Record Store Day in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Independent record shops open in Tulsa, Oklahoma 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.
- Blue Moon Discs
Longtime Sheridan Road strip-mall shop selling new and used vinyl, CDs, and DVDs since 1994, known for a deep stock of classic rock and blues and eclectic entertainment memorabilia.
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- Boulevard Trash
Punk, hardcore, and metal record store and label started in 2013 as a DIY scene resource, reopened at its Harvard Ave location in 2019; sells new/used vinyl, clothing, zines, and books.
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- Josey Records
Tulsa's largest independent record store, anchoring the Pearl District on historic Route 66 with 30,000+ new and used records, CDs, tapes, turntables, and three listening stations.
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- Monad Records & Hi-Fi
Cherry Street shop opened by longtime Starship Records staffer Calvin Compton after Starship's closure; mixed new/used vinyl racks and a growing CD selection, with a hi-fi/turntable focus.
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- Oil Capital Vinyl
Midtown shop at 26th and Memorial billed as 'Tulsa's newest locally owned record store,' focused on used vinyl alongside cassettes, 8-tracks, CDs, reel-to-reels, vintage turntables, and film cameras.
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- Screaming Earth Records
Owasso's only independent record shop, opened Sept 2024 by Ben and Rosario Sloma; new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and vintage music gear.
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- Studio Records
Pearl District shop selling new and used vinyl, CDs, and cassettes, with an extensive local-artist and soundtrack section plus turntables and audio accessories; buys and trades used vinyl.
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- Studio Records Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow's first record store, buying, selling and trading new and used vinyl in the heart of downtown's Rose District.
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See the full record store listing for Tulsa, Oklahoma.