Record stores in Courtenay

Courtenay, BC has 2 record stores on the map. That's 2 record shops mapped around Courtenay. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. Bring a want-list, but leave room for the find you didn't know you needed.

This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Courtenay (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Moon's Records and Bop City Records. If a record shop's missing from Courtenay's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Courtenay record lineup

2 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Courtenay

None of the 2 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Record shops keep fairly standard retail hours; daytime visits are a safe bet.

The two mapped record stores sit on 2719 Dunsmuir Avenue and 211 Simms Street — close enough to make a single outing of it.

The Courtenay record crawl

The efficient Courtenay record crawl strings these together: Moon's Records on 2719 Dunsmuir Avenue and Bop City Records on 211 Simms Street — 2 stops, one logical order.

Record digging tips for Courtenay

How the regulars work Courtenay's bins:

• Learn your labels at Moon's Records. Certain labels mean certain quality. A quick education in the labels of your favourite genres pays off fast.
• Check for warps in the shop at Bop City Records. Hold the record at eye level and sight along it. Warps that look minor at home look obvious in the store.
• Ask about the return policy. Most used vinyl is sold as-is. Know the policy before the stylus hits a skip at home.
• Visit on restock days. Shops process collections on rhythms. Ask when new used stock hits the floor and time your visits.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Courtenay — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new record store in Courtenay can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 2, or a record store we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.

We don't list prices or stock — both change by the day. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.

If you run one of the 2 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.