Let Your Inner Vinyl Shine: April 17 is Record Store Day
It seems that there’s a “day” for everything lately – “Dump Your Significant Jerk Day”, “Tweed Day”, and “Hug Your Cat Day” among them. However, this is one that we’re actually excited about: April 17 is International Independent Record Store Day.
Started in the US in 2007, Record Store Day celebrates the unique culture of vinyl. Over 700 independent record shops in the US will participate this year as well as lots more in Canada and all over the world. So just what goes on on Record Store Day? Recordstoreday.com sums it up best:
This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April.
So if you want to get in on some live local indie music, possible free food or finding a shiny new limited-edition vinyl for your collection, head out to your local record shop this Saturday, April 17! It sure beats celebrating “Act Happy Day”…
You can find a bunch of stores participating in Record Store Day here in Vancouver :
Where |
Contact Info |
What’s Happening |
| Audiopile | 2016 Commercial Drive 604-253-7453 Website |
TBA – contact for details |
| Dandelion Records | #228 East Broadway 778-737-7367 Website |
TBA – contact for details |
| Neptoon Records | 3561 Main Street 604-324-1229 Website |
A sale, exclusive record releases, and a bunch of free band performances:
The Evaporators Thee Manipulators The Vicious Cycles The Jolts The Beladeans D.B. Buxton Brainbolt |
| Red Cat Records | 4307 Main Street 604-708-9422 Website |
Over 50 exclusive Record Store Day titles
Free shows: 1-1:30 – Aunts and Uncles 2-2:30 – Dan Mangan 3-3:30 – Ladyhawk 4-4:30 – Loscil |
| Scratch Records | 726 Richards Street 604-687-6355 Website |
TBA – contact for details |
| Vinyl Records | 319 W Hastings St 604-488-1234 Website |
TBA – contact for details |
| Zulu Records | 1972 West 4th Ave 604-738-3232 Website |
TBA – contact or follow on Twitter or Facebook for details |
For locations in other cities or countries, and more info on Record Store Day, check out the official site.
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