‘The Vampire Lestat’ Episode 6 Release Date and Streaming Time Confirmed as the Montreal Chapter Approaches

AMC’s gothic rock drama is closing in on the back half of its first season, and fans tracking ‘The Vampire Lestat’ now have a firm date for the next chapter of Lestat’s story. Episode 6, titled “Montreal,” continues the tour narrative that has defined the season, and viewers finally know exactly when and how to catch it.

The series, which reimagines Lestat de Lioncourt’s rise as both a rock star and a reluctant vampire icon, has kept a strict weekly cadence since its debut. That consistency has made the release calendar one of the most searched pieces of information around the show as it heads toward its finale.

Vampire Lestat Episode 6 Release Date and Time

Episode 6 of ‘The Vampire Lestat,’ titled “Montreal,” is scheduled to air on Sunday, July 12, 2026, according to Rotten Tomatoes listings for the season. This keeps the show on the same weekly Sunday pattern it has followed since its premiere.

For streaming, AMC+ subscribers can access new episodes early, with releases dropping at 12 a.m. PT and 3 a.m. ET on the scheduled Sunday, while the cable broadcast on AMC airs later that evening at 9 p.m. ET and 8 p.m. CT, as reported by Comic Basics. That gap between the streaming drop and the linear television airing has become a familiar rhythm for viewers who prefer not to wait for primetime.

The series premiered on June 7, 2026, and has stuck to this same release structure for every episode so far, according to MovieWeb. Unlike some recent streaming debuts that dropped multiple episodes at once, ‘The Vampire Lestat’ opted for a traditional weekly format across its seven episode season.

AMC+ is also available to international audiences in select territories including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, and India, per Comic Basics, though a broader worldwide premiere time has not been formally announced for viewers outside those regions and the United States.

The Montreal Chapter Picks Up the Tour

Episode 6 follows directly from “New York,” in which Lestat’s band recorded their album while Louis de Pointe du Lac quietly reached a turning point of his own. According to Comic Book Club’s recap of episode 5, the hour ended with the tour set to move north, with the story shifting toward Montreal, a location tied to Hingston Avenue in the show’s continuity.

Rotten Tomatoes lists the general season synopsis for episode 6 as Lestat continuing to set his own story straight, in his words, by keeping the band and tour moving forward. A more detailed scene by scene description for the episode has not yet been published ahead of its air date.

The season has followed a loose city naming pattern for most of its episodes, tracing the band’s stops from Detroit through Toledo, Toronto, and New York. That structure has given the season the feel of a literal tour diary, with each stop carrying its own emotional fallout for Lestat and the people around him.

Recaps of earlier episodes note that tensions among the band, entanglements involving Lestat’s mother Gabriella, and the looming presence of Akasha, the Queen of the Damned, have all been building steadily. Those threads are expected to keep tightening as the season moves through its final stretch.

Season Finale and Remaining Schedule

After “Montreal,” only one episode remains. The season finale is set to air on July 19, 2026, closing out the seven episode run, according to both Rotten Tomatoes and Comic Book Club’s published schedule. The finale’s official title, listed in some episode guides as “The Failures,” matches the recurring name of the in-universe album framing device used throughout Lestat’s narration.

The full run of the season has moved on a predictable weekly schedule since its start, beginning with “Detroit” on June 7 and continuing through “Toledo,” “Toronto,” “The Devil’s Road,” and “New York” before arriving at “Montreal” and the finale.

Detailed plot specifics for the finale have not been released publicly as of this writing, with most outlets listing the episode’s description as still to be announced.

Where to Stream New Episodes

‘The Vampire Lestat’ is the retitled third season of AMC’s ‘Interview with the Vampire,’ a shift that showrunner Rolin Jones announced at San Diego Comic Con 2025, according to Comic Basics. The plan going forward is to name each future season after the corresponding Anne Rice novel it adapts.

The show is streaming on AMC+ and also airing on the AMC cable network, with the current cast led by Sam Reid as Lestat, Jacob Anderson as Louis, Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy, and Delainey Hayles, alongside newer additions Jennifer Ehle, Sheila Atim, and Christopher Heyerdahl, per epguides.

A companion aftershow called ‘The Vampire Lestat: After Dark,’ hosted by Lizzie Bassett, releases weekly on AMC+ alongside the main episodes and later becomes available on audio platforms including Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The series is also part of AMC’s broader shared universe built around Anne Rice’s novels, which includes ‘Mayfair Witches’ and the upcoming ‘Talamasca: The Secret Order.’

Filming for the season wrapped in Toronto on October 23, 2025, ahead of the show’s summer premiere, according to the Vampire Chronicles Fandom wiki.

With only two episodes left before the season closes the book on this stretch of Lestat’s story, which thread are you most eager to see resolved when the tour finally reaches its end in Montreal and beyond.