Record Store Day in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Independent record shops open in Saint Petersburg, Russia 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.
- Dissonance
Vinyl-only record shop on Ryleeva Street near Chernyshevskaya metro, stocking Soviet-era pressings, rarities and reissues across rock, metal and jazz, with courier delivery in Saint Petersburg and shipping across Russia.
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- Dom Vinila (Vinyl House)
Vintage-pressing specialist ('Дом Винила') on the Moyka embankment near Admiralteyskaya, dealing original-year classic rock/prog/glam LPs (Beatles, Roxy Music, Elton John, Santana) rather than reissues; open daily noon-8pm.
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- Ellington Vinyl Audio
Consignment music shop on the 2nd floor of the Yamskoy mall on Marata Street, buying and reselling vinyl and gramophone records alongside cassettes, CDs, sheet music, vintage instruments and audio gear, spanning classical to Russian rock and jazz.
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- Fonoteka (Plastinka.com)
One of the city's biggest and most-reviewed record shops, trading as Fonoteka/Plastinka.com near Vladimirskaya metro since 2008; ~12,000 new and secondhand records graded EX+ to sealed, sourced daily from Europe, the US and Japan, spanning nearly every genre.
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- Grammofon
Long-running vinyl shop near Ploshchad Vosstaniya on Zhukovskogo Street, also trading online as Recordmad; 4.9-rated (89 reviews) for its selection of rare vinyl, CDs and turntables.
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- Imagine Club
Large record shop and online catalogue (24,000+ LP/CD titles) near the Admiralty canal, strong in prog rock, metal and classic rock (Ayreon, Yes, Deep Purple, Devin Townsend); offers record cleaning, buys collections and free SPb delivery. RSD participant.
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- Korobka Vinyla
Well-run vinyl shop on Vasilievsky Island by Sevkabel Port, new sealed pressings spanning soundtracks, jazz vocalists, rock and funk/soul 7-inches; offers gift certificates and split payments. Stock listing updated May 14.
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- Kultura Record Store
Saint Petersburg branch of the Moscow-founded Kultura Record Store chain on Marata Street, selling vinyl (mostly electronic, plus other genres) alongside turntables, headphones and speakers; proceeds support independent artists and labels.
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- PLAY Record Store
Trading since 2003 near Gostiny Dvor, PLAY stocks around 3,000 vinyl records alongside 8,000 CDs, 6,000 DVDs and 1,000 Blu-Rays; strongest in rap/hip-hop, electronic and classical (Soviet masters plus foreign rarities). Open 11am-10pm daily.
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- Ritm
Highly-reviewed new-vinyl shop near Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro with an eclectic contemporary catalogue -- post-punk, Anatolian psych, hip-hop, soundtracks, indie rock, neo-soul and Ethio-jazz; first-purchase discount offered.
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- Rock-Island
Large, highly-reviewed basement record shop on Kirochnaya street with an in-store cafe element (reviewers rate both the record selection and the cafe); strong rock focus.
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- SP. Meloman
Basement record shop right on Nevsky Prospekt by the metro station, records from 100 rubles; links out to a VK page rather than an independent website.
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- Totem Records
Basement record/merch shop near Petrogradskaya metro strong in noise, industrial and power-electronics releases, alongside a huge tagged catalogue (pop, reggae, folk rock, avant-garde, modern classical); also stocks cassettes, CDs, audio gear and clothing.
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- Vinylbox
Highly-rated curated record shop near Ligovsky Prospekt, eclectic new stock from indie-pop and electronic to ambient, new wave, soundtracks and classic rock (Kehlani, Boards of Canada, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japan, Nirvana, ABBA); sale section from 900 rubles.
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- Vinylforall
Well-reviewed record shop near Chernyshevskaya metro with records from 100 rubles; reviewers highlight its rock selection. No independent website found.
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- Washing Machine
Specialist electronic/house/techno record shop near Chernyshevskaya, all-new sealed 12in releases dated 2025-2026, ships internationally.
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See the full record store listing for Saint Petersburg, Russia.