Nashville’s RSD plans

Nashville record stores are turning Saturday, April 18, into an all-day vinyl crawl, with Record Store Day drops and events planned across the city. (nashvillescene.com) The official Record Store Day site lists Nashville-area participants and says the 2026 event falls on April 18, with exclusive and limited titles released through participating independent shops. (recordstoreday.com, recordstoreday.com) Vinyl Tap says its event runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on April 18, with exclusive releases, vendors, food, drink specials, live music and disc jockey sets. Nashville Guru says the event is all ages until 7 p.m., then shifts to ages 21 and older. (events.vinyltapnashville.com, nashvilleguru.com) Grimey’s has Record Store Day on its events calendar for 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on April 18, and Nashville Guru says the shop is planning exclusive releases, a large pre-loved vinyl drop, giveaways and cookies from Pink Door Cookies. (grimeys.com, nashvilleguru.com) Nashville Scene’s guide says shops including Third Man Records, Vinyl Tap and Grimey’s are building their own in-store plans around the national release day, giving collectors multiple stops instead of a single-line event. (nashvillescene.com) Record Store Day began in 2007 as an effort by independent store owners and employees to promote record-store culture, and the first event was held on April 19, 2008, according to the official organization. The group says nearly 1,400 independently owned stores in the United States now take part, along with thousands more internationally. (recordstoreday.com, recordstoreday.com) That scale helps explain the early lines and store-by-store strategy in Nashville: the official site says not every participating shop will stock every release, and customers are told to check directly with stores. Nashville Scene’s local guide is built around that same reality, with shop-specific tips rather than one citywide inventory list. (recordstoreday.com, nashvillescene.com) The downtown footprint is expanding too. Nashville Downtown says Acme Feed and Seed is hosting an April 18 Record Store Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and tying it to The Groove Nashville’s move from its Calvin Avenue location. (nashvilledowntown.com) For Nashville shoppers, that means April 18 is less a single sale than a citywide hunt: different doors, different hours and different stacks of records waiting when they open. (nashvillescene.com, recordstoreday.com)