Record Store Day in Vilnius, Lithuania
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 Vilnius, Lithuania
Independent record shops open in Vilnius, Lithuania 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.
- iMuzika SHOP
Central Vilnius outlet billed as Lithuania's biggest music store -- vinyl, CDs and a large K-pop album section at competitive prices, with staff singled out for going out of their way to help visiting collectors track down specific releases.
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- Muzikumas
Aušros Vartų gatvė general music shop -- vinyl records, CDs and DVDs spanning Lithuanian and international releases plus music merchandise; consistently corroborated as a genuine Vilnius record retailer across multiple directories.
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- Thelonious
Jazz specialist tucked into the Glass Quarter courtyard on Stiklių gatvė -- vinyl focused squarely on jazz in a historic setting; reviews are sharply split between the unique location and an unwelcoming, hands-off owner.
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- Trolley Records
Uptown Lofts shop devoted to electronic music -- new and secondhand drum'n'bass, dubstep, techno and house alongside dub, jazz and world selections, with an SL1200 turntable and headphones set up for in-store listening before you buy.
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- Vinilo Studija
Cosy Pylimo gatvė shop mixing new pressings with a genre-sorted secondhand collection -- rare original LPs at reasonable prices spanning jazz, classic rock, disco and pop; regulars single out staffer Artūras for deep local music knowledge.
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- Viniloteka
Beautifully appointed Tilto gatvė shop widely rated one of Lithuania's best and biggest record stores -- a large, diverse new-and-secondhand vinyl catalogue, band posters throughout, and a famously knowledgeable, audiophile owner.
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- Vinylomania
Vilnius Old Town's biggest vinyl shop on Pylimo gatvė -- one of Europe's finer jazz selections per visiting collectors, plus deep rock, prog and psych stock and a strong shelf of contemporary and traditional Lithuanian music; in-store listening available.
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See the full record store listing for Vilnius, Lithuania.