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Free ‘Stranger Things’ season 5 fan screenings are coming to London next week

Prep your ’80s fancy dress for episode 1 in Leicester Square

Phil de Semlyen
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Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix | STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025
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The final part of the final season of Stranger Things doesn’t hit Netflix until November 27, but a few lucky fans will be able to get in really early on the return to Hawkins. 

Netflix has announced two free fan screenings of episode 1 on Thursday, November 13 – a full two weeks before the show hits the platform: 

  • Screening 1: Doors open 9.30pm; screening starts 10.15pm
  • Screening 2: Doors open midnight; screening starts 12.30am

Fans are encouraged to ‘embrace the “Fall of 1987”’ by dressing in ’80s-inspired get-up for the screenings. 

Tickets are free but extremely limited, so move fast, hit the link here and add the promo code ST5FANS to register.

Look, too, for more news of a more mysterious London ‘fan activation’ in December. Previous seasons have kicked off with all sorts of pop-ups and tie-ins (Demogorgon pizza, anyone?), but this one looks like another level of immersive.

Watch this space for more details, and keep an eye on @NetflixUK on Insta.

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What happens in Stranger Things season 5?

The final season of the Duffer brothers’ monster hit show picks up the story in the fall of 1987. ‘Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna,’ runs the official synopsis. ‘... 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.’

When is Stranger Things Season 5 Released in the UK?

The final season hits Netflix in three parts, each launching at 1am GMT: volume 1 lands on November 27; volume 2 hits on December 26; and the finale arrives on January 1.

Stranger Things has revealed the season 5 UK premiere date – and confirmed fan events in London.

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