Haarlem hands itself over to vinyl for a whole weekend. The Haarlem Vinyl Festival spreads across more than 20 venues in the city, from Patronaat and PHIL to listening sessions in the Teylers Museum, but the beating heart is the record fair on the Grote Markt, where over 65 local and international dealers set up in front of the Grote Kerk.
The fair is free, so you can dig through crates all day and still have money left for records. Some of the concerts, listening sessions, workshops and film screenings need a ticket, while plenty of the DJ sets and the repair café are free.
- When: Friday 2 to Sunday 4 October 2026; the record fair runs Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October, 10:00 to 17:00
- Where: Grote Markt, Haarlem, plus venues across the city centre
- Tickets: Record fair free; some programme events are ticketed
- Getting there: Trains from Amsterdam Centraal reach Haarlem in about 15 minutes, then it is a 10-minute walk south to the Grote Markt
Good to know: Check the programme online before you go, as the ticketed listening sessions are small and tend to fill up.
More record fairs: Upcoming vinyl record fairs in the Netherlands.
