Help kick off the 2013 Wildcat football season at Football-a-Palooza, a free family event, 4 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, in the Mount Si High School front parking lot.

The event is a pre-game promotion before the annual Scarlet and Gray game at 7 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium.

Carnival games, hay and pony rides, bouncy toys and a cake walk are planned, all free of charge. Concessions and barbecued food will be sold.