Third Man’s Nashville RSD plans

Third Man Records will turn its Nashville headquarters into a Record Store Day stop on Saturday, April 18, with a five-hour event at The Blue Room. (nashvillescene.com) The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Blue Room, the venue inside Third Man’s building at 623 7th Ave. S. in Nashville’s Pie Town area. (nashvillescene.com) (thirdmanrecords.com) Nashville Scene’s 2026 Record Store Day guide says the lineup includes live sets by Soot, Herly Berly and Most Improved, plus vendors including Lucky Stars Vintage and Danger Zone Video. (nashvillescene.com) Record Store Day is the annual vinyl retail promotion built around limited releases and in-store events at independent shops, and the 2026 edition falls on Saturday, April 18. Nashville Scene listed Third Man alongside Grimey’s, Vinyl Tap and other local stores planning performances, pop-ups or special sales. (nashvillescene.com) Third Man’s Nashville store is a longstanding part of that local circuit. The company says the location opened in 2009 and includes a record store, label offices and The Blue Room, which it describes as the only live venue with direct-to-acetate recording capabilities. (thirdmanrecords.com) The Blue Room has expanded from an occasional event space into a regular public venue. Third Man’s site and the Nashville Downtown Partnership both describe it as a weekly live-music room with a bar and patio. (theblueroombar.com) (nashvilledowntown.com) That setup helps explain why Third Man’s Record Store Day plan looks more like a mini-festival than a standard retail queue. Nashville’s 2026 guides point readers to store-to-store crawls, with performances and vendor markets spread across the city rather than confined to one sales floor. (nashvillescene.com) (aol.com) For Nashville vinyl shoppers mapping out Saturday, Third Man’s pitch is straightforward: start in the morning, catch a few bands, browse a few vendors and keep moving to the next stop on the city’s Record Store Day loop. (nashvillescene.com)