Record Store Day in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Independent record shops open in Rotterdam, Netherlands 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.
- Clone Records
Internationally known electronic-music record shop and label/distributor on Raampoortstraat, a fixture of Rotterdam's dance-music scene for decades.
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- De Plaatboef
Rotterdam record shop on Nieuwe Binnenweg trading since 1981, open seven days a week with 20,000+ new and secondhand vinyl, CDs, cassettes and DVDs across most genres.
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- Demonfuzz Records
Used-vinyl specialist on Nieuwe Binnenweg run by longtime collectors Michael Engelaan and Erwin Zimmerman, with roughly 180,000 secondhand titles in stock.
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- JensDoRecords
Secondhand record shop on the Zwaanshals opened in 2016, specializing in jazz alongside pop, rock and reggae, plus used turntables.
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- Plato
Rotterdam branch of the nationwide Plato chain on Nieuwe Binnenweg, selling new and used vinyl, CDs, turntables and music accessories seven days a week.
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- Songs for Sale
Old-school secondhand record shop on the Meent with a deep crate of soul, funk, jazz, rock and reggae vinyl and CDs.
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- Thatz-It Records
Techno and house specialist on the Zwaanshals record-shop strip, tied to the Thatz-It Productions label, with a large secondhand vinyl collection.
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- Velvet Music
Long-running Rotterdam pop-music specialist on Oude Binnenweg with a large new-vinyl and CD selection, plus regular in-store performances and signing sessions.
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- Velvet Music Donner
Second Velvet Music branch, on an upper floor of the historic Donner bookstore on Coolsingel; the brand's own site lists it as a distinct storefront with its own address, phone and hours.
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- Vinylspot
Jazz-focused secondhand record shop near Nieuwe Binnenweg, known for a deep, well-kept collection spanning funk, soul, reggae and psych/pop.
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See the full record store listing for Rotterdam, Netherlands.