Record Store Day in Tbilisi, Georgia
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 Tbilisi, Georgia
Independent record shops open in Tbilisi, Georgia 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.
- Heartbeat
Cosy record shop on Tamar Chovelidze street, well loved for its used-vinyl selection including rare pressings alongside new releases; reviewers call it their favourite record shop in Tbilisi.
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- Morevi Records
Techno/house specialist next to Bassiani nightclub inside the Dinamo Arena football-stadium complex; first- and second-hand electronic vinyl -- techno, house, breaks, electro -- that reviewers say can eat hours of your afternoon.
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- Pluto's Records
Record bar on Vashlovani street with DJ nights and a well-priced vinyl selection alongside drinks; reviewers praise both the crates and the late-night vibe. Own site plutosrecords.com was unreachable at time of sweep; details sourced from Maps.
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- Retromania Records
Vinyl and turntable specialist on Giorgi Mazniashvili street; Tbilisi's top-rated record shop on Google (5.0 from 380+ reviews, digging-through-crates praise). Stocks rock, jazz, pop, blues, electronic, disco and soul, plus turntables.
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- Vinyl.ge
Walk-in office and vinyl warehouse in the Vazha-Pshavela district, sister operation to the vinyl.ge web store. Buys, sells and appraises Georgian, Soviet-era and foreign pressings alongside new sealed reissues; in-hour Tbilisi delivery too.
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- Vodkast Records
Record shop, podcast and label based inside Fabrika's courtyard in central Tbilisi, with a second branch in Batumi. Open daily, selling vinyl plus turntables and audio equipment.
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- XO vinyl shop and bar
Cozy record shop and bar on Giorgi Akhvlediani street in the Vera district, open every day 12:00-21:00 per its own storefront signage. One of Tbilisi's few sources for extreme metal vinyl; sidewalk tables for a beer while digging through crates.
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See the full record store listing for Tbilisi, Georgia.