Miami's indie record store, event space, and coffee shop! Visit us in person at 5505 NE 2nd Ave in Little Haiti and online at sweatrecordsmiami.com
"An important and irreplaceable cultural hub for the city." -New Times "Miami's beating heart for youth culture" -SPIN Sweat’s bricks-and-mortar location is at 5505 NE 2nd Ave. We’re next door to Churchill’s Pub on NE 55th St. and NE 2nd Ave., just a few blocks west of Biscayne Boulevard. Look for the purple-and-aqua awning and the mural of our musical heroes – you can’t miss us. Store hours are noon to 10pm Monday through Saturday and noon to 5pm Sunday, excluding major holidays (and if say, Morrissey comes to town).
I had a lot of experience in the local music industry and really wanted there to be a store Finally one day I just had a why don't I do it moment. I'm the founder and co-owner of Sweat Records in Little Haiti in Miami, Florida. I always loved record stores. Even from a young age I would go in and look through everyt I always wanted Miami to sort of have t Indie record shops are part of the souls of communities in a way that corporate chains just cannot be. When I worked in a corporate store our music buyers were in a different city on a different coast and they didn't know what people here listened to. Record stores do a lot more for their community in general than just sell t For instance we partner with lots of other local organizations. We have an all ages event space where we host shows and screenings and talks and things We've had just some amazing interactions and new friends The fact that we are this brick and mortar, this real place that people can go feel It really is If that wasn't part of it why would we even do t We're definitely going to make a lot of changes going forward. Everybody has to. Once live events are a possibility again w After 15 years in a city We've stuck it out. We've been here. We've thrown over 800 events since we started. If that doesn't make us part of the scene not
