Record Store Day in Tampa, Florida
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 Tampa, Florida
Independent record shops open in Tampa, Florida 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.
- ARTpool Vinyl Records
Vintage clothing boutique and record shop combo on Central Ave; the vinyl side was added in 2011 by co-owner Evan as a curated new/used LP operation.
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- Bananas Records
St. Pete institution since 1977 (started as a bookstore); now a 10,000+ sq ft retail store part of a multi-building operation claiming over 3 million pieces of vinyl.
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- Bananas Records: Vinyl Warehouse
Dedicated all-vinyl warehouse arm of Bananas Records, a separate storefront a few blocks from the main retail shop, focused purely on LPs.
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- Clearwater Record Shop
Vintage vinyl and CD shop founded 2015 with over 500,000 records in stock; also runs a monthly record show/swap meet and was featured by Tampa Bay's Channel 10.
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- Daddy Kool Records
St. Petersburg indie record store trading new and used vinyl since 1985, plus a mail-order "Dealer's Choice" record club and exclusive releases.
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- Easy Tiger HiFi Lounge
1,600 sq ft vinyl cocktail lounge in St. Pete's EDGE District, built around a Klipsch Heritage speaker system paired with McIntosh amplification for nightly vinyl DJ sets.
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- Greenhouse
Alcohol-free, hi-fi listening bar residency taking over Elevation Coffee Roasters in Tampa Heights every Friday night, spinning curated vinyl sets through a finely-tuned speaker system.
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- In Between Days
Florida's first listening bar: a Tokyo-style sake house in St. Pete's Grand Central District built around a pair of 1972 Klipsch Cornwalls, two turntables, and a deep vinyl collection.
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- Kingfish Records
Independent new-and-used vinyl shop on US-19 serving northern Pinellas County for over 30 years under current ownership; 50,000+ LPs and 7-inches plus audio gear.
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- Microgroove
Seminole Heights genre-less crate-digger's shop opened in 2011 by two former Vinyl Fever staffers, stocking new and used vinyl shelved A-to-Z with no genre bins.
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- Mojo Books & Records
Tampa's largest used-and-new book and record store, a 4,500 sq ft Fowler Ave institution with a coffee bar, deep vinyl crates, and a loyal trade-in crowd.
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- Planet Retro Records
Self-described "truly independent" downtown St. Pete shop buying, selling and trading clean used vinyl, CDs and cassettes, with a strong punk/doom/post-punk selection.
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- Sound Exchange
Independently owned since 1987, a North Nebraska Ave institution with Florida's largest inventory of new and used CDs, vinyl, cassettes, reel-to-reel tape, and vintage stereo gear.
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- Steelworker Records
Tampa Heights vinyl, tape, and CD shop that opened in 2016 with a grand-opening Twin Peaks party; now a 1,000 sq ft spot known for punk, metal, funk, and hard-to-find used vinyl.
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- The Disc Exchange
Long-running Central Ave shop (formerly The Record Exchange) buying, trading and selling new and used vinyl, CDs and DVDs since 1984, near Tyrone Square Mall.
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See the full record store listing for Tampa, Florida.