Duing our 2008 schedule, it’s possible other events may try to pretend to be the Austin Record Convention so be warned the only real Austin Record Convention shows are the ones you see listed here. Don’t make travel plans only to be very disappointed.
After a very successful Fall 2007 show with the most overseas buyers we have ever had, we have decided on a new annual Austin Record Convention schedule for 2008 with just one event this year , October 3/4/5 2008.
There will be no Spring 2008 show as in 2007 but we will have a Fall show on Oct 3/4/5 2008. Originally we were going to follow this one show a year schedule for several years but so many of you wanted the twice a year semi annual events that we are going back to that twice a year schedule in 2009.
The 2008 show will be held at the Crockett Event Center at 10601 N. Lamar Blvd. See the map for the location.
Regular Admission: $5
Good for 2 days - Saturday October 4th and Sunday October 5th from 10am-6pm
*Early Shopper Admission: $25 US residents, $10 International residents
Good for all 3 days - Friday October 3rd from 10am-6pm, Saturday October 4th
and Sunday October 5th 8am-6pm
Early shopper/dealer set-up will take place on Friday October 3rd at 10AM until 6 PM.
Transportation and Parking
Parking is free at the Crockett Event Center. The parking area around the Crockett
center has been improved with restrictions placed on the flea market parking
area next door.
Avoid traffic and parking (and cut down on pollution) by carpooling or taking the Capital Metro 1L (North Lamar) bus which stops at Lamar and Applegate, less than 1 block from the Crockett Event Center. Click here for Capital Metro 1L Map & Schedule (.pdf) Make sure to take the 1L bus (NOT the 1M bus which will loop around to Metric at Rundberg, bypassing the Crockett Center). Bus fare is $.50 for adults, or $1 for a Day Pass.
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 search announcements at 12, 2, and 4 o'clock from the concession area to help in locating specific items.
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 in the auditorium. 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.
A Show Directory is printed and given away at the event. It lists each dealer attending the show, where they are from, a map with their location in the building and a brief description of their speciality. Larger ad space is availible in the Directory, anyone interested in ads please contact us for space and rate information.
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 your music marketplace.
In these days of diminishing vinyl, while we all watch the remnants of the vinyl era melt away on eBay or at the record shows, it’s easy to think back to the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s when vinyl ruled and record shops were everywhere. If you ever wished those days would come back or you had a time machine, well your dream has come true, if only for a brief flash in the musical pan. What’s this all about, well it’s about a record shop that shouldn’t exist in 2006 but yet it does, or did, as so many stores did during those golden decades of vinyl. Click here to read more and see the pictures!
If you have records to sell and you can't come to the show, please contact
us. (email: )