Record Store Day in Turin, Italy
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 Turin, Italy
Independent record shops open in Turin, Italy 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.
- Backdoor
Turin vinyl reference point since 1982, curating new and used records and rarities with an emphasis on independent and underground releases; also active on Discogs.
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- Les Yper Sound
Vanchiglia specialist in new and used vinyl leaning electronic, jazz and leftfield, digging-focused with vintage albums and out-of-print pressings; 4.6-star local reputation.
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- Materiale Resistente
Under the arcades of Via Po in the historic center, a beloved stop for new and used CDs, cassettes and vinyl at honest prices; 4.6 stars across hundreds of Google reviews.
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- Pianeta Musica Mercatino
Second-hand music marketplace carrying vinyl, CDs, DVDs, instruments, amps, stereo gear, books and sheet music, all new or used.
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- Rock and Folk
Turin's best-known record shop since 1978, with a huge catalog of vinyl, CDs and music merchandise spanning every genre plus concert DVDs and rarities.
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- Rock E Pop
Neighborhood shop selling CDs, DVDs and vinyl across rock, pop and hip-hop.
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- Rubber Soul
Used and collectible vinyl/CD specialist open since 1996, well regarded for Italian independent music and 1980s-90s finds; run by owner Claudio Belletti.
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- So What Records Store
Used-record specialist reviving a 20+ year buying/selling background as a physical storefront, with thousands of LPs and 45s from the 1960s to today plus in-store listening stations.
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See the full record store listing for Turin, Italy.