Shopping, or What to Do When Not At the Club

Raleigh

• Sound Off Records and Hi-Fi - used vinyl and vintage hi-fi
• Hunky Dory Records - vinyl
• Nice Price Books and Records - vinyl
• Sorry State Records - vinyl
• Schoolkids Records
• Readers Corner (Facebook page) - used books, some vinyl
• Game Theory - rpgs, board games
• The Holy Rose - tarot
• Dancing Moon - tarot
• Video Vortex - video rental, amazing selection
• Harry's Guitar Shop - guitars and other instruments, amps, effects
• Capitol Comics
• The Tilted Stage Costume Shop
• Guru Guitars
• Mr Mikes Used Books
• Rebellion Media - secondhand vinyl, VHS, CDs, books, DVDs - opened September 2026

Apex

• Hunky Dory Records - 114 N. Salem Street, vinyl

Morrisville

• Greycat Records (Facebook page)- "Curated vinyl for lovers of goth, post-punk, darkwave, and more!"

Fuquay-Varina

• Track Vinyl
• 401 Tattoo and Antiquities - "an oddities shop inside that's the best in Wake County since Blackwater shut down"

Durham

• Carolina Soul - vinyl
• Hunky Dory Records - vinyl
• Bull City Magic - tarot
• Left Handed Books - rare and antique tarot
• Altered Image - hair
• Books Do Furnish a Room - used books, a surprisingly wide selection of indie graphic novels
• Atomic Empire - comics, rpgs, board games
• Guildhall Games - rpgs
• The Horror Church - indie horror bookstore inside Moon Dog Meadery, opened June 2026
• Future Hooman - group interactive art exhibit, opened June 2026
• The Fuzzy Needle - vinyl, books, vintage clothing
• The Scrap Exchange

Carrboro

• Twin House Music - guitars and other instruments, amps, effects
• All Day Records - vinyl, vintage stereo gear

Chapel Hill

• Piper's Vintage Boutique - opened late 2025, early 2026?
• Rumors - clothing and jewelry

Pittsboro

• All Day Records - opened in December 2025 at 45 West St "Thurs-Sat 11-5, Sun 12-4"

Siler City

• Reprise and Disguise Resale Shop and Costume Emporium

Asheville

• Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe
• Firestorm Books
• Asheville Pagan Supply
• Curiouser & Curiouser Boutique
• Asheville Guitar Pedals
• House of Black Cat Magic - tarot, and "Spiritual supplies shop for the modern practitioner and black cat lounge"

Lenoir

• Dead Wax Records

Sylva

• In Your Ear Music Emporium

Hillsborough

• Studio 71 Picture Framing and Gallery

Cary

• LITMUS Gallery
• Hunky Dory Records - vinyl

Charlotte

• Value Village thrift store (formerly Bargain Hunters)
• Boris and Natasha's "We sell lines such as Lip Service, Serious, House of Field, Fine, Nataya, etc. New stuff....from funky club flashy glitter stuff to some evolved goth wear. great platforms by NYLA for the torture lover. jewerly in sterling silver and rhinestones. for the men, as well...Krush, lip service, etc."
  Near Central Ave., at 1214 Thomas Ave.
• Thrift Pony Charlotte
• Sleepy Poets Antique Mall
• MacTabby Cat Cafe
• Curio Craft and Conjure
• Visart Video
• Tritone Guitar Workshop

Gastonia

• The Odd Salon

Greensboro

• Second Sunday Flea Market
• Hippo Records - also Winston-Salem, and Kernersville (opens September 2026?)

Seagrove

• Kluba Ceramics - "Moody and alternative styled, hand-carved pottery"

Winston-Salem

• Hippo Records - also Greensboro, and Kernersville (opens September 2026?)

Kernersville

• Hippo Records - opening September 2026?, also Greensboro and Winston-Salem

Grover

• Blackwater Oddities and Antiques - open April 2026, 101 Mulberry Road, Grover NC inside Tiffany’s Antiques showroom

Belmont

• Belmont Batcave thrift shop - opening night 8 May 2026

Concord

• MacTabby Cat Cafe

Salisbury

• lost.found.nc
• MacTabby Cat Cafe

Other

• Heteromorphic

Outside of North Carolina

• Color Sound Oblivion - specialty record boutique catering to goth, industrial, post-punk, deathrock, darkwave, new wave, no wave, experimental, noise, dark ambient, and related electronic subgenres

Most recent update 11 September 2026.

Updates or changes? Let me know at steve@ncgoth.com.