Record Store Day in Vermont (statewide)
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 Vermont (statewide)
Independent record shops open in Vermont (statewide) 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.
- Autumn Records
Winooski's only record store, owned and operated by Greg Davis, buying and selling new/used vinyl LPs & 45s, CDs, cassettes and stereo equipment.
4 sources
- Autumn Records (Waterbury)
Second Autumn Records location, opened April 1, 2025 inside the Treehouse coworking/retail space in Waterbury.
3 sources
- Bellows Beats
Vinyl records, tapes, 8-track, DVDs, CDs and VHS plus clothing/patches/posters. Soft-opened summer 2023.
2 sources
- Buch Spieler Records
Vermont's oldest continuously operating record store, open since January 23, 1973.
5 sources
- Burlington Records
New-and-used LP shop with 15,000+ records in stock, plus turntables, receivers and speakers.
4 sources
- Exile On Main Street
Record and music store on N Main St in Barre. No independent own site found; corroborated by RSD, Yelp and social listings.
4 sources
- In the Moment Records
Thousands of used vinyl LPs across most genres, in the Mountain Marketplace plaza.
4 sources
- Knapp's
Music/toy/hobby store established 2000 (music dept. added to a 40-year-old pets & hobbies shop); sells and buys guitars, amps and vinyl records, plus an arcade section.
6 sources
- Mountain Music
New/used vinyl (1,500+ new titles, ~3,000 used) plus turntables and sterling-silver jewelry.
4 sources
- Next Chapter Records
Vinyl/CD shop opened by retired middle-school teacher Mitchell Harrison.
5 sources
- Northshire Bookstore
Independent bookstore, founded 1976, with a curated vinyl-records section across its floors and a named staff buyer for vinyl (Ben Parker).
3 sources
- Pure Pop Records
Indie new/used vinyl, CD, cassette, DVD and poster shop established 1980. Open Mon-Sat 11-6:30, Sun 11-5:30.
3 sources
- Rick & Kat's Howlin' Mouse
Record shop on N Main St in Rutland, nominated for "Best record store" in the Seven Daysies awards.
4 sources
- Speaking Volumes
Third Speaking Volumes location, in a former grain mill, selling books, vinyl, CDs, cassettes, audio equipment and clothing consignment.
3 sources
- Speaking Volumes Record Store & Repair Shop
Vintage records, books, and audio-equipment repair shop run by Norbert Ender, distinct from his separate used-bookstore location on Pine St.
4 sources
- ST J Spins
First record store in St. Johnsbury, opened December 2022.
4 sources
- The Flying Disc
Combination record store / gift shop / coffeehouse. Multiple sources describe a genuine vinyl and used-CD selection, not just background music.
4 sources
- The Vinyl Loft
Used-records dealer booth (also comics, video games and collectibles) inside the Vermont Antique Mall, a 150+ dealer historic-barn antique mall in Quechee. Running since 2019 with its own dedicated Facebook page.
3 sources
- Turn It Up!
Vinyl-only shop (LPs, 45s, 78s, plus new vinyl across most genres), part of the same small New England chain as the Turn It Up! stores in Northampton and Montague, MA.
4 sources
See the full record store listing for Vermont (statewide).