October 18, 2025: No Kings Orange County
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 • 2-5 PM
Centennial Park
3000 W Edinger Ave
Santa Ana, CA 92704
10/17 Update: What to Know for the 18th!
Parking Map
First, try to carpool or rideshare if you can.
If you're bringing donations for the food & essentials drive and don't want to carry them from your car, enter through the Fairview entrance on the east side of the park. Pull up to the turnout to drop off with the help of volunteers, and continue driving north along Centennial to access the parking lots and parking garage marked in yellow on the map above.
If you're not dropping off donations, enter through the Edinger Ave entrance and turn right. There are tons of free parking lots around Centennial Park, but the parking structure on the south end of the park is reserved for our event.
The city has notified us that the parking structure at the south end of the park will be closed at 7pm sharp, and any remaining cars will be locked inside. Please vacate the parking structure before 7pm!
If everything in the park fills up, there are also some commercial lots around the area and neighborhoods with street parking, but double check signage to make sure you won’t get towed.
Site Map
Please refer to the site map above to orient yourself during the day! Points of interest include:
- Main stage for guest speakers and performers
- Host/welcome booth to pick up protest info, program & Red Cards, donate for the event and our mutual aid partners, and learn more about 50501oc, WAVE, and the OC Indivisible Coalition
- Info booths for community organizations
- Chill tents to take a break and get some snacks
- Three first aid stations located all around the protest
- FREE sign making station & button making booth
- Water station for your reusable water bottles
- Portable toilets & handwashing station
- DJ booth spinning tunes for sidewalk protesters
Submit Your Prop 50 Ballot at Centennial Park
If you still need to turn in your YES ballot for the Prop 50 election, come drop it off at the ballot box in the Centennial Park parking lot on the way to No Kings!
Be sure to cover any signs, shirts, pins, etc. that have campaign messages when you are within 100 feet of the drop box.
Drop box address: 2900 W Edinger Ave in front of the college
Event Description
In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.
On October 18th, the OC Indivisible Coalition, 50501 Orange County, and WAVE are sponsoring a day of joyful resistance and community empowerment. We'll have music from local DJs & musicians, speeches from grassroots organizers, free sign-making & peaceful protest along the sidewalk, and community organizations for you to connect with to take action and transform Orange County into the place we know it can be - where each person is valued and has all they need to live an abundant, free life.
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.
The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Grow our movement and join us.
A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.
RSVP on Mobilize (optional -- use a throwaway email address if you must, but it's helpful for us to estimate how many people are planning to come!)
WHAT TO BRING
- your family, friends, and neighbors
- your best signs (optional; free sign-making is available)
- water for you and/or bottled water to donate
- snacks for you and/or packaged snacks to donate
- a blanket and/or chair if you'd like to sit
- sunscreen (there is plenty of shade in the park)
- leashed pets
SUPPORT MUTUAL AID
We're pairing outrage about the authoritarian takeover of our government with a call to action to support our local communities. We'll be collecting food & essential items for mutual aid throughout Orange County. Requested items include:
- cereal, pasta, rice, beans
- sugar, salt, oil, flour, coffee
- canned food, bottled water
- soap, body wash, shampoo
- toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant
- toilet paper & paper towels
- dish & laundry detergent
- menstrual care products
- baby diapers and wipes
HELP FUND THIS DAY OF ACTION
No Kings Orange County is free to attend. We incur some hard costs for items such as stage rental, park permits, and portable toilets. If you can give even just a few dollars, it will help us fight fascism in Orange County on this important national day of action.