GMHBA Stadium will play host to a free Grand Final Eve Football Festival on Friday, with some talented Cats set to be stars of the show.  

Cats forward Tom Hawkins and future AFLW Cat Maddie Boyd will join a strong line-up of football and netball talent showing their faces at the festival.

The festival is jam packed full of fun for the kids, with jumping castles, face painting, an Auskick kids zone, the Mik Maks and Dazzling Dan the magic man set to make for an action-packed afternoon.

The Grand Final Parade will be broadcast live on the big screen and the first 500 kids in through the gates will receive a free football.

The festival will run from 10 AM to 3 PM.