By now the staff at Love Garden is in busy mode getting ready for Record Store Day, an annual event that draws music aficionados to local record stores across the country.

RSD is this Saturday and features loads of exclusive releases. Love Garden set up an event page on Facebook and says they’ll send out an email the night before detailing all the RSD merchandise they’ll have in stock. You can sign up for the email list over at www.lovegardensounds.com. They’ll also post those items on the Facebook event page and take your questions online.

There will be some perks for those hitting the downtown store on Saturday. If you spend $50 or more there, you’ll get a credit slip for 10 percent of your ticket subtotal to use on a future visit. Additionally, Love Garden merchandise (T-shirts, hoodies, bags, etc.) will be 25 percent off on RSD.

If you’re lining up for the event on Saturday, employees will hand out numbers to people waiting in line before they open. The order of those numbers determines who gets their hands on exclusive items first. The store is allowing each person to grab five items to purchase from the exclusives table.

Whether you end up grabbing loads of music or just browsing, it’s a fun community event for music lovers. Waiting in line hardly feels like a chore, as most attendees tend to excitedly chat about their various tastes in music.

— Fally Afani is a freelance writer and editor of I Heart Local Music. She enjoys long walks, photography and rock and roll. She does not like cats, but makes exceptions for the ones at Love Garden. For more local music coverage, visit iheartlocalmusic.com.