Record Store Day in Warsaw, Poland
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 Warsaw, Poland
Independent record shops open in Warsaw, Poland 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.
- Antykwariat płytowy Hey Joe CD&LP
Złota street antykwariat near Warszawa Centralna crammed with secondhand vinyl, CDs and cassettes; reviewers flag deep rock and classic-rock crates and describe 'metric tons' of tapes and CDs worth digging through.
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- HAŁAS Vinyl + Coffee
Specialty coffee shop and roastery in Saska Kępa selling a curated selection of new vinyl records, from current releases to classics, alongside espresso drinks.
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- KPOPJOAYO
Korean pop-culture shop in Śródmieście stocking official K-pop vinyl LPs (BTS, EXO, LOONA and others) alongside CD albums, photocards and merchandise; physical store opened Feb 2024.
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- Megadisc
Nowogrodzka street specialist in progressive rock, metal, blues and jazz on vinyl and CD, new and used, with remastered/reissue runs from Svart, MIG Music and High Roller; also runs a long-standing record cleaning/washing service.
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- Music Fan
Neighbourhood record and CD shop on Częstochowska street south of the centre, mixing pop, rock, indie, jazz and classical vinyl and singles with a loyal local following; reviewers single out its 60s-70s Polish and Eastern-bloc finds.
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- Muzant
Antykwariat Muzant, self-described largest music antiquarian in Poland, has traded on Warecka street in Śródmieście since 1989 -- rock, jazz and blues LPs, rare collector's editions, CDs and cassettes. LGBTQ+ friendly.
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- Plakaton
Kiosk-style record and poster shop in the underground passages by Warszawa Centralna station (Rondo 40-latka, lokal 58/59); reviewers praise its rock vinyl and rare first pressings alongside its large poster and turntable selection.
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- Płyty Gramofonowe - Warsaw Vinyl Store
Praga-Północ vinyl shop on Ząbkowska street mixing new and secondhand LPs, CDs and an antique section, with a small in-store art gallery; genre spread runs rock, soul/funk and hip-hop to jazz, electronic and Polish folk, plus record buyback.
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- Side One
Śródmieście vinyl specialist and mailorder on Chmielna street with deep African, house, hip-hop, jazz, funk and electronic sections plus a strong secondhand crate; also stocks CDs, cassettes, books and merch.
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- SP Records
Flagship shop for the S.P. Records label in Wilanów, selling vinyl LPs, CDs and cassettes by Polish rock and punk acts -- Kult, Kazik, Strachy na Lachy, Pidżama Porno -- plus band merch, books and video.
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- Vintage Vinyl
Wola shop founded 2016 by Piotr 'Mittloff' Kozieradzki -- one of the only Warsaw stores dedicated to heavy metal, per reviewers -- selling new and used vinyl, CDs, t-shirts and zines, with a consignment section for secondhand stock.
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- VINYL TAMKA
Courtyard vinyl specialist just off Chmielna in Śródmieście focused on used original pressings -- jazz, rock, soul, funk, blues, reggae, punk and classical -- alongside new stock, Japanese city-pop pressings and a record buyback program.
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- Winylowa
Bemowo bar built around a genuine vinyl shop -- crates of used LPs and cassettes fill a lounge of rugs and cushions -- pouring craft beer and nalewka; not just a themed bar, per reviewer photos and 'vinyls'/'cassettes' review tags.
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See the full record store listing for Warsaw, Poland.