Record Store Day in Porto Alegre, Brazil
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 Porto Alegre, Brazil
Independent record shops open in Porto Alegre, Brazil 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.
- Boca do Disco
Traditional Centro Histórico shop with more than 10,000 new and used albums, running since 1989 near the Conceição viaduct record-store cluster.
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- Classic Rock
Despite the name, this Galeria Chaves shop buys, sells and trades LPs and CDs spanning rock, samba, classical and soundtracks.
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- Mega Som Discos e Fitas
Centro record shop under the Otávio Rocha viaduct selling discs, CDs, DVDs and tapes since 1979, part of Porto Alegre's historic Borges de Medeiros record-shop row.
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- Museu do Som
Long-running Centro Histórico shop beneath the Conceição viaduct with one of Brazil's largest used-vinyl collections, run by collector Antônio Xavier, plus CDs and DVDs.
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- Music Matters
Floresta neighborhood shop near Shopping Total specializing in new vinyl, including hard-to-find and imported titles alongside a used-record selection.
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- Outrahora Store
Newly opened (May 2026) Moinhos de Vento gallery shop curating rare, sealed and mostly imported vinyl, with detailed tags and QR-linked reviews for each title.
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- Stoned Discos Mausoléu
Rock-focused dealer of rare, imported and collectible CDs, DVDs and LPs since 1992, also covering MPB, jazz and blues; visits are by appointment only via WhatsApp.
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- Tamba Discos
Used-vinyl specialist on the third floor of the historic Galeria Chaves, known among Porto Alegre collectors for classic rock finds.
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- Toca do Disco
Bom Fim fixture founded in 1989 by Rogério Cazzetta, now a family-run shop selling new and used vinyl, CDs and cassettes across rock, blues, jazz and Brazilian pop.
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See the full record store listing for Porto Alegre, Brazil.