The Music Exchange

The Music Exchange was an independent record shop in Nottingham, UK. They first opened in 2009, selling donated second-hand CDs and DVDs in a small shop in the West End Arcade, and later moved into a larger shop situated in the heart of Nottingham’s Creative Quarter, Hockley. It closed in 2016. They were also a social enterprise, staffed by volunteers from vulnerable backgrounds. During their run, they received national recognition from The Observer, The Independent, The Telegraph, N.M.E and The Guardian as well as being nominated as The Music Week Independent of the year for two years running. They were a finalist of Nottingham’s ‘Independent of the Year’ Awards, 2014 and in 2015 were nominated as one of the 20 best small shops in the country by the All Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group.