Young people and adults took part in the parade at the Paisley Halloween Festival 2025.
Circled in the diary, the Paisley Halloween Festival is a major event with parades, live entertainment and professional acts. The annual parade is a highlight with Kibble delivering a show-stopping performance each year. Some might say that 2025 was the best experience yet.
Within the Expressive Arts Department at Kibble’s Goudie Academy, pupils were laser-focused on preparing their centrepiece, own costumes and handmade props for the festival. It was decided Kibble’s act would include booming drummers too. Our talented young musicians created a spooky soundtrack to wow the crowd as part of the Sounds Right music project. Sounds Right: Community Beat is Kibble’s after school music making workshops and activities that have been made possible thanks to funding from the Scottish Government’s Youth Music Initiative: Access to Music Making, managed by Creative Scotland.
Parade preparations involved spray-painting scary dollies and building a super-sized scary main character.
Before long, it was time for young people and adults to convene in the Art and Design classroom ahead of the event to raise spirits and bring the energy to the marvellous celebrations.
