Record Store Day in Surabaya, Indonesia
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 Surabaya, Indonesia
Independent record shops open in Surabaya, Indonesia 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.
- Antik Tintoys Basuki
Antique stall at Surabaya's Pasar Nostalgia that pivoted into a record store around 2017-18, run by former bank employee Basuki; sells hundreds of vinyl, CD and cassette titles from the 1900s onward alongside vintage household antiques.
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- Galaksi Music
Hidden-in-a-housing-complex Petemon record store with vinyl, CD and cassette stock spanning the 1950s to today, mostly rock but multi-genre; short evening-only hours, call ahead recommended.
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- Mega Disc
Long-running Citraland record and hi-fi shop ('where music matters since 1991') with a wide vinyl and CD selection, turntables and rare imports; women-owned per its Google listing.
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- PERSONAL//HORROR Records Store
Darmo/Wonokromo record store popular with Surabaya's young metal and underground scene, selling local-band vinyl and CDs alongside band merch, with occasional in-store live sets.
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- Spinandbars
Sambikerep vinyl and CD store (also known as S&B Vinyl.id) buying and selling records with reseller/bulk pricing available; ships via Tokopedia as well as in-store.
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- Win Audiophile
Mall-based record and hi-fi shop inside Pakuwon Trade Center, selling vinyl, CDs and cassettes across pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop and jazz plus turntables to play them on.
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See the full record store listing for Surabaya, Indonesia.