Protests, rallies, and candidate events around Iowa: April 14-21, 2026

Mark Crosley holds up a sign and yells during a protest outside a Tesla dealership in San Francisco, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)

By Amie Rivers

April 13, 2026

Protests, rallies, and candidate events around Iowa: April 14-21, 2026

Candidate meet and greets:

US Senate candidate Zach Wahls:

US House District 2 candidate Lindsay James:

Iowa Governor candidate Zach Lahn:

Iowa House District 11 candidate Bill Owen:

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Protests, rallies, and events this week:

*Denotes weekly. Some weekly events may not be held every week.

📅 Tuesday (April 14)

*Indivisible Protest: noon, across from the Federal Building, Cedar Rapids

Visibility Brigade (Indivisible Black Hawk County): 4:30 p.m., Cedar Falls

📅 Wednesday (April 15)

*Huddle on the Hill: 10 a.m., Des Moines

Humpday Holler Visibility Brigade (Indivisible Crow): 4:30 p.m., Council Bluffs

*DSM Visibility Brigade bridge protest: 5 p.m., Des Moines

📅 Thursday (April 16)

*DSM Visibility Brigade bridge protest: 4:30 p.m., Des Moines

*4 Corners Peaceful Protest: 4:30 p.m., near the Casey’s/Methodist Church in Panora

📅 Friday (April 17)

*Vigil for Immigrant Rights: noon-12:30 p.m., Waterloo Post Office, Waterloo

*Jefferson Protest: noon-1 p.m., Jefferson Square, Jefferson

*Veterans for Peace: noon, across from the Federal Building, Cedar Rapids

*Protest for Palestine: 3:30 p.m., Iowa City

*Veterans for Peace rally: 3:30 p.m., east entrance of Pentacrest, Iowa City

*Linn County Visibility Brigade: 3:45 p.m., Emmons Street overpass, Hiawatha

📅 Saturday (April 18)

*Community Rally for Democracy: 10 a.m., NE corner of Hickman and Alice’s Road, Waukee

*Grieving for Gaza: 11 a.m., Decorah

*Rally in the Wayside Park: noon, Decorah

*Perry Protest: noon-1 p.m., First and Willis by the bicycle sculpture, Perry

Visibility Brigade (Indivisible Black Hawk County): noon, Cedar Falls

*Peaceful Protest: 1 p.m., corner of Mamie Eisenhower Avenue and Story Street, Boone

Resistance Rally and Gathering: 1 p.m., Rock Island, Ill.

📅 Sunday (April 19)

*Save Our Parks: 10 a.m., Harper’s Ferry

*Henry County First Amendment Rally: noon-1 p.m., front of the courthouse, Mount Pleasant

*ICE Out Vigil: 2 p.m., Council Bluffs

📅 Tuesday (April 21)

Stop Taking Our Health Care: 10 a.m., Greenfield

*Indivisible Protest: noon, across from the Federal Building, Cedar Rapids

Submit an event at [email protected].

Amie Rivers

Amie Rivers is Iowa Starting Line's newsletter editor. She writes the weekly Worker’s Almanac edition of Iowa Starting Line, featuring a roundup of the worker news you need to know. Previously, she was an award-winning journalist at the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier; now, she very much enjoys making TikToks and memes and getting pet photos in her inbox.

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