Jessie Ware, Billy Bragg and Katy B are among those performing at a major anti-far right march in London today (March 28).
The Together Against The Far Right demonstration has been planned for several months, with Fontaines D.C., Paloma Faith and Lenny Henry among the names signing up to the campaign in December.
The aim of the Together Alliance is to stand up for unity and to build public awareness about the growing threat of the far right in the UK and beyond. Over 50 civil society organisations have also signed up to the cause, including a number of trade union bodies, from Unison to the TUC.
Crowds began to assemble in central London at lunchtime, with a music stage dubbed the ‘House Against Hate’ being assembled in Trafalgar Square by Stand Up To Racism and Love Music Hate Racism.
Jessie Ware and Katy B were among the early performers on the stage, with thousands of people filling the square and waving Pride and Palestine flags among other political slogans.
Check out footage from the event below.
Others to take to the ‘House Against Hate’ stage included the Green Party leader Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer MP, who won the hotly-contested Gorton and Denton by-election for the Greens last month.
The march is also expected to see appearances on video or in person from London Mayor Sadiq Khan, as well as Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott and Andy Burnham.
The Together Alliance have said they believe half a million people will gather in London for the march, with co-organiser Kevin Courtney telling a crowd in Whitehall that it was “the biggest demonstration ever against the far right” (via The Guardian). Metropolitan Police, however, have given an initial estimate of 50,000 people.
UB40 appeared earlier in the day, while their fellow veteran protester Billy Bragg will also be there. He wrote on Instagram that “Saturday is an opportunity to send a message, both to the MAGA elite and those who would import their divisive politics into the UK”, encouraging people to “come along and let’s make unity visible”.
The demonstration is in part a response to the emergence of far-right protests over the last two years. In September 2025, the Metropolitan police estimated that between 110,000 and 150,000 people attended the so-called “unite the kingdom” rally in central London, where Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk were among the speakers. An estimated 5000 anti-fascist counter-protesters faced the far-right activist-led rally that day.
In 2024, thousands of anti-racism protestors rallied together across the UK in response to the anti-immigrant rallies that followed the Southport killings. Billy Bragg, Nadine Shah, Tim Burgess, and Garbage were among those to be part of the anti-racism marches on that occasion.
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