It’s final show (and Winter Solstice) of the year and last chance to shop for music holiday gifts on Sunday, December 21!

Posted on December 17, 2025 by arbutusrecordshow

We had a great show in November and we hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving.

Not only is it Winter Solstice, it is the last show of the year! Join us on Sunday, December 21 for holiday cheer at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall. Shop for music gifts for Christmas, Hanukkah and whatever your special celebration is for this holiday season! We are open from 9 am to 3 pm and admission and parking are FREE!

We will also have our new food option that made it’s debut last month and we are so excited! Henry from Sorrento’s is offering breakfast and lunch options for all vendors and attendees. You can scan the bar code and pre-order using your phone. He will be there with more details and will be doing more shows at the beginning of the new year!

So many gift options will be available —figurines, cards, buttons, posters, magazines, books, CDs, DVDs, T-shirts, vinyl, and so much more! Mark you calendars for our first show of the new year on January 18, 2026!

Summer’s not over yet! Join us Sunday, August 17 for our next “hot” show!

Posted on August 12, 2025 by arbutusrecordshow

Summer is not over yet even though school is just around the corner! Join us for our last, “hot” summer show of 2025 on Sunday, August 17. We look forward to seeing you at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall from 9 am -3 pm! No admission and tons of free parking. Come and check out al the great music items from our wonderful vendors.

Sadly, we lost some greats in July from all across the music spectrum—but their music will always live on: the beloved pop singer and movie star, Connie Francis, metal rock god (and reality show star) Ozzy Osbourne (first as lead singer of Black Sabbath before he went solo), jazz greats, trumpeter Chuck Mangione and jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine.

and remember, we’ll also SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER (21st)!

It’s a another, special 4th Sunday! Join us for our pre-Memorial Day show on May 25!

Posted on May 22, 2025 by arbutusrecordshow

Spend some of your holiday weekend with us again this year. Find some cool tunes and hot music deals for fun summer days on the beach, at the pool, and at the barbecue. Join us for a special 4th Sunday, Memorial Day weekend show, MAY 25. Our hours are 9 am – 3 pm. There is no admission fee but plenty of FREE parking! Bring your family and tell your friends!

We had a great show last month and Janet was wearing a new Arbutus Record Show T-shirt design by her very talented daughter. Come to the show and you can ask her about the details of how to order one! There were also tons of great finds—even a Beatles shower curtain!

The Orioles are hot, summer is here, and so is Father’s Day! Join us for our next show, Sunday, JUNE 16!

Posted on June 13, 2024 by arbutusrecordshow

Janet looking cheery and fabulous at the May show!

We had a great show last month. Our next one is sneaking up pretty fast because May was the special, fourth Sunday Memorial Weekend show. It’s hard to believe that since 1992, our June show has fallen on Father’s Day! Join us again on Father’s Day, SUNDAY, June 16 and celebrate all dads at Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall! The hours are 9 am – 3 pm with tons of FREE parking and no admission fee.

See below for the amazing variety of great music items we found at the May show—musical instruments, a rare Led Zeppelin shirt, figurines, Elvis “baseball” cards, and even a collection of diamond needles for record players. We know there will be so much more at the June show from our fabulous vendors!

Spring has arrived! Deals are in bloom at our next show, Sunday, April 21!

Posted on April 19, 2024 by arbutusrecordshow

Spring is finally here and so is our next show on SUNDAY, April 21, at the Arbutus Volunteer Department Fire Hall in Arbutus from 9 am – 3 pm. Admission is FREE and FREE parking! All our great vendors will be there with tons of fun music items.

Don’t forget to support your local record store on RECORD SHOW DAY, Saturday, April 20 right before our show!

Krissy and Janet had all their Irish going on at last month’s show!

Here are some great finds awaiting you at the show!

Put on the green and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with us at our March 17 show!

Posted on March 14, 2024 by arbutusrecordshow

Enjoy your preview of spring and get ready for cooler weather again and a special Sunday show…Yes! This year, it falls on Sunday, March 17—St. Patrick’s Day! Wear your green and bring plenty of green to the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. No admission and plenty of FREE parking! Find those special musical treasures at the show.

Our February show was fabulous and busy all through the day, and so nice to see we are getting more ladies coming to the shows, along with our wonderful women vendors—and it’s Women’S History Month.

Some sad news—we lost another great singer to soon this month—Eric Carmen, the lead singer of the great 70s group, The Raspberries. Remember how scandalous, “Go All the Way” was?

See below for some great items we saw at last month’s show. Our great vendors will be bringing even more goodies this month.

Not only were there great TV shows back in the day, but some very famous musicians and composers wrote, arranged, and conducted the theme songs, such as Earle Hagen and Lalo Shifrin:

A great book about a trailblazing, Black artist, Sister Rosetta Sharp!

Someone found this great child’s Disney guitar from the animated film, “Cars!”

Lots more fun finds!

Summer is still hot, hot so find some cool deals at our next show, Sunday, August 20!

Posted on August 14, 2023 by arbutusrecordshow

One of our wonderful longtime vendors, Dave, has a wonderful collection of 70s blacklight posters! Get your groovy on!

Fall is around the corner but there is still a lot of summer left! Our next show is Sunday, August 20, 9 am -3 pm at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department. Always free admission and plenty of free parking! I hear there will be tons pf great vendors with lots of wonderful finds and great deals. So may cool finds—check them out below!

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Here is a cool jazz cover borrowing art from the great Art Nouveau artist, Alphonse Mucha. That movement influence lots of art in the 70s from jazz covers to film titles. Just check out the opening credits for the film “Duel at Diablo” that also has a great Neal Hefti score.

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Another great film score – and film. Henry Mancini’s “The Pink Panther”!

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Mark your calendars! Another “spooktacular” show is coming up on Sunday, OCTOBER 16!

Posted on October 12, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

The air is getting crisp and cool and that means fall, football, and Halloween! Mark your calendars for October 16 and come see us at our next show at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall. The hours are 9 am – 3 pm. There is NEVER an admission fee and plenty of FREE parking! Search for some fun, Halloween-themed music or start your holiday shopping early.

Our September show was a great success and there were so many cool finds! Now who are these lovely ladies sporting the official Arbutus Record Show T-shirt?

Another great crowd searching for music treasures in September.

There was a great variety of great music and music items. Some rare finds too!

For the Faith Hill fans!

DVDS, books, CDs and even VHS! We have it all!

It’s almost summer! Join us for the fourth Sunday show, May 22!

Posted on May 18, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

Time to get some cool tunes and music deals for hot, summer days! It’s a 4th Sunday show, MAY 22! It’s right before the start of summer, Memorial weekend. The hours are 9 am – 3 pm and ADMISSION is always FREE! Plenty of FREE parking! Bring family and tell your friends! The Arbutus Record Show is held at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall located at 5200 Southwestern Boulevard in beautiful Arbutus, MD.

We had a wonderful show in April, very busy all through the day and we also had some fun buyers! Carl is a drummer and teacher in the county and told us a great story about Jim Chapin who was Harry Chapin‘s father but also a great musician in his own right! He was a jazz drummer, the author of books about jazz drumming and was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2011. He played with some of the great bands led by Woody Herman and Tommy Dorsey. Carl met Jim who offered to mentor one of his students for two hours at his studio on Long Island—and he himself also learned so much from him!

Carl, drummer and teacher, with one of his finds!

Here’s another fun buyer who let us take a photo of his fun T-shirt!

We had a great crowd! See all the great things below we found last month at the show and there will be more at this month’s show.

Celebrating love, presidents, black history, and MUSIC! Join us Sunday, February 20th at the Arbutus Record Show!

Posted on February 14, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

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We can’t wait to see you back Sunday, February 20 at the Arbutus Fire Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. Admission and parking are ALWAYS FREE! Our first show of the new year in January was a success, just beating the snow! Even though it’s past, any time is a good time to get something for your special Valentine. You can also celebrate Black History month with the great legacy of Black musicians. Since it’s a holiday weekend before Presidents’ Day, come spend those “presidents!”

There has been much debate about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations this year but they cover all genres and there is something for everybody, just like our show! We have it all from records, tapes, CDs, DVDs to books, posters, T-shirts, figurines, buttons and so much more for every musical taste! Here are some samples of what you could find at the show:

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