Record Store Day in Santa Rosa-Petaluma-Napa, 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma-Napa, California
Independent record shops open in Santa Rosa-Petaluma-Napa, 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.
- Montagne Russe Winery & Record Lounge
Downtown Petaluma winery tasting room built around a record lounge of 4,000+ vinyl records priced $5-$40, alongside single-vineyard wines.
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- Paradise Found Records and Music
Petaluma shop selling new and used vinyl, CDs/cassettes and stereo equipment, open all seven days.
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- RadioThrift
Part thrift shop, part vinyl and vintage-memorabilia gathering space in Santa Rosa; hosts record swaps and live DJ nights around the county.
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- Rain Dog Records
Independent Petaluma record shop on Petaluma Blvd North, closed Tuesdays.
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- Revolution Vinyl & Vintage
Vinyl, vintage and art gallery on the Russian River in Duncans Mills; hand-picked records alongside vintage finds.
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- Right On Records
First standalone vinyl record retailer to open in Napa in over 20 years; new and used LPs, reissues and stereo equipment.
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- Spinning Threads
Sebastopol shop on Main Street buying, selling and trading vinyl records alongside vintage clothing, music posters and collectibles.
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- The Next Record Store
Santa Rosa fixture since 1983, reopened in 2021 as The Next Record Store by longtime staff after original owners retired. Records, CDs, turntables and speakers.
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See the full record store listing for Santa Rosa-Petaluma-Napa, California.