During South By SouthWest Music Festival at the Austin Convention Center.
FREE ADMISSION Friday and Saturday 10 AM - 6 PM.
Early Shopper Admission $20 Thursday 9AM - 6PM
SPECIAL NOTE: A reminder to all customers who are interested in attending this Special Spring Austin Record Convention during the South By SouthWest Music Festival, this Record Show will NOT be the same size as our usual event. Due to space limitations only about ONE HALF the usual Dealer numbers will be setting up at this show. If you are attending and expecting the larger show you would be better off waiting until our Fall Show which should be the normal size. Thanks - DH
THE SPRING SHOW HAS NOW BEEN SOLD OUT FOR DEALERS. Anyone still wanting dealer space can possibly obtain it by signing up on the waiting list at this lnk: http://sxsw.com/record_show_application.
If there are any questions please contact me at this address : doug@austinrecords.com
For Customers/Dealers looking for motel space check the SXSW website as well as our own motel listings.
The Fall show was a tough one with horrible weather featuring cold blowing rain, a bad roof that leaked, old shaky tables, a bad worldwide economy and confusion caused by all of the above!! But the amazing thing is that the show still worked quite well, many dealers told me they did very well, and some even did beyond that level. The crowd was smaller than usual but the overseas buyers were more numerous than ever. In the last several years I've heard of dealers grossing 10, 20 and even 30 thousand dollars at the show. For one weekend that's not too bad but the reality is - if one has the right records at the right prices it's not hard to reach that level. The buyers are here with the $$$, just show them the records!
The Austin Record Convention is the largest sale of recorded music in the USA. There is more music and related memorabilia available here, at one time, than anywhere else. Ranging from the 78's of the 1930s to the latest compact discs of today, over one million 78s, 45s, LPs, CDs, cassettes, posters and collectibles (probably even a few 8-track tapes!) are in the auditorium. Over 300 different dealers from all over the USA and Europe are spread out over 50,000 square feet of floor space. The show is so big that to see everything takes most of the weekend, so if you're in a hurry we have tables where customers can post search announcements in hopes of locating specific items. For anyone unable to attend the show and looking for a long lost item, contact us as we provided a service to locate those treasures.
The show brings together collectors and dealers from all over the world for a weekend of activity in Austin. The event started in 1981 and has been held twice a year, in the spring and fall, ever since. It has grown steadily over the years and now uses all available floor space at the event center. The location in Austin, "Live Music Capital of the World", is a beautiful city that is great fun to visit has aided in the popularity of the event. If you attend the show be sure to save some energy for an evening visit to any of the many clubs around town and check out the live music scene for which Austin is world famous.
The Austin show is the best marketplace to sell and/or buy vinyl in the USA. Whether it’s 45s, 78s or LPs this is the place to sell or buy them. We have an established base of buyers from all over the USA, Europe, Japan, Australia and elsewhere that have been attending our show for many years. If you have a vinyl collection and don’t want to go thru the long drawn out process of selling it on-line, Austin is the place to sell it fast and for reasonable prices. Due to this it’s also the best place to find sought after vinyl, whether it’s soul 45s, hard rock LPs or blues 78s. Either buying or selling vinyl, it’s all about the Austin Record Convention. For over thirty years, The Austin Record Convention has been your music marketplace.
If you have records to sell and you can't come to the show, please contact us as we buy collections. (email: doug@austinrecords.com)