ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The holiday shopping season has kicked off with Black Friday. But did you know that Black Friday is also Record Store Day, celebrating independently-owned record stores? It’s one of two Record Store Days of the year, with the next one taking place on Saturday, April 18, 2026. Record Archive in Rochester and the House of Guitars in Irondequoit are both taking part on Friday.
Record Archive celebration
The Record Archive on Rockwood Street is celebrating with live music as people look through the store’s massive record collection. The live music kicks off at 1 p.m. with Texas Headphones, followed by Beef Gordon at 3 p.m. and Candy Country at 5 p.m.
The store is also serving treats as people shop. This morning, Ugly Duck Coffee & Pastries started serving breakfast treats at 6 a.m. Neno’s Food Truck and Pat’s Pigs BBQ will be there between 10:30 and 11 a.m., also serving treats. There will also be beer tasting from the Geneseey Brewery. You can learn more and see other events at the Record Archive this holiday season here.
House of Guitars deals and live music
The House of Guitars on Titus Avenue has special deals on Black Friday through Monday, Dec. 1. There will also be live music all day on Friday.
The live music will kick off at 9:30 a.m. with Paul Anthony featuring Christine. Then, it continues with Andrew Blum at 11 a.m., Melia at 12:30 p.m., Davey Allen at 2 p.m., Simply Divine at 3:30 p.m., and Kim Draheim Solo at 5 p.m. The music closes out with Bloomslang, which starts at 6:30 p.m.
In a Facebook post, the HOG says it has deals on records, instruments, audio equipment, and more. You can see some of those deals here.
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