Ideas for stage events and attractions that will liven up a school festival
At the school festival’s stage event, many of you are probably wondering what your class should perform.
The ideas are endless—bingo tournaments, rakugo storytelling, TikTok dances, a cappella, and more.
Let’s fill the venue with smiles through productions that showcase everyone’s individuality and surprise the audience.
Here, we introduce a variety of stage plans that everyone can enjoy from preparation to the big day, while captivating the crowd.
You’re sure to find the perfect act for your class!
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Creative and Visual Technology (1–10)
Sand art
Have you ever seen sand art? It’s that thing you sometimes spot in commercials or music videos, where pictures are drawn by tracing patterns in sand with fingers and projected onto a big screen.
Often, like a picture-story show or puppetry, the artist draws scenes to follow a storyline—expressing a moment, wiping it away, then drawing again—repeating this to complete the narrative.
It’s a mesmerizing, dreamlike art form to watch and can seem quite challenging, but how about starting with a simple story? Try choosing something with a straightforward plot and minimal extra detail.
cosplay
Showing off cosplay would likely get everyone excited.
Rather than specifying what to cosplay, it could be fun for each person to prepare a costume they like.
If you’re stuck for ideas, try choosing famous characters from anime, manga, or movies—well-known characters tend to get the crowd more engaged.
Another advantage of cosplay is that it pairs easily with other stage performances.
It can be fun to add your own twist, like singing in cosplay or performing a dance.
Blue and Summer
@daiki1240 [School Festival] Class Video “Blue and Summer 3-2 ver.” Watch the full version from the comments ✨Blue and SummeryouthClass videoCultural Festival @Mrs. GREEN APPLE
♬ Original track – Ryu – 07ryu_
This is a video project produced as a class video, themed around Mrs.
GREEN APPLE’s hugely popular song “Ao to Natsu.” It depicts students earnestly dedicating themselves to their club activities, resulting in a piece that truly captures the essence of youth.
Even if it’s not about clubs, it would be great to film the preparation time for cultural festivals or school festivals.
Both the time spent making the video and the finished work itself become dazzling memories.
Be sure to preserve those unforgettable moments with your classmates as a work of art.
Double Dutch
How about trying double dutch, jump rope with two ropes? It’s not something you can pull off easily without practice, but it has a big visual impact—a stunning performance that will leave everyone watching in awe.
Reverse Playback Show
How about a “reverse playback show,” where you perform actions in reverse, film them, and then immediately watch the footage? Some involve moving your body, while others have you singing a chorus to be played in reverse, so you can adapt it in various ways to fit your practice time and presentation space.
toi toi toi！
Here’s an idea for a parody piece, “toi toi toi!”, memorable for its cute animation and song.
Some of you may have had the experience of spending so much time on structuring your video that you can’t see when it will be finished.
For those people, we recommend making a parody.
A parody is a work that humorously or satirically imitates an already completed piece.
In the video, they try their hand at parodying a show that’s broadcast on TV.
Give it a try yourself!
Class T-shirt Contest
When it comes to school culture festivals, nothing brings a class together like a shared goal—and a must-have item to boost that team spirit is the class T-shirt, right? Making class T-shirts by pooling everyone’s ideas is so much fun, and haven’t you ever looked at other classes’ or upper- and underclassmen’s shirts and thought, “That’s awesome!” or “They got us!”? Here’s an idea: turn those class T-shirts into an event—let’s hold a Class T-Shirt Contest! Fairly judge clever brand-logo parodies and highly elaborate, well-thought-out designs, and compete to crown the number one!