Jane Fonda's Committee for the First Amendment will present a 90-minute event, Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment, at The Town Hall on 43rd Street in New York City on June 14, starting at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets in the orchestra section sold for $330.15 during the weekend, and Indivisible handed the headline role for the event to Jane Fonda's Committee for the First Amendment. The committee describes itself as a large collective of artists, storytellers and cultural leaders; it was launched in October 2025 with about 500 leading figures from the entertainment industry.
The concert is being presented as the New York cultural centerpiece of a broader set of actions timed for June 14. Organizers say the gathering is a public celebration of free expression; at the same time it slots into a nationwide plan run by the No Kings coalition, a network of roughly 400 organizations whose combined annual revenues total about $3 billion.
That planning material shows the event functions as more than a one-night show. The No Kings Event Host Toolkit urges volunteers that "we will be doing the real work of democracy" and describes watch parties and local events as "strategic community gatherings designed to build deep local connections and lay the grassroots infrastructure we need to defend our rights through the midterm elections and beyond." Internal planning documents use the same language to frame watch parties as community organizing designed to seed long-term networks.
The June 14 schedule around Washington and New York underscores the coordinated nature of the day. In Washington, Refuse Fascism planned a protest called "Rage Against The Cage!" at McPherson Square near the White House at 4 p.m., while the Women's March set up portable toilets from noon to 6 p.m. at Farragut Square for its "Dump on Trump" protest. The concert at The Town Hall follows those demonstrations and is billed as part of the same moment of public action.
Organizers have emphasized the committee's cultural credentials and the event's First Amendment theme, but they have not released a roster of performers or speakers for the Town Hall program. That omission leaves a key practical question open: whether the concert will draw mainstream entertainment attention beyond the coalition's base, or primarily serve as a rallying point for local chapters and affiliated groups.
The committee and the No Kings coalition have set a date, a place and a political frame; what listeners and potential attendees should watch for next is the lineup. When performers and speakers are announced, the balance between culture and organizing will be clearer — and so will the concert's reach beyond the coalition that has made it a focal point of a multi-organization mobilization.
