diff --git a/go/arrow/internal/arrdata/ioutil.go b/go/arrow/internal/arrdata/ioutil.go
index 7065f64b503..33aab24bb3c 100644
--- a/go/arrow/internal/arrdata/ioutil.go
+++ b/go/arrow/internal/arrdata/ioutil.go
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 package arrdata // import "github.com/apache/arrow/go/arrow/internal/arrdata"
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/apache/arrow/go/arrow"
@@ -59,6 +61,54 @@ func CheckArrowFile(t *testing.T, f *os.File, mem memory.Allocator, schema *arro
 
 }
 
+func CheckArrowConcurrentFile(t *testing.T, f *os.File, mem memory.Allocator, schema *arrow.Schema, recs []array.Record) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	_, err := f.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	r, err := ipc.NewFileReader(f, ipc.WithSchema(schema), ipc.WithAllocator(mem))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer r.Close()
+
+	var g sync.WaitGroup
+	errs := make(chan error, r.NumRecords())
+	checkRecord := func(i int) {
+		defer g.Done()
+		rec, err := r.RecordAt(i)
+		if err != nil {
+			errs <- fmt.Errorf("could not read record %d: %v", i, err)
+			return
+		}
+		if !array.RecordEqual(rec, recs[i]) {
+			errs <- fmt.Errorf("records[%d] differ", i)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < r.NumRecords(); i++ {
+		g.Add(1)
+		go checkRecord(i)
+	}
+
+	g.Wait()
+	close(errs)
+
+	for err := range errs {
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = r.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 // CheckArrowStream checks whether a given ARROW stream contains the expected list of records.
 func CheckArrowStream(t *testing.T, f *os.File, mem memory.Allocator, schema *arrow.Schema, recs []array.Record) {
 	t.Helper()
diff --git a/go/arrow/ipc/file_reader.go b/go/arrow/ipc/file_reader.go
index 961803b33ef..cf324482018 100644
--- a/go/arrow/ipc/file_reader.go
+++ b/go/arrow/ipc/file_reader.go
@@ -244,6 +244,23 @@ func (f *FileReader) Close() error {
 // The returned value is valid until the next call to Record.
 // Users need to call Retain on that Record to keep it valid for longer.
 func (f *FileReader) Record(i int) (array.Record, error) {
+	record, err := f.RecordAt(i)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if f.record != nil {
+		f.record.Release()
+	}
+
+	f.record = record
+	return record, nil
+}
+
+// Record returns the i-th record from the file. Ownership is transferred to the
+// caller and must call Release() to free the memory. This method is safe to
+// call concurrently.
+func (f *FileReader) RecordAt(i int) (array.Record, error) {
 	if i < 0 || i > f.NumRecords() {
 		panic("arrow/ipc: record index out of bounds")
 	}
@@ -271,12 +288,7 @@ func (f *FileReader) Record(i int) (array.Record, error) {
 		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("arrow/ipc: message %d is not a Record", i)
 	}
 
-	if f.record != nil {
-		f.record.Release()
-	}
-
-	f.record = newRecord(f.schema, msg.meta, bytes.NewReader(msg.body.Bytes()))
-	return f.record, nil
+	return newRecord(f.schema, msg.meta, bytes.NewReader(msg.body.Bytes())), nil
 }
 
 // Read reads the current record from the underlying stream and an error, if any.
diff --git a/go/arrow/ipc/file_test.go b/go/arrow/ipc/file_test.go
index 8c5d515ba5e..d0ef9605e61 100644
--- a/go/arrow/ipc/file_test.go
+++ b/go/arrow/ipc/file_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func TestFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 			arrdata.WriteFile(t, f, mem, recs[0].Schema(), recs)
 			arrdata.CheckArrowFile(t, f, mem, recs[0].Schema(), recs)
+			arrdata.CheckArrowConcurrentFile(t, f, mem, recs[0].Schema(), recs)
 		})
 	}
 }