48 Record Bar

48 Record Bar An audiophile listening room in Philadelphia, located above Sassafras, the Grand Dame of neighborhood bars.

Fine records & sympathetic cocktails served nightly, Wednesdays through Sundays, 5pm-2am.

Naughty aughties, you know who you are! Please join us for this special event celebrating and talking about the new .v.t...
06/01/2026

Naughty aughties, you know who you are! Please join us for this special event celebrating and talking about the new .v.them.bk with a whole buncha friends!

Ronen Givony is the founder of Wordless Music, an orchestra and concert series that has worked with artists across genres, from Sigur Rós and Mica Levi to Terrence Malick and Paul Thomas Anderson. A curator for music festivals and venues in the United States and abroad, he is the author of two other books: 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (or, The Strange Death of Selling Out) and Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense. Born and raised in South Florida, he now lives in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

No reservations, no cover, all good vibes, all week long.Our mission: To get people together to listen to records.®️
06/01/2026

No reservations, no cover, all good vibes, all week long.

Our mission: To get people together to listen to records.®️

📣 JUNE @ Tuesday Nite Music Club! 📣We are so excited to share with you! Philly’s own will be our resident artist for Ju...
05/29/2026

📣 JUNE @ Tuesday Nite Music Club! 📣

We are so excited to share with you! Philly’s own will be our resident artist for June, along with a whole grip of great new and classic records for Tuesday night listening sessions. Do join us!

About Yesseh: Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, Yesseh Ali is a freelance saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Playing since the age of nine, Furaha-Ali has been under the tutelage of esteemed mentors at notable institutions such as the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts, The Kimmel Center, Settlement Music and Berklee College of Music. Recently noted, Ali is currently on tour with Jonas Brothers, in which he performed the “Greetings From Your Hometown” ‘25 North American Tour, as well as wrapping up the ‘26 South America Spring Tour. While not on the road, Ali continues to perform regularly in the Philadelphia area, as he continues aspirations to travel the world sharing his gift of music.

Right now on our Spring/Summer ‘26 menu: Mango Sticky Rice, made of Coconut Tahini Washed Rittenhouse Rye, Mango & Toas...
05/27/2026

Right now on our Spring/Summer ‘26 menu: Mango Sticky Rice, made of Coconut Tahini Washed Rittenhouse Rye, Mango & Toasted Rice Cordial, and Peychaud’s Bitters. It’s nutty, it’s got a tropical fruit vibe, it’s everywhere you wanna be.

Available Tuesdays through Sundays, with complimentary sounds on the hifi always.

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Our mission: To get people together to listen to records.®️
05/26/2026

Our mission: To get people together to listen to records.®️

New happy hour dropped babe 😎
05/18/2026

New happy hour dropped babe 😎

This Thursday night, for the first time ever, plays yacht soul, the genre that influenced yacht rock, everything in bet...
05/18/2026

This Thursday night, for the first time ever, plays yacht soul, the genre that influenced yacht rock, everything in between, and after. Do attend!

Our mission: To get people together to listen to records.®️

🎟️ tickets available now via 🔗 in bio 🎟️ Join us, won’t you, for this month’s edition of Folk City, where we will go dee...
05/12/2026

🎟️ tickets available now via 🔗 in bio 🎟️

Join us, won’t you, for this month’s edition of Folk City, where we will go deep on this most deep of Dylan albums AND feature on the 48 Record Bar stage, Philadelphia LEGEND . Do get advance tickets as this will sell out.

About Folk City at 48 Record Bar: Hosted by acclaimed singer-songwriter John Train, Folk City is 48RB’s monthly excursion into folk, blues and roots music from both sides of the Atlantic — played on records of course, but also in live performance. Join us on the last Wednesdays of each month for this totally unique foray in the roots and future of songwriting!

🎟️ Tickets available now via 🔗 in bio! 🎟️Join us for this celebration of the 112th year of Sun Ra’s arrival on our plane...
05/11/2026

🎟️ Tickets available now via 🔗 in bio! 🎟️

Join us for this celebration of the 112th year of Sun Ra’s arrival on our planet. John Pettit will be selecting Sun Ra and Sun Ra affiliated music (Other Arkestra members, Sun Ra influences, covers, etc.), and poet Ursula Rucker will be doing a reading. Silent, archival footage of Sun Ra and the Arkestra will be projected on loop throughout the evening as well.

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48 S. 2nd Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106

Opening Hours

Wednesday 5pm - 2am
Thursday 5pm - 2am
Friday 5pm - 2am
Saturday 5pm - 2am
Sunday 5pm - 2am

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