Kildare business is 'not just a record shop'

Rob Garvey of The Record Rack
VINYL fanatic and store owner Rob Garvey opened The Record Rack on Main Street, Naas more than a year ago with the intention of making it both a shop and a social hub.
The shop is one of the most unique and wonderful recent additions to Naas town, bringing together people of all ages who want to buy and sell records, often expanding into chats about vinyl and music in general.

Rob wanted to create a laid-back and sociable atmosphere with The Record Rack, noticing that people tend to relax more in the store when they realise that he is “not going to jump on them to sell them something.”
He said: “I like the idea of bringing people together. It’s not just a record shop, but also people come here and meet people and get chatting.”

Rob believes that having public spaces such as The Record Rack is important for connecting the local community.
“It creates more interest than it just being a shop.”
Aside from the day to day running of the shop, The Record Rack hosts events from time to time. It hosted a vinyl DJ event last year on Culture Night, which was a great success, and more recently another event on Christmas Eve with ‘old school jazz’.

The plan is to run more instore events such as the ones mentioned, with one currently in the works for Record Store Day in April of this year.
Find out about more to do with the store and upcoming events on the The Record Rack's Instagram page.