shop; limited weekend hours.
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- Jackpot Records
Independent vinyl-focused record store and label on SE Hawthorne, open since 1997 and a hub for Portland's music community with in-store live performances.
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- Jump Jump Music
Record shop run out of a house, open since 1990.
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- Landfill Rescue Unit Records
Landfill Rescue Unit is a Southeast Portland record shop that buys, sells, and trades vinyl across genres including punk, metal, jazz, folk, and hip-hop, along with concert memorabilia and vintage band merchandise.
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- Little Axe Records
Portland record shop and label founded by Jed Bindeman and Warren Hill, who started selling out of a garage in 2010; the label reissues rare international music.
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- Mint Gallery Records
Mint Gallery Records is a record store and art gallery on N Mississippi Avenue in Portland, co-founded by Luke Buser and Michael Fitzgerald in 2024, selling vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and merchandise alongside rotating art exhibitions.
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- Mississippi Records
Portland record shop and reissue label with a catalog of over 200 releases, working with artists and their families on ethical reissues of overlooked music.
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- Music History
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- Music Millennium
Portland's oldest record store, open since 1969, stocking new and used vinyl, CDs, and cassettes alongside an in-store bar and regular live in-store performances; buys used records, CDs, and movies.
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- Musique Plastique
Musique Plastique is a Portland record shop and label based on SE Stark Street, offering vinyl, CDs, and cassettes spanning minimal, ambient, industrial, techno, post-punk, and experimental styles.
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- My Vinyl Underground
My Vinyl Underground is a new and used vinyl, CD, and cassette shop that serves as the Portland storefront for online retailer Jigsaw Records, located in the basement of Books With Pictures comic shop on SE Division.
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- Ozone Records Annex
Revival of Portland's original Ozone Records (1993-2002 on W Burnside, closed to Pearl District redevelopment), now a compact vinyl/CD annex in the Alberta Arts District.
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- Passenger Seat Records
Curated Portland vinyl shop spanning ambient, funk, soul, disco, house, jazz, techno, and international records, plus books and magazines.
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- Paul's Boutique
Located in the basement of Alberta Studios; opened February 2024.
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- Platinum Records Lights & Sound
Platinum Records Lights & Sound is a downtown Portland retailer selling DJ and pro-audio gear, turntables, mixers, and lighting equipment alongside a selection of underground vinyl records.
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- Prospector Records
Combo shop selling records and vintage clothing.
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- Ronald Records
Ronald Records is a family-owned independent record shop in downtown Vancouver, WA, selling new and used vinyl, cassettes, CDs, and turntables. It grew out of a record label founded in 2014 into a brick-and-mortar store that opened in 2022 and relocated to Main Street in 2024.
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- Second Chance Records
Shop specializing in restored used vinyl.
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- Sonder, Listening Bar
Vinyl-forward listening bar and patio in Portland's Hollywood District, built around a hi-fi sound system with cocktails, small plates, and espresso.
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- Speck's Records & Tapes
Speck's Records & Tapes is an independent record and cassette shop in Portland's Kenton neighborhood, buying, selling, and trading vinyl and tapes, with an online storefront on Discogs.
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- The Record Pub
The Record Pub combines a record and cassette shop with a neighborhood taproom, pairing new and used vinyl and stereo gear with beer on tap and live listening events.
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- Tomorrow Records
Combo shop selling records and hi-fi audio gear.
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- Turn! Turn! Turn!
Bar and venue that sells records and vintage items.
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- Variety Records
Sells vinyl plus DVD/VHS/media, open since 2005.
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- Vinyl Resting Place
Longtime shop scouting a relocation after 29 years at this address.
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- Wax Social
Vinyl-forward speakeasy and listening lounge in Portland pairing dinner and cocktails with nightly DJ sets.
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See the full record store listing for Portland, Oregon.