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Author Event with Jay Nachman

Join author Jay Nachman for a Pop-Up Book Event on Saturday, December 12th, from 4-8 p.m. during the Winter Night Market/Winter Light Parade and Tree Lighting.

Author of “Graham Parker’s Howlin’ Wind,” Nachman will talk about all things music framed around Graham Parker’s musical influences and those of the members of his backup band, The Rumor, against a backdrop of the British and American music scenes in the 1960s and 1970s.

He’ll also discuss favorite albums, bands, concerts and songs, various music scenes, and what makes a song a hit and a musician a star.

In the Village Voice’s year-end 1976 Pazz & Jop Critics’ Poll, Graham Parker’s debut album “Howlin’ Wind” placed fourth. In second place was his sophomore album, “Heat Treatment.” Number one was Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life,” and in third place was Jackson Browne’s “The Pretender.” Among that titanic company, it’s fair to say Parker more than held his own.

Books will be available for sale at the event.

 

 

 

 

U2 Listening Party

If you’re celebrating a new U2 album, come to a Carnaval!

Head on over to Vinyl Revival on Saturday, November 14th at NOON, and celebrate the release of the new album “CARNAVAL DE LUZ” with your fellow U2 fans (including ME!)

We’ll listen to the new record and have giveaways for attendees!

All attendees will receive a poster, and the first 25 attendees will receive an “event ticket “and bookmark.*

AND, you’ll receive a 3-button set (while supplies last) FREE with the purchase of “Carnival de Luz” in any format/variant during the event.

We’ll also hold a FREE drawing for a Grand Prize winner featuring a tote bag with canvas print as well as four additional tote bag winners at the end of the event.

During the Carnaval, pick up the Pink Vinyl Variant of “CARNAVAL DE LUZ.”**

*giveaways and prizes limited at each location

**in the U.S., this pink vinyl variant is only available at these record store events – no pre-orders

Sofar Philly Presents Noni Rene Listening Event

Join us on Saturday, November 28th, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., for a listening event with Noni Rene.

Hear the music up close, meet fellow listeners, and take the record home with you: Noni’s vinyl, NEAUX, will be on sale at the event, and every sale goes directly to the artist.

Presented in partnership with Sofar Sounds Philadelphia.

Get tickets here.

 

RSD Black Friday

Give someone you love the gift of music!

 

Indie Record Stores are one of the best places to start your holiday shopping so join us on RSD Black Friday!

 

We’ll be open from 11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

 

We’ll have a selection of special titles exclusive to indie record stores so stop in to shop! You can check out all the offerings at recordstoreday.com.

 

Although we will not have every title, hopefully we’ll have the releases that you’re looking to get. Releases will be limited to one title per customer.

 

We’ll have snacks and drinks and we’ll be giving out coupons for 20% off all new and used vinyl on your next visit.

John Coltrane 100 Listening Session

Vinyl Revival and the Analog Lovers Club are presenting a John Coltrane 100 Listening Session on Saturday, November 21st from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

A celebration of John Coltrane’s favorites on wax, we’ll enjoy and discuss Coltrane’s music while sipping and snacking on light refreshments. Listeners will have the option to purchase and play their new John Coltrane Records, as well as take home a commemorative polaroid as a keepsake.

Vinyl Revival Sponsored Screening Block at FirstGlance

We’re sponsoring a great screening block of documentary films from Philly filmmakers at the 29th annual FirstGlance Film Festival taking place this weekend at the Film Society Bourse, 400 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia.!

 

Our block is the Saturday, May 9th Matinee at 2 p.m.
If you like creative films, Q & A sessions with filmmakers, red carpet photos, and parties, then FirstGlance is for you!
Check out what’s playing here.

Paul McCartney Listening Party

Vinyl Revival, along with record stores across the country, will be celebrating the BRAND NEW ALBUM from PAUL MCCARTNEY across the weekend of May 29, 30 and 31.

Come together with your friends old and new to hear “THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE” at our Listening Party on SATURDAY, MAY 30th at NOON.

Complete with postcard party favors*, tote bags to carry your new album home in**, and a chance to win a very special prize,*** it will be a great time!

We’ll have a special vinyl variant ONLY available at these Release Parties.

*Free while supplies last
**Free with purchase of The Boys of Dungeon Lane on any format, while supplies last
***No purchase necessary, must be present to win.

“THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE” from Paul McCartney, is released May 29 on CD and Vinyl!

Vinyl Revival Movie Night at Jamey’s House of Music

Jamey Reilly of Jamey’s House of Music and Andrea DiFabio of Vinyl Revival have teamed up to present Movie Night!

Join us at Jamey’s on Thursday, April 30, for a screening of an interview about the MOB and MAFIA talk with George Anastasia and John Ricciutti filmed at Villa Di Roma.

John Riccuitti of Main Line TV converses with George Anastasia, author and former writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, in an interview at Villa DiRoma in South Philly’s Italian Market.

Anastasia is widely considered to be an expert on the American Mafia. He was an organized crime investigative reporter who was once targeted for death by then-Philadelphia crime family boss John Stanfa.

He is the author of six books, and a novella and has contributed to two anthologies of Italian American writers.

George Anastasia will be available for questions and book signing.

George Martorano, the subject of the FirstGlance Film Festival award-winning documentary, “Life Without Parole: The Story of George Martorano,” who is mentioned in the Anastasia interview, will also be attending to answer questions about growing up “with” the mob, his undeserved and over served 32 years in prison, and his #1 marijuana brand the “grow father.”

The Anastasia interview was directed by award-winning filmmaker Jill Fechie.

“Life Without Parole: The Story of George Martorano,” also directed by Frechie, and produced by Ricciutti, is available to stream on multiple platforms.

Kitchen and Happy Hour- 6 p.m., Showtime – 8 p.m.
$10 online advance / $15 door
Online advance ticket sales close at 5 p.m. day of show.

One lucky attendee will win a pair of All Aceess Passes to the 29th annual FirstGlance Film Festival, May 7-10, 2026, at the Film Society Bourse, 400 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Buy tickets here.

Vinyl Revival Movie Night at Jamey’s House of Music

Jamey Reilly of Jamey’s House of Music and Andrea DiFabio of Vinyl Revival have teamed up to present Movie Night!

Join us at Jamey’s on Thursday, January 29, for a screening of “Once in a Hundred Years: The Life & Legacy of Marian Anderson.”

Marian Anderson, whose contralto singing voice of great range dazzled international audiences, was a gifted African American woman who had to surmount innumerable, unwarranted obstacles before eventually achieving her dream.

“ONCE IN A HUNDRED YEARS” refers to the quote of the great conductor Arturo Toscanini who once told Marian Anderson: “A voice like yours is heard once in a hundred years.”

Marian Anderson’s story continues to inspire people from very different backgrounds and her achievements in overcoming bigotry have secured her a place as a true pioneer internationally and in her home town of Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love.

The filmmaker walks the streets where she lived; talks to the people who knew her, knew her family, and someone she babysat; see where she was educated and went to church; and marvel at how she was able to transcend humble beginnings to sing for tens of thousands of people, and for Presidents and queens on the world’s stages.

Director: Bill Nicoletti
Writer: Nat Gutwirth

The film won an Emmy for Outstanding Documentary and screened at 7 Film Festivals.

Bill Nicoletti  Producer I Director

Emmy Outstanding Documentary 2022 Mid Atlantic Region

Director Bill Nicoletti will be in attendance for a Q & A after the film.
Kitchen and Happy Hour- 6 p.m., Showtime – 8 p.m.
$10 online advance / $15 door
Online advance ticket sales close at 5 p.m. day of show.

Buy tickets here.

Join us in kicking off Black History Month with the story of a legendary African American interpreter of both operatic and concert repertoire.

For more information on Bill Nicoletti and his work, visit Visual-innovations.com  and
Goingthedistancefilms.com.