Record stores in Queenstown

Vinyl hunting in Queenstown, Otago? There are 1 record shops mapped here. Just the one mapped record shop in Queenstown — dig deep, and ask the staff what's new in the bins. 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 Queenstown (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. The one to know is Maya Music. If a record shop's missing from Queenstown's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Queenstown record lineup

1 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Queenstown

None of the 1 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.

Record digging tips for Queenstown

Digging in Queenstown? A few habits pay off:

• Check for box sets at Maya Music. Box sets get broken up or sold whole; either way the per-record price is often excellent.
• Don't skip the 45s. The singles boxes get less traffic and hide great finds. B-sides are the deep cuts of record shopping.
• Ask about the return policy. Most used vinyl is sold as-is. Know the policy before the stylus hits a skip at home.
• Check the vinyl, not just the sleeve. Slide it out (carefully, by the edges) and look at it in good light. Sleeves lie; vinyl doesn't.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Queenstown — 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 Queenstown can take a while to appear. The 1 above are only as current as the community map. A record store that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.

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 1 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.