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    How the World Celebrated Stranger Things Day

    Friends don’t lie: The fans brought it.

    By Tara Bitran
    Nov. 26, 2025

Stranger Things Day 2022 was one for the Hawkins High School yearbook, as fans from around the world came out to celebrate all things Stranger Things on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The date serves as an annual reminder of the day Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) went missing in 1983 in the series premiere.

Not only did fans celebrate online by changing their Netflix profile icons to Season 4 characters (EddieVecna or Argyle, anyone?), attending the Roblox watch party for the episode that started it all, “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers,” or shopping the latest Stranger Things merch and special collections –– but also attended screenings across North America to see Season 4, Volume 2 in theaters for the first time ever.

Fans dressed up as their favorite characters (some even learned to sew to make their outfits!) and participated in costume contests, trivia and special giveaways ahead of the showtimes. Check out these photos of the honorary Hawkins gang below:

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A fan dressed as Max at the New York City screening before reiterating that Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” is the song that would save her from Vecna.
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“Chrissy, wake up!” Fans at the Tudum Theater in Los Angeles
Vecna and Eddie, ready to rock the Cleveland screening of Volume 2
Stranger Things Day takes the Paris Theatre in New York City.
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Fans were truly “the heart” of the New York City screening of Volume 2.
Max and Erica were “Leaving Hawkins” at the Tudum Theater in Los Angeles.
Guests celebrated all seasons of Stranger Things at the Miami screening, from wearing Eddie and Argyle’s signature shirts from Season 4 to Eleven’s statement jumpsuit from Season 3.
Special Stranger Things Day popcorn at the ready for guests at the Paris Theatre in New York City
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No Dart sightings for Steve and Dustin in Philadelphia.
A fan holds her artfully recreated Demogorgon head at the Stranger Things Day screening in Toronto.
The (D&D) party assembles before the Dallas screening.
Chrissy and Eddie, together again in Chicago
One fan had their Joyce Byers–approved blanket ready for the Stranger Things Day screening in Miami.
A full house at the Tudum Theater in Los Angeles
Guests bracing themselves to watch Episodes 8 and 9 of Season 4 in New York City
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Singing “The NeverEnding Story” at the Stranger Things Day screening in Dallas
Fans came dressed as everyone’s favorite Stranger Things bromance, Steve and Dustin, in their outfits from Season 3 at the Tudum Theater in Los Angeles.
Billy the Butcher’s specialty Stranger Things Day art on screen at the Tudum Theater in Los Angeles before the main event.
It was Eddie mania at the Tudum Theater in Los Angeles.
Stranger Things fans in Cleveland, dressed in costumes ranging from Joyce and Murray in Season 4 to Robin’s Scoops Ahoy uniform from Season 3
Max levitates at the Stranger Things Day screening in New York City, cassette player on hand.
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Behold, Steddie at the New York City screening for Stranger Things Day.
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Meet the Hawkins High School cheerleading squad, here to bring the pep to the Stranger Things Day screening in Phoenix.

But the party isn’t over –– in D&D or IRL

Just because Nov. 6 has come and gone doesn’t mean that you can’t keep your Hawkins spirit alive while you wait for Season 5. Here are all the ways you can honor your beloved party in the meantime, or, at least until next year’s Stranger Things Day:

- Get tickets for Stranger Things: The Experience in a city near you (and if none are around, you can request that they pop up in your city!).

- Form a Dungeons & Dragons party. But we’ll let you debate who will be Dungeon Master.

- Stock up on your favorite Stranger Things collectibles globally at the Netflix Shop, Stranger Things: The Official Store, and more here.

- Play Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales and find out how to unlock Eddie Munson in the game, here.

- Rewatch every season of Stranger Things, especially Season 4 for clues about the lore of the Upside Down that the Duffers say are to be unearthed in Season 5.

- Theorize about the meaning behind the episode title for the premiere of Season 5: “The Crawl.”

- Make Eggos, preferably stacked and lathered with whipped cream and chocolate chips (jelly beans optional).

- Learn the “Master of Puppets” guitar solo. Although, let’s hope you’re not shredding in the face of hundreds of Demobats hurtling your way.

Nerds, this one’s for you.

On Nov. 6, 1983, Will Byers went missing in Hawkins, Indiana. Long after the town gave up the search, his friends kept looking... and discovered a mysterious girl known only by a number: Eleven. She was alone, hunted and extremely powerful. Eleven would stop at nothing to help them find their friend. Today, Stranger Things fans everywhere celebrate Nov. 6 as Stranger Things Day, a special day to share their love for the series. 

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