Record Store Day in Sacramento, California
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 Sacramento, California
Independent record shops open in Sacramento, California 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.
- Armadillo Music
A Davis fixture selling new and used vinyl, CDs and cassettes, with an attached bar and venue, The Bootleg, that hosts live music.
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- Bizarro World
Davis comics shop founded in 1991 that also stocks a wall of used vinyl LPs and 45s spanning rock, jazz, soul, and hip-hop alongside its comics and games.
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- Bliss Marketplace
A vintage co-op warehouse in Rancho Cordova with dozens of vendors selling used vinyl records alongside handmade goods and repurposed furniture; open only the third Thursday through Sunday of each month.
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- Cherry Records
An independently owned shop in downtown Auburn, the oldest music retailer in the Sierra foothills, dealing in country, oldies, soundtracks and hard-to-find vinyl.
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- Delta Breeze Records
A used-vinyl shop near Downtown Sacramento offering LPs, 45s and 12-inch singles alongside vintage hi-fi gear, with in-house turntable and stereo repair.
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- Dimple Records
The Arden Way flagship of Sacramento's longtime Dimple Records chain, with a dedicated vinyl section alongside new and used CDs, movies and video games.
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- East Sac Record Rack
A vinyl counter tucked inside Superbum Vintage & Local Collective in East Sacramento, focused on used, rare, and audiophile records plus secondhand stereo gear.
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- Esoteric Records
A longtime Arden-area shop near McKinley Park stocking specialty and dollar-bin used vinyl, plus reel-to-reel tapes and other retro music paraphernalia.
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- Fat Elephant Records
Used and new vinyl, CDs, and cassettes fill a converted 1920s former bank building in Folsom's historic district, alongside a growing shelf of new and used books.
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- Hawthorn's Antique Audio
A specialty booth inside the Antique Trove mall in Roseville dealing in vintage 78 rpm records, sheet music, antique phonographs, and record-care supplies.
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- Hi-Tones Record Store
A Rocklin vinyl and CD shop buying and selling new and used records across rock, jazz, blues, hip-hop, indie, country and reggae, plus movies and vintage reissues.
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- Kicksville Vinyl & Vintage
A Sacramento shop pairing thousands of used records across genres with vintage clothing and furniture on the R Street corridor.
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- Legend Has It
Downtown Sacramento hi-fi listening bar built around Klipsch La Scala speakers and a curated vinyl collection, inspired by Japanese jazz kissa lounges. Opened September 2024 as the city's first dedicated hi-fi bar, pairing DJ vinyl sets with craft beer and natural wine.
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- MediumRare Records & Collectibles
A used-vinyl and collectibles shop on R Street focused on '50s-'80s records plus memorabilia.
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- Phono Select Records
A buy-sell-trade vinyl shop on Fruitridge Road stocking rock, jazz, soul, punk, indie and metal alongside vintage toys, comics and zines.
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- Rocket Records Midtown
A Midtown record, CD and tape shop offering hand-curated soundtracks, Spanish-language vinyl and buy/sell/trade service.
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- Stardust Vintage Emporium
A multi-vendor vintage mall in Fair Oaks with roughly 75 local sellers, stocking used vinyl records alongside mid-century furniture, vintage clothing, and collectibles.
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- The Audio Nerd
A Rocklin shop pairing collectible vinyl with pre-owned turntables and hi-fi equipment, offering repairs alongside new arrivals from local artists.
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- The Cave
A pop-culture resale shop in Roseville selling new and used vinyl records alongside comics, games, toys, and collectibles.
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- The Cave
A pop-culture collectibles store on Arden Way selling new and used vinyl alongside comics, toys, video games and other retro merchandise.
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- The Cave (Citrus Heights)
Citrus Heights outpost of a Sacramento-area pop-culture chain, stocking vinyl records among comics, video games, toys, and other collectibles.
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- Time Tested Books
A Midtown used-and-new bookstore that added a vinyl section in the 1990s, now selling obscure and out-of-print records alongside its book stock.
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- Twelves Wax
An Oak Park record store built around DJ culture, with new and preowned vinyl spanning hip-hop, jazz, funk, soul, reggae and electronic plus scratch records and DJ gear.
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See the full record store listing for Sacramento, California.