INGLEWOOD, Calif. − “Stranger Things” stars Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin and Finn Wolfhard took a trip down memory lane before revealing the date fans have been waiting nearly three years for.

Netflix announced at its Tudum 2025 live fan event on May 31 that the show’s final season will be released in three parts later this fall.

Schnapp, 20, McLaughlin, 23, and Wolfhard, 22, shared their fondest memories from “Stranger Things” from when the show first hit Netflix on July 15, 2016. Their co-stars Gaten Matarazzo, 22, and Millie Bobby Brown, 21, made a sweet appearance via pre-recorded messages.

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The boys then went through the final VHS tape, which included the Season 5 teaser fans have been waiting for.

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“I think about that night all the time,” begins the trailer, which shows Joyce Byers (Wynona Ryder) with her son, Will (Schnapp). “The night it came for you … the night all of this started.”

The first minute or so of the teaser looks back at the show’s major moments − including those famous Christmas lights, the night Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) was found and the gang’s journeys into the Upside Down. In the final minute, we see what Will, his friends and the rest of Hawkins, Indiana, are up against with the big bad Vecna.

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Netflix Tudum 2025: The Live Event celebrated the streamer’s biggest shows, including the fans who make all the magic happen.

Star-studded casts from “Wednesday,” “Happy Gilmore 2,” “One Piece,” “Outer Banks,” “Ginny & Georgia” and other popular shows hit the red carpet and then made their way inside the Kia Forum for an epic lineup of trailer showcases and other major reveals, including Lady Gaga’s guest role in “Wednesday.”

Here’s what we know about “Stranger Things 5.”

When will new ‘Stranger Things’ episodes come out?

The series’ eight final episodes, “Stranger Things 5,” will stream this fall, surrounding major holidays.

Four episodes will premiere as “Volume 1” on November 26, Thanksgiving eve. Three more episodes, “Volume 2,” will hit Netflix on Christmas Day.

Each volume releases at 8 p.m. ET/5 PT, according to Netflix.

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When is the ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 finale?

After Christmas Day, Netflix will give fans a week to recover before dropping the finale.

The ending everyone’s been waiting for (or dreading) will come on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2025.

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What’s ‘Stranger Things 5’ about?

Season 5 of “Stranger Things” begins with a time jump to the fall of 1987 after Hawkins sees the effects of the opening of the Rifts. Will, Mike, Lucas and the rest of the gang are on a mission to find and kill Vecna, whose whereabouts and plans are unknown.

“Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding,” reads Netflix’s show’s synopsis. “As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread.”

“The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.”

Who’s returning to ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5?

Here’s who’s coming back to the small screen for Season 5 of “Stranger Things”:

• Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers)
• David Harbour (Jim Hopper)
• Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven)
• Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler)
• Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson)
• Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair)
• Noah Schnapp (Will Byers)
• Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield)
• Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler)
• Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers)
• Joe Keery (Steve Harrington)
• Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley)
• Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair)
• Brett Gelman (Murray)
• Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna)
• Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler)
• Amybeth McNulty (Vickie)

New faces in Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Season 5 will include:

• Nell Fisher (Holly Wheeler)
• Jake Connelly (Derek Turnbow)
• Alex Breaux (Lt. Akers)
• Linda Hamilton (Dr. Kay)