June 14: Rise Up, Sing Out, and Find Your People
A national night of music, community, and action for everyone wondering what's next
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TLDR (Article Summary)
On Sunday, June 14, 2026, Trump’s 80th birthday, the No Kings coalition isn’t calling for a single mass march.
Instead, the Committee for the First Amendment is hosting Rise Up, Sing Out, a 90-minute concert streamed live from New York City, with local watch parties in living rooms and community centers across the country.
No Kings and Indivisible are partnering to turn one night of music into something unique and in support of community building.
Right now, workers are bolting together a steel cage on the South Lawn of the White House.
For a UFC fight night…
On June 14th, Trump’s plan is cage fighting on the lawn of the people’s house, broadcast as spectacle.
On that same night, in thousands of living rooms, union halls, and community centers, people who’ve never met are going to sit down together, watch a concert, and figure out what they’re going to do next.
So what’s actually happening on June 14th?
Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment, hosted by the Committee for the First Amendment.
Here are the confirmed details:
When: Sunday, June 14, 2026, 7:30 PM ET
Where: Live from The Town Hall in New York City and streamed everywhere
How long: 90 minutes
The lineup (so far): Rufus Wainwright, Bette Midler, Patti Smith, Sasha Allen, Joy Reid, Julia Roberts, Lily Gladstone, Peppermint, Wilson Cruz, Jenn Colella, Broadway Inspirational Voices, and Jane Fonda with more names still to come
The cost: Watching is free. However, in-person tickets are available, and all proceeds go to the Committee for the First Amendment.
The actual event is you and the people near you, gathered to watch it together at a public watch party, a private one in someone’s home, or on your own couch with the link shared to three friends.
Why this night, and why this way
June 14th has been claimed, again and again, as a stage for Trump to celebrate himself. A military parade one year, cage fighting on the South Lawn the next, all timed to his birthday.
Organizers across the country are offering a different narrative for that night.
Instead of one performance of dominance, Rise Up, Sing Out puts the spotlight on the freedoms that belong to everyone: speech, press, religion, assembly, protest, and expression. As the country approaches its 250th anniversary, the framing is blunt, we get to decide what that anniversary means.
Strongman politics and a cage on the lawn?
Or people, power, and the rights that protect them?
The next 250 starts with those who show up.
This isn’t another mass street march
Let’s clear up the biggest misunderstanding, because it’s the one filling the comments in many places.
June 14th is not being organized as a single giant protest in the streets like previous No Kings events. It’s not a downgrade, it’s just a different strategy.
We know the coalition can fill the streets. The last three No Kings mobilizations proved it with roughly 2,100 locations in June 2025, 2,700 in October, and 3,300 this past March.
A march shows the country how many of us there are. A march does not, by itself, leave behind a phone tree, Signal thread, ride-share list, or a neighbor you can call when ICE shows up on your block.
No Kings & Indivisible describes that the goal of this event is to build hyper-local infrastructure/systems that communities need to defend themselves.
And if your town is marching anyway? Good!
We’ve heard from some of you who are already planning a march or rally for June 14th, so let’s be warm and clear about this: please do!
Peaceful protest, assembly, and expression are your rights, full stop… protected by the First Amendment, and no community should feel waved off from lawful, nonviolent action that fits its own needs, capacity, and safety planning. If marching is what your neighbors are called to do, that’s exactly the kind of local initiative this movement runs on.
The only thing we’re clarifying is the national framing: as of now, No Kings and Indivisible are not calling for a single, nationally coordinated mass march on June 14th. The official national effort is Rise Up, Sing Out, a day built around local watch parties, gatherings, art, food, and connection.
Both things can be true at once.
Your town can march, and the national call can be about building community. Those aren’t in conflict, they’re the same instinct pointed in two directions: people refusing to sit this one out.
A few more things June 14th is not
It’s not just a New York concert. The stage is in NYC, but the night is national. Watch parties are being organized in all 50 states, and you can find one or host one yourself.
It’s not a call for confrontation. Like every 50501, No Kings, and Indivisible action, this is grounded in nonviolence. De-escalate, stay lawful, no weapons. A singalong in a community center is, by design, about as far from a brawl as you can get.
It’s not a night to watch alone and move on. If you tune in solo, share the stream, fizzle out by Monday, and nothing changes, the night didn’t do its job. We need more people and communities connected on June 15th than on June 13th!
Where No Kings and Indivisible come in
The Committee for the First Amendment, a coalition of artists and cultural figures launched in October 2025 by Jane Fonda and more than 550 entertainment-industry signers, produces and hosts the concert. It deliberately echoes the original Committee for the First Amendment, the artists who stood up against government blacklisting during the McCarthy era.
No Kings and Indivisible are the organizing force around it.
They’re the ones turning a livestream into thousands of local gatherings, and turning those gatherings into something that outlasts the night. Indivisible’s whole model is built on local groups, because a group can build and hold power in ways no individual scrolling can.
The concert hands our community members inspiration and the local groups and organizers gives them an actionable way to use it.
How to get involved
1. Find your event. Go to NoKings.org to find a June 14th watch party near you or sign up to host one. Hosting can be as simple as a TV, some folding chairs, and a sign-up sheet.
2. Bring one person. Like always, this is the most overlooked, highest-impact thing you can do. A neighbor, sibling, coworker… We grow one “Join me!” at a time.
3. Connect with a local group, and stay. Search your city or county plus “50501,” “No Kings,” “indivisible,” “mutual aid,” or “immigrant rights.” Follow them. Show up to the next thing too, not just this one.
4. Can’t go out? You still count. Watch the stream and share it. Text the link to three people. Post an explanation of what June 14th is about for us.
Questions & Answers
What time does it start? 7:30 PM ET on Sunday, June 14, 2026. The concert runs about 90 minutes.
Do I have to be in New York? No. The concert streams live, and the real action is the watch parties happening nationwide. You can join one, host one, or watch from home.
How do I find an event near me? Go to NoKings.org and use the event finder. You can also sign up there to host your own watch party.
What if there’s nothing near me? Then you’re exactly the person to host one. A living room, a few neighbors, and the livestream is all it takes. Or watch from home and share the stream widely.
Is this connected to Indivisible and No Kings? Yes. The Committee for the First Amendment produces the concert. No Kings and Indivisible are partnering to build local organizing around it, and 50501 communities are part of that broader ecosystem.
Is it peaceful? Yes. Every 50501, No Kings, and Indivisible action is grounded in nonviolence. De-escalation, lawful participation, and no weapons.
Does it cost money? Watching is free.
*In-person tickets are sold separately, with proceeds supporting the Committee for the First Amendment.
What should I do after June 14th? Join the group that hosted your watch party. Follow them. Show up to their next event. One night can become a habit… and can become a community.
If a march shows the country how many of us there are, what’s something your community still needs that only an organized group of neighbors could build?
Sources
Rise Up, Sing Out: official event page (date, time, venue, lineup, tickets)
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Where I live we are having a demonstration to continue expressing our concerns about the present threats to our freedoms. We'll have assorted signs, display the American flag upside down as the signal of distress, and peacefully show our right to freedom of speech. America is stronger than the feeble tyrantical dimwits governing now. Eventually they will be gone and America will still be standing, wounded but stronger.
I looked, but I did not see what channel or network this would be on the TV. Can someone tell me?