Football-a-Palooza, a family friendly, mostly free event to kick off the start of the Mount Si High School football season, is 4 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at the school.

The event includes fair-like booths such as a cake walk, hay find, watermelon seed spitting contest, photos, football toss, fishing booth and hay rides. The King County Sheriff’s Swiftwater Rescue team, Smokey Bear and a tractor show are included. Barbecue and concessions will be available. To learn more, e-mail to angid@nsco.com or call (206) 730-4904.