I would never have moved if we didn’t have to, but it’s been amazing to start fresh. On April 23rd, Cactus Records and Gifts, like thousands of independent shops around the globe, will celebrate Record Store Day, but if you head to downtown Bozeman in search of this audiophile hoedown, you won’t find it the party has moved a couple of miles west.Ĭactus Records and Gifts, a downtown institution for half a century, was forced to move when its iconic space at 29 West Main was put on sale for an asking price roughly equivalent to the total cost of 65,000 Olivia Rodrigo records.Īs tourists sighed and locals cried at the news of Cactus’ departure, long-time owner Mike “Bueno” Good and his devoted staff have moved thousands of records, t-shirts, stickers, posters, incense burners, and miscellaneous “weirdo store” paraphernalia to the store’s new home at 2742 West Main, between the Montana Science Center and Rook’s Games, across the street from the Gallatin Valley Mall.Īsked to describe moving the store he has owned for more than 20 years, Bueno quipped, March, after executing the record store equivalent of Hannibal marching elephants over the Alps, the new Cactus doors were unlocked for the shop’s “soft opening,” with MSU students and long-time regulars streaming in to shop used CDs out of unpacked boxes and once again score their vinyl fixes from the reincarnated store-in-progress.Ĭactus General Manager Michal Madeline described the move as “… a kick in the complacency.
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