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Camp Rock 3 is officially heading back to Disney Channel and Disney+ this August, with Disney revealing the release month in a newly shared poster for the long-awaited threequel.

The new image shows a leather jacket with the Camp Rock 3 logo, confirming that the next chapter in the beloved Disney Channel Original Movie franchise will premiere later this summer. Until now, Disney had only confirmed a summer 2026 release window.

The film brings Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas and Kevin Jonas back as Connect 3, with the Jonas Brothers also executive producing alongside Demi Lovato. While Lovato is not currently listed as returning on screen, her involvement as an executive producer gives the project a full-circle connection to the original films, even if teenage us are still quietly holding out hope for a Mitchie Torres cameo somewhere along the way.

Image credit: © Disney, via @camprockmovie / Instagram

Camp Rock 3 picks up when Connect 3 lose their opening act for a major reunion tour and return to Camp Rock to find the next big thing. As a new generation of campers compete for the chance to open for the band, friendships are tested, tensions rise and, because this is still Camp Rock, there will naturally be revelations, romances and at least one emotionally dramatic musical number.

The new cast includes Liamani Segura as Sage, Hudson Stone as Desi, Malachi Barton as Fletch, Lumi Pollack as Rosie, Casey Trotter as Cliff, Brooklynn Pitts as Callie and Ava Jean as Madison. Sherry Cola also joins the franchise as Lark, while Maria Canals-Barrera returns as Connie.

Directed by Veronica Rodriguez and written by Eydie Faye, the film is produced by Disney Branded Television, with choreography by Jamal Sims. Tim Federle, best known for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, also executive produces.

The original Camp Rock premiered in 2008, followed by Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam in 2010, with both films becoming major Disney Channel favourites and compulsory viewing for anyone who once forced their entire family to sit through them on repeat (definitely not speaking from experience). More than 15 years later, the franchise is returning with a new class of campers, a reunion-tour hook and enough nostalgia to send an entire generation straight back to their Disney Channel era.

For CultureCues, the August reveal is the real update here, but let’s be honest, the poster alone is enough to activate every dormant Camp Rock lyric stored somewhere in the back of our brains. Returning to camp? This is real. This is exactly where we’re supposed to be. Ready to rock? Very much so. Let’s go rockers!

Camp Rock 3 premieres this August on Disney Channel and Disney+.