Record Store Day in Wichita, Kansas
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 Wichita, Kansas
Independent record shops open in Wichita, Kansas 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.
- Good Company Taps & Spirits
Delano coffee shop-by-day, cocktail bar-by-night (with Pennant Coffee) featuring a dedicated two-turntable setup for its weekly Thursday Vinyl Night, where guest DJs spin from personal collections.
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- Spektrum Muzik
Wichita's longest-running independent record store, in the Delano District since 2024; new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and turntables since 2012.
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- Spin It Again Records
Long-running Wichita vinyl shop with thousands of used records plus 45s, 8-track and cassette tapes across rock, soul, jazz, and country.
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- The Gate Record Store
Wichita's first and only store specializing in heavy metal vinyl, CDs, cassettes and merch; opened by former teacher Russell Horning in 2021.
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- The Record Ship
Family-owned indie record store buying, selling, and trading vinyl, tapes, CDs, VHS, and 8-tracks; opened by musician Les Easterby in 2022.
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- Tradepost Entertainment
Regional buy-sell-trade media chain (founded Topeka, 1998) with a Wichita location carrying a large new and used vinyl selection alongside movies and games.
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- Vintage Stock (Wichita East)
Regional used-media chain (started 1980 as Book Barn) carrying vinyl records alongside CDs, movies, games, and comics at its Wichita East store.
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See the full record store listing for Wichita, Kansas.