The March 2026 No Kings protests (also called No Kings 3 and No Kings Day 3.0) were a group of coordinated protests that took place on March 28, 2026. They were part of a series of demonstrations in the United States to protest the actions and policies of the second Trump administration, including the 2026 Iran war, democratic backsliding, suppression of the Epstein files, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations that led to shootings by immigration agents, most notably the killings of Renée Good, Keith Porter, and Alex Pretti. The organizers claim the protests included more than 3,300 organized events across the country that drew a combined estimated eight to nine million protestors. It was the largest single-day protest in American history.
The March 28 protests were preceded by No Kings protests in June and October 2025, a general strike in Minnesota on January 23 in response to Operation Metro Surge, and a larger strike across the U.S. on January 30, and were coordinated by Indivisible and 50501, joined by various groups and organizations, including Third Act Movement and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
When the protests were originally scheduled in response to the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti in January 2026, organizers described them as being opposed to immigration policies and authoritarianism of the Trump administration. After the 2026 Iran war began, organizers also described the protests as including opposition to "senseless war".
Over 3,300 events took place in the United States nationwide. A virtual protest also took place for those with disabilities or for those individuals who were unable to attend a live in person protest.
Organizers said two-thirds of the RSVPs for protest events came from outside of major urban centers, including in conservative-leaning states like Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, South Dakota and Louisiana, as well as swing states like Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona. While most activities took place in the United States, some events were planned in Australia, Costa Rica, Europe, Canada, and Japan by a number of American expatriate organisations such as Democrats Abroad. In France, various grassroot movements joined the protests in most of France's major cities. Local French organizations that joined in included Indivisible Paris and La Digue. On the same day, protests took place in Thailand against the involvement of the United States in the ongoing war in Iran.
22 demonstrations took place in Alabama, featuring thousands of protesters, including 700 in Auburn, 7,000 in Birmingham, 200 in Jacksonville, 1,000 at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, and 700 in Tuscaloosa.
About 25 protests were held in Alaska, some in below-freezing temperatures, including in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, Kotzebue, Homer, and Juneau.
70 events were planned in Arizona, including more than two dozen in Phoenix, 15 in Tucson, and others in Yuma, Bullhead City, Kayenta, and Douglas. Nine protests were scheduled in Yavapai and Mohave, the state's most Republican-leaning counties. Rep. Yassamin Ansari spoke to a crowd of 2,000 at the downtown Phoenix federal courthouse in heat.
19 cities held protests in Arkansas including the Democratic strongholds of Fayetteville and Little Rock, where thousands marched across the Broadway Bridge and continued to a Community Connect fair with over 30 organizations, designed to encourage protestors to plug into their local communities and enact long-term change through community-building and volunteering. Protests were held in Republican majority areas as well.
41 demonstrations were planned in Los Angeles County. Police fired tear gas and pepper balls at protestors outside the Metropolitan detention center in Los Angeles and arrested 70 people.
More than twenty protests were scheduled in San Diego County. Police estimated 40,000 protesters marched in downtown San Diego Crowd estimates in other parts of the county: Carlsbad (14,000), Rancho Bernardo (6,000), Escondido (3,000), El Cajon (2,700), La Mesa (2,000), Mira Mesa (2,000), Otay Mesa (2,000+), Carmel Valley (2,000), Vista (1,500), Oceanside (1,000), La Jolla (1,000), San Marcos (800), Chula Vista (500), Ramona (400+), Fallbrook (300), Ruocco Park (300), Ocean Beach (300), Borrego Springs (300), Valley Center (180) and Julian (70).
Over 10,000 protesters assembled outside of the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, making it the largest protest gathering at the site.
Dozens of gatherings, with participants numbering in the thousands, took place in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thousands of protesters assembled at Ocean Beach to form a human banner spelling out "TRUMP MUST GO NOW!"
About 80 protests were planned in Colorado, including in Denver. Other protests took place in Rocky Ford, Fort Collins, Pueblo, Littleton, La Junta, Colorado Springs, Lafayette, Durango, and Superior.
Thousands of people protested in Connecticut in 50 locations statewide. Rallies occurred in places such as Glastonbury, Middletown, New Britain, Westport and New Haven, where Connecticut attorney general William Tong spoke. Senator Richard Blumenthal, and Governor Ned Lamont spoke at a rally in Hartford.
There were multiple protests planned in Delaware, including one that took place in Wilmington where Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, Senator Chris Coons and Rep. Sarah McBride spoke. Other events took place in Rehoboth Beach, Bethany Beach, Dagsboro, Milford, Dover and Newark.
There were protests in Florida, including several in Miami Dade County, Cocoa, and Palm Beach County. Republican consultant Ana Navarro and Dem Rep. for Maryland Jamie Raskin spoke in Tropical Park, in Miami-Dade County. The No Kings rally in Little Havana, in the heart of Miami, featured multiple community activists, including organizers at the Little Havana mobile home park that are currently being evicted, members of multiple grassroots organizations, and Mayor Jerry Demings of Orange County.
Many of Florida's No Kings events on were held outside of urban cores, in locations including Homestead and Baldwin Park. Over 4,000 attended a rally in Gainesville. More than 6,750 protesters attended in The Villages at two locations. Lakeland drew a crowd of 2,000, in a county that Trump won in 2024 by 21 points.
Over 50 protests were scheduled in Georgia including Atlanta and Savannah. More than a thousand protesters marched to the state Capitol in Atlanta where Senator Raphael Warnock spoke. Events took place in Clarkesville, Cleveland, Gainesville, Lavonia, Blairsville, Athens, Madison, and Greensboro.
Protests in Hawaiûi used the name "No Dictators" out of deference to the Hawaiian Kingdom. A protest at the Hawaiûi State Capitol in Honolulu drew about 10,000 attendees, with protests also occurring in Hilo, Kailua-Kona, and Waimea on Hawaiûi Island. The protest at the Hawaii State Capitol was moved to nearby ûIolani Palace for about three hours after a bomb threat. Organizers estimated a total of 20,000 people joined protests across the state.
An estimated 10,000 people attended a protest at the Idaho State Capitol building in Boise. Thousands more turned out in cities such as Hailey, Twin Falls,, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Nampa, Caldwell, and Moscow.
Dozen of protests were planned in Illinois, including thousands showing up in Chicago. There were protests planned in Buffalo Grove, Evanston, Highland Park, Northbrook, and Wheeling.
In Indianapolis, thousands protested at the Indiana Statehouse. Protests occurred in Bloomington, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Muncie, and South Bend.
In Iowa, thousands of people participated in Des Moines. There were demonstrations in Cedar Rapids, Ames, Sioux City, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and Waterloo as well as smaller towns like Red Oak and Fairfield.
In Kansas, protests were held in dozens of cities across the state, including Eudora, Gardener, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Olathe, and Overland Park. A protest at the state capitol in Topeka drew an estimated 3,000. In Shawnee Mission, a protest of thousands on Metcalf Avenue stretched for .
In Kentucky, thousands of people demonstrated in Louisville. There was a protest in the courthouse plaza in downtown Lexington. More than 1,500 protested in Bowling Green. Two protests happened in Northern Kentucky; around 1,250 protesters in Florence lined up along Mall Road, near Florence Mall, and another 518 protesters gathered near Roebling Bridge in Covington, Kentucky.
In Louisiana, protests were held 11 cities, including Baton Rouge, Covington, Slidell, Lafayette, Monroe, Shreveport, and Alexandria. Leona Tate, one of the first Black children to desegregate United States public schools, addressed and Kermit Ruffins performed to a crowd of thousands in New Orleans.
Protesters gathered in dozens of locations across Maine including Lewiston-Auburn, Bethel, Eastport, Waterville, Augusta, Wiscasset, Bangor, Houlton, Presque Isle, and Fort Kent. Governor Janet Mills spoke at three events in and around Portland.
In Maryland, thousands of people turned out at dozens of rallies across the state, including in downtown Baltimore, where nearly 1,000 gathered and marched. Organizers of the Hagerstown protest estimated that it drew 2,500 to 3,000, buoyed by efforts by the Maryland Coalition to Stop the Camps group to gather "just a few miles from the warehouse in Williamsport that Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to convert into a 1,500-bed immigrant detention center". Other protests took place in the state capital of Annapolis, Hunt Valley and Lutherville in Baltimore County, Columbia in Howard County, Frederick in Frederick County, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Rockville, Silver Spring, and Germantown, in Montgomery County, and Hyattsville in Prince George's County. A rally in Bethesda took place outside the National Institutes of Health protesting the administration's health policies and cuts to medical research.
In Boston, organizers estimated that a crowd of 180,000 gathered on Boston Common, double what was initially expected. Speakers included Gov. Maura Healey, Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley. The Dropkick Murphys performed. Other events took place in Springfield, West Springfield, Greenfield, Northampton, Amherst, Wilbraham, Palmer, Lee, North Adams, and Pittsfield. Nearly 2,000 "No Kings" protestors rallied in Lexington, across the street from the site of the first shots fired in the American Revolutionary War.
Organizers planned protests in 128 locations throughout Michigan, including three protests in Detroit, and many others in areas such as Temperance, West Bloomfield, Waterford, Walled Lake, Cheboygan, Flint, Howell, and Pontiac. In Grand Rapids, hundreds gathered for what was described as a sing along. Rep. Rashida Tlaib spoke to a crowd of 2,000 at the state capitol in Lansing.
In Minnesota, an event in Saint Paul featured speakers and performers included Tim Walz, Bruce Springsteen, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Jane Fonda, Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers and Tom Morello. Minnesota State Patrol estimated that 100,000 people attended the event. Thousands attended an event in St. Cloud.
In Mississippi, protests took place in Biloxi, Gulfport, Bay St. Louis, Hattiesburg, Jackson, and Olive Branch. In Tupelo, hundreds protested outside the office of Rep. Trent Kelly.
Thousands of people protested in 40 scheduled locations in Missouri, including Columbia (2,500), Maryville, Springfield, Cape Girardeau, Joplin, and Jefferson City. Thousands took part in protests in several locations in Kansas City and in St. Louis, where speakers included Rep. Cori Bush and activist Maxi Glamour.
More than 30 rallies were held across Montana, including in Great Falls, Hamilton, Plentywood, Fort Benton, Miles City, and Havre. Organizers estimated 3,500 gathered at the state capitol in Helena to event headlined by former Gov. Steve Bullock. The rally in Billings drew an estimated 5,000+, making it the largest protest ever held in the city's history. 8,000 to 9,000 people spread across Main Street in downtown Bozeman. Organizers estimated a crowd of at least 10,000 in Missoula, more than double the turnout of the area's first No Kings protest.
In Nebraska, protests were held in 21 cities across the state, five more than the previous No Kings rally in October. Thousands gathered in Omaha and Lincoln and other protests were held in Alliance, Aurora, Beatrice, Blair, Chadron, Columbus, David City, Fremont, Grand Island, Hastings, Kearney, Lyons, McCook, Norfolk, North Platte, Scottsbluff, Sidney, South Sioux City and Wayne.
Protests were held in Nevada. An estimated 6,000 people attended an event in Las Vegas, 6 were arrested. More than 10,000 people attended an event in Reno. Carson City and Henderson drew crowds of 3,000 each. The Lake Tahoe area saw protests in South Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Kings Beach. And smaller protests took place in Mesquite, Elko, Pahrump, Fallon, Hawthorne, Lovelock, and Winnemucca.
Throughout New Hampshire, protests were held in towns including Nashua, Concord, Portsmouth and Lincoln, with protesters speaking on their concerns about ICE, the war in Iran, and the Epstein files.
Dozens of protests were scheduled in New Jersey, including in Newark, Atlantic City, Montclair, Camden, and Trenton. Thousands of people protested throughout the state. In Northwest New Jersey, events were held in Phillipsburg, Flemington, Frenchtown, Hackettstown, Milford, Denville, Madison, Montville, Morristown and Newton. Governor Mikie Sherrill spoke in Princeton next to the Princeton Battle Monument commemorating George Washington's 1777 victory against the armies of King George III.
In New Mexico, there were protests in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Protests were planned in various locations throughout New York City, and organizers estimated a city-wide attendance of more than 350,000. The New York City Police Department reported it made "zero protest-related arrests". Robert De Niro, Padma Lakshmi, Letitia James, and Rev. Al Sharpton spoke to press and joined the Manhattan march.
Over 70 cities and towns in North Carolina held No Kings protests. Thousands of protestors marched through downtown Durham. In Raleigh, thousands marched to protest outside of the North Carolina State Capitol while hundreds more gathered along Capital Boulevard in North Raleigh. A group of senior citizens gathered in protest in Raleigh's Brier Creek neighborhood. An estimated 10,000 people protested in Charlotte. Thousands more walked through downtown Fayetteville. In Southern Pines, more than 3,000 protestors took to the streets. Demonstrators marched along NC Highway 55 in Apex. Protests and demonstrations were held in Cary, Chapel Hill, Clayton, Lillington, Louisburg, Oxford, Pittsboro, Rocky Mount, Roxboro, Sanford, and Wake Forest.
In North Dakota, a rally in Fargo was one of 13 events across the state.
Protests were scheduled in Dayton, Kent, Oxford, Springfield, Xenia, Steubenville, Youngstown, and many other cities in Ohio. Multiple protests were planned across the Cincinnati metropolitan area, including in Hamilton and Middletown. Two protests were planned in Toledo. Multiple protests were scheduled in Columbus, including a gathering outside of the Ohio Statehouse. Protests were planned in Northeast Ohio, including in Cleveland, Akron, Canton, and Sandusky. Ohio's 15th congressional district candidate Don Leonard was arrested by Grove City, Ohio, police at a protest.
Oklahoma saw protests in several locations, including Shawnee, Stillwater, Lawton, and Norman. Organizers estimated crowds of more than 5,000 at a rally in Tulsa, and over 8,000 at a march and rally in Oklahoma City.
Thousands of people gathered in downtown Portland, one of dozens of protests planned in the state. Artist Mike Schneider had people holding umbrellas spell out "We keep us safe" on the Burnside Bridge. There were other protests in the Portland metropolitan area and throughout Oregon, including in Beaverton, Gresham, Hillsboro, Lake Oswego, McMinnville, Milwaukie, Oregon City, Salem, Springfield, Tillamook, and Woodburn.
In Southern Oregon, activities were organized in Ashland, Grants Pass, Jacksonville, Klamath Falls, Rogue River, and along the Oregon Coast.
Around 40 protests were scheduled for the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Thousands of people gathered in downtown Philadelphia. More than 1,000 people attended a protest in Harrisburg, the state's capital. There was a protest in Reading. An estimated 15-20,000 demonstrators participated in the No Kings protest in downtown Pittsburgh with additional protests throughout the city. In the Lehigh Valley, thousands marched in Allentown, at least 2000 rallied around the Rose Garden in West Bethlehem. Events were also held in Easton, Bethlehem Township (1000) and Salisbury Township (1000). Around the Poconos, protesters marched from Dansbury Park in East Stroudsburg to Courthouse Square in Stroudsburg.
In Rhode Island, there were protests at the State House in Providence with over 35,000 people attending.
Over 1,000 people attended a protest outside the South Carolina State House in Columbia, while large crowds also protested at several sites in Greenville, including One City Plaza, the Greenville City Hall, and Falls Park.
In South Dakota, protests were planned in Brookings, Huron, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Spearfish, Sturgis, Vermillion, Watertown, and White River.
In Tennessee, there was a protest and march in Nashville, drawing thousands of protesters, as well as protests in multiple other cities such as Jackson, Chattanooga, and Gallatin.
Dozens of protests were planned across the DallasâÂÂFort Worth metroplex. Demonstrations were expected in Houston, Austin, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, and El Paso.
Around 8,000 people protested in Salt Lake City, one of 18 rallies that took place in Utah.
In Vermont, protests were planned across the state. Thousands gathered on at the state legislature in Montpelier.
In Virginia, demonstrations were expected in Alexandria, Fairfax, Manassas, Reston, Springfield, and Williamsburg. Other locations included Memorial Circle near Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington.
In Washington, organizers estimated that a crowd of 90,000-100,000 attended a rally in Seattle. 4,500 people attended a demonstration in Olympia. Over 5,000 people attended a demonstration in Spokane. There were also protests in Kitsap County.
Protests across the Washington, D.C., region included events in Alexandria, Fairfax, Springfield, Kalorama, Gaithersburg, and Silver Spring. Protestors held signs across twenty bridges in Arlington, where Bill Nye quoted parts of the US Constitution that he feels the Trump administration is violating. Downtown, thousands of demonstrations marched across the Arlington Memorial Bridge and onto the National Mall. Another event marched across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge to the Army post at Fort McNair to protest White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who lives at the military facility.
More than 25 protests occurred in West Virginia, including in Charleston, Huntington, Martinsburg, Beckley, and Wheeling.
About 100 protests were held in Wisconsin, including in Madison, Appleton, Wausau, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Eau Claire, Rib Mountain, and La Crosse.
In Wyoming, there was a demonstration in Cheyenne.
The Trump administration responses included "we do not think about the protest at all", that only the reporters covering the protests care about them, and that the protests were "Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions".