Ten years ago, I started going to Record Store Day with my youngest daughter. (We even did a sad tour of closed shops in 2020.) It has become one of my favorite holidays. Aine has outgrown the thrill, but I haven’t. It’s my goal each year to visit as many shops as possible. It took me a hot minute to get a game plan together, so I thought I’d share. Starting with places I know will have live music. I ‘ve also listed record stores in the area. I won’t visit them all, but it’s good to have a goal. If you have something I should add, please let me know!
Barely Brothers
783 Raymond Ave St Paul MN
Live music
- Noon: The Adam Linz Quartet Minus One Linz, Murray and Hey
- 1:00 pm – Institutional Green
- 2:00 pm – The de’Lindas
- 3:00 pm – Chickaboom & Troglodyte
- 4:00 pm – Muun Bato
- 5:00 pm – The 99’ers
Caydence Records & Coffee
900 Payne Ave
St Paul, MN 55130
Show starts at 7pm
- Strongly Disagree
- Sleepy Eye
- Huffmaster Flex
- Haute Boys
- The Vizulaizers
Electric Fetus
2000 4th Ave Minneapolis
DJ Schedule
- 10:00 a.m. – DJ Jake Rudh of Transmission
- 11:00 a.m. – Durry acoustic set! The band will play outside behind the store on RSD. Durry has a Record Store Day 7″ release (“Big Boy”) and we’ll have signed copies available with the other Record Store Day exclusives.
- 11:30 am – DJs Kenna & Yonci of Mostly Jazz on KFAI
- 1:00 pm – DJ Tricky Miki
- 2:30 pm – DJ A.J. Hilton of WCCO-TV
- 4:00 pm – DJs Kerry and Chris of Bad Bad Hats
Hymie’s
3820 Lake St Minneapolis
Live music:
- Noon: THE MOD GARAGE
Know Name Records
6009 Portland Ave Minneapolis
Live music
- 1:00 PM – Chad Erickson & The Untimely
- 2:00PM – All The Pretty Horses
- 3:00PM – July Fighter
Here are all of the record stores I could find in the area. If I missed one, please let me know. I mourn a few that I loved to visit.
- Agharta Records (2512 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55114)
- Barely Brothers (783 Raymond Ave St Paul MN)
- Caydence Records & Coffee (900 Payne Ave, St Paul, MN 55130)
- Cheapo Discs/Records (various locations)
- Disco Death Records and Coffee Shop (721 W 26th St Minneapolis MN 55405)
- Down in the Valley (various locations)
- Eclipse Records (419 Wabasha St N, St Paul, MN 55102)
- Electric Fetus (2000 4th Ave Minneapolis)
- Extreme Noise (407 West Lake St Minneapolis, MN 55408)
- Fly Vintage & Vinyl (3900 36th Ave N, Robbinsdale, MN 55422)
- HiFi Hair (1637 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN)
- Hymie’s (3820 Lake St Minneapolis MN)
- Homestead Picking Parlor 6625 Penn Ave S Richfield, MN 55423
- Know Name Records (6009 Portland Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55417)
- Mill City Sound (812 Mainstreet Hopkins, MN 55343)
- Mr Zero’s (1744 Lexington Ave N, Roseville, MN 55113 )
- Roadrunner Records (4304 Nicollet Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55409)
- SolSta Records (6006 Excelsior Blvd, St Louis Park, MN 55416)
- South Metro Music (13710 Nicollet Ave Burnsville)
- The Record Spot (405 W 38th St, Minneapolis, MN 55409)
- Urban Lights Music (1449 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55104)
- Vintage Music Company (1820 E 38th St, Minneapolis, MN 55407)
- Wax Wizard (3006 36th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55406
- White Bear Lake Records (4775 Banning Ave, White Bear Lake, MN 55110)
Record Stores in Minnesota (according to the Record Store Day website)