Amazon Prime Day 2022 is almost here! The dates have now been officially confirmed by Amazon (opens in new tab) as Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 July. If you’re a musician looking for a bargain, Prime Day is a brilliant opportunity to pick up great music making gear on a budget.
For the uninitiated, outside of Black Friday, Amazon Prime Day is Amazon's biggest sales event of the year where you can pick up bargains on everything from smart speakers and headphones to a whole host of music making gear, from electric guitars and acoustic guitar strings, to laptops for music production, external hard drives and beyond.
Outside of Amazon, there are usually some killer Prime Day-beating music deals happening elsewhere too, whether that's at Thomann (opens in new tab), Guitar Center (opens in new tab), Sweetwater (opens in new tab) and Waves (opens in new tab).
As always, we'll be keeping an eye out for the best Prime Day deals on music gear over the coming days and weeks, helping you find your dream gear for less and making your budget go that little bit further. You'll often find early deals launching ahead of the event - like 4 months free Amazon Music Unlimited (opens in new tab), see below for full details - so you may not need to wait until 12/13 July to bag a bargain.
On this page you'll find all the latest Prime Day info, including what Prime Day is and our top tips for shopping.
Prime Day music deals: Quick links
There are no official Prime Day deals around just yet, but these are the places to find music gear bargains right now:
- Amazon: Today's top deals and early Prime Day offers (opens in new tab)
- Thomann: All the hottest deals, in one place (opens in new tab)
- Guitar Center: Gear up to gig with money off live gear (opens in new tab)
- Musician's Friend: Up to 60% off guitar accessories in electric guitar month (opens in new tab)
- Sweetwater: Stock up on sticks, heads and more in the Drum Month sale (opens in new tab)
- Waves: Analogue plugins and bundles from just $29.99 (opens in new tab)
- Plugin Boutique: Huge discounts on Eventide, Native Instruments and more (opens in new tab)
- Positive Grid: Save big on the Spark amp and Bias software (opens in new tab)
- IK Multimedia: Bag 53 products for the price of 1! (opens in new tab)
- Native Instruments: Shop the sounds of summer sale - up to 50% off (opens in new tab)
When is Prime Day 2022?
Prime Day has traditionally always taken place in July. But of course, the last couple of years have been anything but traditional. In 2020 Prime Day was delayed, kicking off much later than normal, on 13 and 14 October. It delivered 48 hours of fantastic offers, with Amazon delivering over 1 million deals in that period.
Last year's Prime Day moved back to the more traditional mid-summer dates, landing on 21 and 22 June. For 2022, the Prime Day music deals will land on Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 July. So yes, you read that right, Amazon Prime Day has now become a two day event!
For more information you can also check out Amazon's own Prime Day hub page (opens in new tab).
Do you need an Amazon Prime membership?
To take advantage of the Prime Day music deals on Amazon itself, the answer is yes. If you’ve never been a Prime member before, Amazon often offers free trials (right now you can sign up for a 30-day free trial (opens in new tab)), so you could be tactical and sign up just before the event, then cancel your subscription once you’ve bagged a bargain.
If you’re a regular Amazon shopper you might want to keep hold of that subscription though. Prime members get faster delivery, exclusive deals, access to Prime Music, Prime Video and more.
If you've already had a free trial, at the time of writing, a monthly Amazon Prime subscription costs $14.99/£7.99 (which you can cancel at any time) and a yearly option is $139/£79.
There's also a student plan that currently costs $7.49/£3.99 per month or $69/£39 per year.
Where to find the best Prime Day music deals
With such a huge uptake in music gear over the last couple of years, we’d like to think that Amazon will cater to this huge wave of new musicians and lapsed players who have returned to playing, with a bumper run of Prime Day music deals. We'll keep you updated on this as soon as we hear any news.
We’d certainly recommend bookmarking this page and checking in regularly during the lead up to the event – we’ll be sharing the best Prime Day music deals right on this page.
Prime Day deals on Amazon products
With Prime Day being an Amazon invention, naturally it's the time to make big savings on Amazon's own products. So, if you're in the market for an Amazon Echo, Ring video doorbell or other smart device, then Prime Day is you chance to score big discounts. Echos are consistently some of the biggest-selling products around Prime Day.
We're also hoping to see the prices drop on the ace-sounding Amazon Echo Studio speaker, right down to the compact Echo Dot. Last year Amazon was even giving away smart speaker bundles that included free subscriptions to their Music Unlimited streaming service. Fingers crossed for more of that good stuff in 2022.
Will other stores be hosting Prime Day music deals?
Last year, in addition to the music deals rearing their heads on Amazon, there were music gear discounts to be had from the likes of Fender Play (opens in new tab), Musician’s Friend (opens in new tab), Sweetwater (opens in new tab) and Guitar Center (opens in new tab), plus Walmart (opens in new tab) and Best Buy (opens in new tab) covering everything from beginner acoustic guitars, to guitar wireless systems. We’re hoping to see more activity from the big music retailers in 2022, plus more deals from software brands and companies who sell direct.
We've been chatting to some of our music industry pals and there are certainly rumours doing the rounds that there will be more offers coming from non-Amazon brands this year than ever before.
The main event might have been created by Amazon, but it's not exclusive to Amazon anymore. The buzz around Prime Day gets people in the mood for a bargain, and the big retailers know this, so will no doubt be cooking up their own music deals too.