Jacksonville Record & CD Festival

Jacksonville Record & CD Festival North Florida's largest music collectors show! 60 tables of vinyl records, cds, tapes, gear, almost everything music related!

Free Admission and album giveaways all day long! 9 am- 5 pm! What IS the Jacksonville Record & CD Festival? It is the largest free admission music related collectibles event in North Florida, Jacksonville to be exact! It is an event held every other month specifically for music lovers and pop culture collectors. We have a rotating cast of vendors bringing out tables full of the choicest vinyl reco

rd albums and CDs. You'll find cassette and 8 track tapes, posters, tour books, promo items, stereo gear, toys and so much more! Up to 65 tables filling the Board of Trustees ballroom on the campus of the University of North Florida in the Adam Herbert University Center. You'll never know what you'll see at the show- new sealed vinyl, classic pre-owned records, long out of print and tough to find CDs, autographed albums and posters, concert set lists, vintage music toys, cool stereo gear like turntables and receivers, framed pictures. You might find box after box chock full of records of pretty much every genre, like classic rock, metal, country, new wave, alternative, jazz, hip hop, funk, soundtracks and so many more! At our show, you might find album and cd giveaways, trivia contests, instant half price sales and maybe even a scavenger hunt! What makes our show different from other is that we try to offer vendors outside of the box- we've had artists offering tie dye clothing in the past. We've had start up clothing brands fill a table with their goods to begin making a name for themselves. We've had local venues come out to promote their concert events, and they gave away free tickets to shows! You just never know who is going to show up at the Jacksonville Record & CD Festival, maybe even your favorite rock star! The home for our show is the Adam Hebert University Center located on the campus of the University of North Florida. It is conveniently located on the southside of Jax, near the town center shopping mall, right off of Kernan Boulevard at 12000 Alumni Drive. Easiest way to get there is to take Butler Boulevard eastbound, exit
on Kernan, drive north and look for our signs pointing you in the right direction! You can also access Kernan from Beach Boulevard. Watch this page for show announcements and updates and follow us so you never miss the breaking news!

Breaking News! Courtesy of Bird Dog Vinyl, we have TWO more brand new, sealed albums to give away on September 12th! Add...
08/07/2026

Breaking News! Courtesy of Bird Dog Vinyl, we have TWO more brand new, sealed albums to give away on September 12th! Add The Stones and Tyler The Creator to the givie pile!! Big thanks to Robert!

We give away brand new, still sealed record albums at every single show! We ask trivia questions over the PA at random p...
08/05/2026

We give away brand new, still sealed record albums at every single show! We ask trivia questions over the PA at random points during the show- some of the questions are tough, some are incredibly easy, and, yes, some are trick questions that fool a lot of people!

You can also win by finding one of our hidden Golden Tickets- at random times during the show, our staff will hide a Golden Ticket somewhere in the ballroom- it might be on a vendors table, it might just be laying on the floor, it might be in a fake plastic tree, or it just might be taped to the back of a shopper who doesn't know it's there, lol. Some places it will NOT be is under any table, on the tables of your host "thatCDguy" or outside of the ballroom- you can go ahead and search in the restrooms but it's pretty much 100% you're not gonna find one...

So, without further ado, here are your giveaway albums for the September 12th show, all donated by thatCDguy! The show is free admission, free parking, runs from 9 am- 5 pm, rain or shine at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center in Mandarin!

08/04/2026

Vendors, check your email!

08/03/2026

Attention Vendors:

The emails notifying you that reservations for the September show are open will go out THIS WEEK. It has NOT been sent yet!

If you have not been getting these VENDOR notification emails, please ensure that I have your current, correct email addy, or check your SPAM filter. It is also possible that your info was culled from my vendor list due to inactivity- if you wish to be on it again, send me a DM. Note this is for vendors ONLY!

Note that I do get a few "bounce backs" from these notification emails, indicating they are "undeliverable". Please check your inboxes to make sure they are not full or past their limits!

Additionally, if you are a vendor but have never done so at our show, and wish to vend at our shows, the first step is to get onto that vendor list by getting me your contact info. Serious vendors only!

Also note that we are looking for show helpers again- if you wish to work at the shows, helping vendors load in/out, running errands and generally keeping an eye out for the bad guys, LMK. Note that we do 6 shows a year so this is not a full time, benefits sort of job. It is very long hours, and requires physical strength/stamina to tote crates of records/CDs around. Pay is in store credit, which means you can expand your vinyl / CD collections in exchange for hard work. If you think you can hack it, send me a DM!

Terry
thatCDguy

07/26/2026

Do people REALLY win at the Jacksonville Record & CD Festival?

Here they are, the winners of our giveaway albums at last Saturday's show! Big thanks to our donating vendors Bird Dog V...
07/15/2026

Here they are, the winners of our giveaway albums at last Saturday's show! Big thanks to our donating vendors Bird Dog Vinyl, Brad's Records and thatCDguy! For the detail oriented, yes, we had 9 records to give away but one winner declined to "win", lol!

You're not pictured here, holding a brand new sealed record that a complete stranger gave you for free? You can fix that by going to the show on September 12th and bringing your trivia A-game or eagle eye vision to spot those hidden Golden Tickets!

07/12/2026

Quick note to thank everyone-and there were a LOT of you- who came out to the show yesterday! I was right when I said it was gonna be a good day because it turned out to be more fun than should be legally allowed! Lots of laughs, and a ton of vinyl and CDs found new homes! It was an awesome day!

As always, mega-thanks to the vendors who really brought out some killer merch yesterday! I heard nothing but compliments from the show attendees about the displays, the variety of merch, the pricing and the friendliness- kudos to all of you for being the best of the best! This show would be nothing without your hard work and efforts! Thank you!

Big thanks to the great local record shops that support this show: Bruiser Records, Tiger Records, tonevendor and Bearded Vinyl! Check them out if you haven't already- we are very, very lucky to have so many cool record shops so close! Some cities have ZERO record shops!

Can't do this thing without some help and Chad, Donnie & Michael are the best staff I could ask for! They help keep things rolling and do more to make this happen than you see! Thank you!

So now we take a breather- you get to enjoy all the new music you found while digging those crates, and us vendors will spends lots of time trying to find great records and discs to fill the bins for the next show, which will be September 12th!

Until then, keep on rockin'!!

THANK YOU ALL for all your support and the kind words- it means the world to me!

Terry
thatCDguy

07/11/2026

Today's gonna be a good day! Know why? Because it's record show day! That's right, it's the day you've been waiting for!

Your vendors have brought hundreds and hundreds of goodies for you to dig through, and they're ready to show them off! So chug that coffee, hop in the mystery machine and head on over- we're waiting for YOU!

Ramada Inn Mandarin 9 am -5 pm!

07/10/2026

Jacksonville Record & CD Festival
Vendor List

Saturday July 11th, 2026
Ramada Hotel & Convention Center
(Comedy Zone in Mandarin)
3130 Hartley Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32257
9 am - 5 pm

Matt Adams
Anarchy Vinyl
AR Records
Big Jaays Vinyls
Bird Dog Vinyl
Bob Bosak
Brad’s Records
The Crows Vault Records
Duval Vinyl & Media
Steve Earley
Frog Hop Records
Glass Bead Records
Gruve Records
Gary Lashbrook
Merlin Jr Records
Davin Phelps
Robert Powell
Random Records
thatCDguy
Unknown Pleasures
The Vinyl Draft

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3130 Hartley Road
Jacksonville, FL
32257

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9am - 5pm

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