Steve Donald drove from Columbia to shop at the show. The 65-year-old already had about nine records to take home — though he was only halfway through his tour of the room — and he was feeling nostalgic.

He had found an album from New Riders of the Purple Sage, something he’d listened to when he was 20. Another was from Toni Childs, an artist he only has on CD.

He said he loved seeing vinyls have a resurgence.

“I have my old stereo, same turntable, the same amplifier, and it’s just fun to use it again,” Donald said.

Stephen Gritzan, owner of Iris Records in Jersey City, New Jersey, is the organizer of the Record Riot shows. He’s been doing them since 2008, and the show spans across eight states, he said.

It’s gratifying to see people from all walks of life gathering for a love for music, he said. He especially loves it when he sees younger people getting excited about vinyls.

“Everyone is excited to be around other people talking about music, sharing their passion for music, and rediscovering what life was like 30 years ago when there wasn’t so much to do,” he said.

And the turnout on Saturday was exceptional, he said. About 125 people bought tickets for the show beforehand, he said, but hundreds more were paying at the door.

Ten-year-old Olivia Hyatt got a record player for Christmas, so the show was a chance for her to start cultivating her collection. She was with her father, Jacob Hyatt. Her brother was roaming somewhere else in the building, looking for his own vinyls.

Hyatt said he was excited to see his kids getting into records. He said the physical aspect of the records helped them get more invested in the music, as opposed to getting out their phones and using a streaming service.

“It’s a whole experience, coming into something like this, having to really dig in and look for what you’re after,” he said.

Steve Kronberg was selling records in bright yellow bins on Saturday. He’s been selling at various shows for three to four years.

Kronberg likes rock, but became a jazz and soul convert once he got into records. It’s something he wouldn’t have discovered otherwise, he said. As a seller, he also hopes the growing love for vinyls isn’t just a trend.

“I’m not sure if, with the younger crowd, if it’s a fad that’s going to go away,” he said, “or if it’s here to stay.”

Taylor Harbison had come to Frederick from Hanover, Pennsylvania, to look for records from the bands X, Bad Brains, Nirvana and Scream. She loves punk rock, especially punk rock that spans from the 60s to the 90s, she said.

Harbison, 29, said she grew up listening to vinyls and CDs. Listening to music with something like Spotify can be great, she said, if you’re not trying to commit to an artist or band, but she loves how music can become tangible with a vinyl.

She enjoys reading the dust jackets and the inserts, to see how the songs were created, who the producers were and what the story was behind an album. You don’t have that with digital streaming, she said.

“You lose a lot of that physical media,” she said. “You just know it as a song.”