MINNEAPOLIS — There are weekends where local record stores are booming, and then there's this weekend.
"There's no question, it's the biggest day of the year," said John Beggs, owner of Roadrunner Records. "You just see people come out of the woodwork that probably would never come in otherwise, you know?"
Record Store Day is a celebration of vinyl records and the stores that sell them. The occasion started in 2008, and has been growing in popularity ever since.
"We've been here since the beginning for Record Store Day, and watched it kind of evolve," Beggs said.
That evolution has continued to grow the love of the medium, for those new and old to collecting.
"We don't consume music like that anymore, so there's something special about it," one fan said.
"We want to pass on to the next generation our appreciation," Charles Robison, out with his young son, Tomas, said.
It's also a chance for businesses to see more business than they usually would.
"It's the biggest day of the year, for sure, even with coffee and everything else," Joel Eckerson, co-owner of Disco Death Records & Coffee, said. "A lot of fun, obviously, we get in all the special records, so everything that we can to make it a unique day."
"Vinyl had it's heyday and it's coming back quite a bit," Eckerson continued.
It's a comeback that they're hoping continues – and one that they're hoping will bring people back.
"You want to let people know that you're here all the time," Beggs said. "As great as it is to see on Record Store Day, come on in another day too!"
Record Store Day is held usually around the third Saturday in April, and many stores also have deals on Black Friday as well.
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