The EDSA Revolution may refer to three events in Philippine history referring to popular political upheavals occurring in the EDSA highway:
- People Power Revolution of 1986 that toppled the administration of Ferdinand Marcos after allegations of widespread cheating in the 1986 presidential elections. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Epifanio de los Santos Avenue ( EDSA) is the main circumferential road and Highway of Metro Manila in the Philippines.
- EDSA Revolution of 2001 that toppled the administration of Joseph Estrada after an aborted impeachment trial where prosecutors walked out after failing on a motion. The EDSA Revolution of 2001, also called by the local media as EDSA II (pronounced as EDSA Dos or EDSA 2 or the Second People Power Revolution, is the
- 2001's EDSA III ("EDSA Tres" or "EDSA Three") that climaxed in the siege of the presidential palace while Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo remaining in office after the arrest of Joseph Estrada. EDSA III (pronounced EDSA Tres was a Protest sparked by the Arrest in April 2001 of newly deposed President Joseph Estrada of the Philippines
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