Record stores in Dakar

Vinyl hunting in Dakar, Dakar? There are 2 record shops mapped here. That's 2 record shops mapped around Dakar. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. The new-arrivals bin is always the first stop — that's where the good stuff lands before anyone else sees it.

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

The Dakar record lineup

2 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Dakar

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 Dakar record crawl

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: location de sono and sono. That's 2 stops on the Dakar record crawl.

Record digging tips for Dakar

How the regulars work Dakar's bins:

• Check Discogs before big purchases at location de sono. A quick price check on your phone keeps everyone honest — you and the shop.
• Check for warps in the shop at sono. Hold the record at eye level and sight along it. Warps that look minor at home look obvious in the store.
• The listening station is the test. If a record looks questionable, play the loud passages. That's where surface noise shows up.
• Go often, dig briefly. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Dakar — 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 Dakar can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 2 that's closed, or a great record store we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

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.