Record Store Day in Reno, Nevada
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 Reno, Nevada
Independent record shops open in Reno, Nevada 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.
- 180 Gram Records
Vinyl-focused record shop operating inside The EP Listening Lounge in downtown Reno since 2017, buying and curating used LPs across classic rock, jazz, funk, soul, blues, punk, and metal.
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- Discology
Used/new/rare media shop open since 2006, dealing in CDs, vinyl, DVDs, laserdiscs, Blu-rays, and cassettes on a consignment model, with LP and cassette transfer/archival services; relocated to the former downtown US Post Office building in February 2026.
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- Grassroots Books
Used bookstore and media shop by the Costco that buys and sells vinyl records alongside books, CDs, DVDs and comics, with a wide selection spanning rock, jazz and more.
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- Recycled Records
Reno's longtime secondhand record shop, selling music to Northern Nevada since 1978 out of a 3,000-square-foot Midtown space stocked with vinyl, cassettes, CDs, and DVDs; buys and trades used records, CDs, and DVDs for cash.
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- The EP Listening Lounge
Reno's first listening lounge: a mid-century-inspired coffee shop by day and cocktail bar by night built around a vintage hi-fi sound system, with an in-house vinyl shop curated by 180 Gram Records and regular DJ events.
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See the full record store listing for Reno, Nevada.