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 / growing authoritarian tendencies, 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.
Locations and activities
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, a number of American expatriate organizations such as Indivisible Abroad, local international chapters of Indivisible, and Democrats Abroad held protests in several international locations.
Alabama
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.
Alaska
About 25 protests were held in Alaska, some in below-freezing temperatures, including in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, Kotzebue, Homer, and Juneau.
Arizona
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 100 °F (38 °C) heat.
Arkansas
19 cities held protests in Arkansas including the Democratic strongholds of Fayetteville, North Little Rock 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.
California
Southern California
41 demonstrations were planned in Los Angeles County where some of the demonstrations where at Los Angeles City Hall, Highland Park, and West Hollywood. Police fired tear gas and pepper-balls at protestors outside the Metropolitan detention center in Los Angeles and arrested 75 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.
Northern California
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!" above a US flag and with the words "NO ICE, NO WARS, NO LIES, NO KINGS".
Colorado
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.
Connecticut
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.
Delaware
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, Newark and Lewes.
Florida
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.
In Palm Beach County, The New York Times reported the presence of pro-Trump counter protesters who unfurled a large pro-Trump flag and chanted at protesters.
In Orange County, thousands of protesters attended a demonstration outside of Orlando City Hall with one of the largest turnouts seen in Downtown Orlando.
Georgia
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, Greensboro, Metro Atlanta, Sandy Springs, and McDonough.
Hawaii
Protests in Hawaii used the name "No Dictators" out of deference to the Hawaiian Kingdom. A protest at the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu drew about 10,000 attendees, with protests also occurring in Hilo, Kailua-Kona, and Waimea. The protest at the Hawaii State Capitol was moved to nearby ʻIolani Palace for about three hours after a bomb threat. Organizers estimated a total of 20,000 people joined protests across the state.
Idaho
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, Driggs, Coeur d’Alene, Arco, and Moscow.
Illinois
Dozens 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. Thousands of people marched in Naperville, which the DuPage County GOP chair criticized.
Protests occurred in Peoria, Rockford, Springfield, Urbana, Normal, Edwardsville and Bloomington.
Indiana
In Indianapolis, thousands protested at the Indiana Statehouse. Protests occurred in Bloomington, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Muncie, and South Bend.
Iowa
In Iowa, thousands of people marched from Pappajohn Sculpture Park through downtown to Des Moines at the capitol. There were demonstrations in Cedar Rapids, Ames, Dubuque, Sioux City, Iowa City, and Waterloo as well as smaller towns like Red Oak and Fairfield.
Kansas
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 six miles (9.7 km).
Kentucky
In Kentucky, thousands of people demonstrated in the Louisville Metro Hall. 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. A crowd of 175 gathered in Somerset for what for what residents called the first anti-Trump protest in Pulaski County, an area where Trump won 82 percent of the vote in 2024.
Louisiana
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.
Maine
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.
Maryland
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 825,000-square-foot (76,600 m2) 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.
Massachusetts
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, Malden, 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.
Michigan
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.
Minnesota
In Minnesota, an event in Saint Paul featured speakers and performers including 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 with organizers estimating it to be closer to 200,000. Thousands attended an event in St. Cloud in front of the library at Division street. 7,500 people attended an event in Duluth.
Mississippi
In Mississippi, protests took place in Biloxi, Gulfport, Bay St. Louis, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Olive Branch, and Starkville. In Tupelo, hundreds protested outside the office of Rep. Trent Kelly.
Missouri
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.
Montana
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.