Record Store Day in Salvador, 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 Salvador, Brazil
Independent record shops open in Salvador, 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.
- Bazar Musical Salvador
Centro record shop near Praça da Sé selling vinyl in good condition at fair prices, per reviewers.
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- Bazar Som Três
Small Nazaré record shop.
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- Big Bazar Discos
Rock- and metal-focused record dealer in the Shopping Colonial cluster, carrying phonographic and historical Bahian rock/metal materials on LP, CD and cassette.
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- Caveira Discos
Santo Antônio Além do Carmo record shop specializing in Brazilian and specifically Bahian vinyl; owner-guided listening sessions praised by reviewers.
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- Dez Discos
Women-owned record shop in the Shopping Colonial cluster (Barris) with strong, very recent foot traffic and reviews.
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- Discodelia
Barris record shop in the Shopping Colonial vinyl/CD cluster, with a wide genre range from metal to MPB and formats from LPs to CDs.
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- Loja Mutantes
One of Salvador's few remaining CD-and-vinyl shops, open more than 20 years and run by longtime owner Jorge; recent reviews note declining upkeep but continued operation.
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- Vendo Vinil. SSA
Women-owned Rio Vermelho record shop run by Marcelle, praised for curation and personal recommendations across Brazilian and international vinyl.
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- Vinil Radical
Rio Vermelho record shop with a large, well-curated MPB, American rock and Bahian collection; owner known for walking tourists through the history of Bahian music.
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See the full record store listing for Salvador, Brazil.