The next No Kings rally, a protest against the Trump administration that had grown to seven million participants by the movement’s previous rally, will happen on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside East Hampton Town Hall.
In East Hampton and across the United States, many such protests against the Trump administration took place in April, June, July, and October of 2025. More recently, residents gathered on a dark and frigid January night at the Hook Mill in East Hampton Village, where a candlelight vigil remembered Renee Good, who one day earlier was shot and killed by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis amid growing chaos in the Trump administration’s nationwide deportation operations.
In the second Trump administration, the president has publicly mused about suspending elections if the country is “in a war,” and, on Feb. 28, launched a war on Iran for which the administration has offered multiple justifications, goals, and progress.
The “no kings” theme emphasizes what opponents of the administration say is the country’s worrisome metamorphosis, as the 250th anniversary of representative democracy nears, into an authoritarian government. Saturday’s rally in East Hampton will be one of more than 3,000 events, which organizers hope will represent the biggest day of protest in modern American history.
“I have never been so tired in my whole life as since the election” of 2024, said Katherine Stahl of People for Democracy East Hampton, a chapter of the Indivisible movement, which is organizing Saturday’s rally. But, she predicted last week, “This definitely will be the largest demonstration in American history.”
“It doesn’t matter who you voted for last time,” Ms. Stahl said. “It’s what you care about now. Please join us.” She said she planned to make a sign reading “Republicans welcome” — “because they are. We need people to recognize that this is not about party. This is about country.”
Organizers have asked that those planning to attend the rally R.S.V.P. at peoplefordemocracyeh.org. Around 500 people signed up to attend the last No Kings rally, according to Ms. Stahl, but 2,500 turned out. “If you want to park in the Town Hall lot, you have to come early,” she said.
Because of traffic and parking problems that have accompanied the growing movement, organizers have asked that those attending Saturday’s rally park at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett, where a fleet of buses will shuttle continuously between there and Town Hall from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“Try to eliminate as many cars as possible,” Ms. Stahl advised, suggesting carpooling, taxis, or cycling to the gathering.
The rally will start with welcome announcements and songs of resistance at the picnic tables behind Town Hall. “Singing Resistance has grown as a movement out of Minneapolis,” according to the People for Democracy East Hampton website, “and we were inspired to bring it to East Hampton.”
At noon, the group will move to Pantigo Road for the demonstration. Organizers emphasize that participants should not block or inhibit neighboring businesses, nor park on Pantigo Road or Pantigo Place, nor gather on the south side of Pantigo Road.
“Come prepared with your signs and energy,” Ms. Stahl said, “and come prepared to sing and be joyful in celebrating that we live in a community that really cares about maintaining our democracy.”
