Music Camps

★★★★★ 5.0 (6)

Fort Mill, York County

Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle

Competitive junior drum & bugle corps (ages 16–21, audition-based) plus leadership camps.

Ages 16–21

Takoma Park, Montgomery County

★★★★★ 5.0 (6)

Richardson School of Music

Summer music-exploration day program for ages 5–12 across piano, strings, guitar, and drums.

Ages 5–12

Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish

★★★★½ 4.9 (14)

Teche Center for the Arts

Nonprofit arts center with week-long summer camps in music, art, dance and theatre.

Ages 7–13

Sacramento, Sacramento County

★★★★½ 4.9 (13)

California State Summer School for the Arts

CA state month-long residential arts intensive for competitive high-school artists

Ages 13–17

★★★★½ 4.5 (8)

Northbrook, Cook County

Children's Theatre Company

North Shore musical theatre and preschool drama program with summer and day-off camps.

Ages 3–14

Rapid City, Pennington County

MI PARKING Music Center

SD Mines music program's summer musical-electronics camp for high schoolers.

Ages 14–18 · Financial aid

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County

Bass School of Music

OCU school of music with youth summer music programs and a residential option.

Ages 12–18

Buchanan, Berrien County

VK Melodies

Buchanan music studio with piano and voice lessons for ages 5-14 and summer camps.

Ages 5–14

Keene, Cheshire County

New Hampshire Dance Institute (NHDI)

Nonprofit inclusive summer dance camps for grades 2–12 in Keene

Ages 7–17

Kansas City, Jackson County

Base Academy of Music

Nonprofit KC youth music school with sliding-scale lessons; summer camp unconfirmed

Ages 6–18

Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish

Kids' Orchestra

Nonprofit summer music camp for ages 5–12 with instruments and scholarships in Baton Rouge.

Ages 5–12

San Francisco, San Francisco County

San Francisco Rock Project

Nonprofit rock-band summer camps for grades 2-12 ending in a live show, San Francisco.

Lake Forest Park, King County

Seattle's Littlest Performers

Musical-theater day camp for grades K-5, 9am-3:30pm, with after-care and daily park trips.

Ages 5–11

Charleston, Kanawha County

Appalachian Childrens Chorus

Week-long fine-arts choral summer camp for grades 3–8 in Charleston, WV; aid available.

Ages 8–13

Windsor Heights, Polk County

Heartland Youth Choir

Nonprofit youth-choir summer camps (grades K–8) focused on singing and musical literacy.

Ages 5–13

Belgrade, Gallatin County

Belgrade Bandits

Belgrade youth baseball club with an evening summer baseball camp (ages 5–15)

Ages 5–15

Middletown, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region

★★★★½ 4.5 (10)

Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater

Five-week circus and theater arts summer camp in Middletown for ages 5-15

Ages 5–15

★★★★½ 4.9 (10)

Ivins, Washington County

Tuacahn Center for the Arts

Performing-arts center offering youth musical theatre, music, and dance camps (ages 3-18)

★★★★½ 4.8 (5150)

Millburn, Essex County

Paper Mill Playhouse

Five-week audition-based musical theater conservatory for ages 10-18 at a major regional theatre.

Ages 9–18

Rochester, Strafford County

★★★★½ 4.8 (2238)

Rochester Performing & Arts Center

Youth theater camp in acting, music, and dance, ages 5–18, in downtown Rochester

Nevada City, Nevada County

★★★★½ 4.9 (9)

Sierra Mountain Music Camp

Overnight choral & string-orchestra camp, grade 4-college, Nevada City

Ages 9–17

★★★★½ 4.9 (9)

Omaha, Douglas County

The Rose Theater

Omaha children's-theater summer day camps, ages 3–18, incl. special-needs classes

Cedar Rapids, Linn County

★★★★½ 4.8 (829)

Theatre Cedar Rapids

Tiered community-theatre summer camps (grades K-12) from intro classes to 8-week productions.

★★★★½ 4.8 (646)

Memphis, Shelby County

Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education

Orpheum's Halloran Centre: summer performing-arts day camps for ages 7–18.

Ages 7–18

★★★★½ 4.8 (473)

Columbia, Howard County

Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts

Nonprofit theatre day camp for ages 5–18 with musicals and teen professional tracks.

Charlotte, Mecklenburg County

★★★★½ 4.5 (15)

Romp n' Roll NW Charlotte, NC

Half-day gym, art & music camps for ages 2-5 in NW Charlotte (national franchise).

Ages 2–5

Fountain Hills, Maricopa County

★★★★½ 4.8 (263)

Fountain Hills Theater

Full-day youth performing-arts camps for ages 4-17.

Ages 4–17

★★★★½ 4.8 (246)

Norman, Cleveland County

Sooner Theatre

Historic Norman theatre; youth performing-arts camps via its Studio, ages 3-18.

New Orleans, Orleans Parish

★★★★½ 4.8 (243)

Ashé Cultural Arts Center

Culturally grounded youth arts summer camp, ages 5–15, in New Orleans.

Ages 5–15

★★★★½ 4.8 (232)

Davenport, Scott County

Common Chord | Home of the Redstone Room

Davenport nonprofit music organization with week-long rock and blues camps for teens.

Ages 12–17

Hackettstown, Warren County

★★★★½ 4.8 (209)

Centenary Stage Company

Summer musical theatre intensive for ages 8-18 combining formal training and production experience.

Ages 8–18

Springfield, Greene County

★★★★½ 4.8 (202)

Springfield Little Theatre

Community theatre with youth summer theatre camps for ages 4–18

Ages 4–18

Oak Creek, Milwaukee County

★★★★½ 4.8 (173)

The Academy of Performing Arts

Summer dance, music, and theater camps (ages 2–18) with a staged musical.

Aiken Center For the Arts

Nonprofit art center's week-long camps, ages 4–18, plus a free special-needs week.

Ages 4–18

Watertown, Middlesex County

★★★★½ 4.8 (165)

The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts

Nonprofit arts center running themed 1-3 week theatre day camps, 9-4, under its WCT program.

★★★★½ 4.8 (161)

Lincoln, Grafton County

NCCA Jean's Playhouse

One-week musical theater day camp for ages 8–16 in Lincoln

Ages 8–16

★★★★½ 4.8 (145)

Omaha, Douglas County

Mary Lorraine's Dance Center

Omaha dance studio; preschool and musical-theater summer camps

Ages 3–17

Somers Point, Atlantic County

★★★★½ 4.8 (144)

Gateway Playhouse

Eight-week theater camp for ages 7-18 at a Jersey Shore playhouse, ending in a full production.

Ages 7–18

★★★★½ 4.8 (135)

Welling, Cherokee County

Camp Heart O' Hills

Salvation Army overnight camp in Welling, ages 6-17

Ages 6–17

Shelton, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

★★★★½ 4.8 (130)

Center Stage Theatre

One- and two-week musical-theatre camps in Shelton for grades K-8

Ages 5–13

San Francisco, San Francisco County

★★★★½ 4.8 (127)

Community Music Center

Nonprofit low-cost youth music summer camps (ages 8-14) in San Francisco.

Colchester, Chittenden County

★★★★½ 4.8 (104)

Saint Michael's Playhouse

Colchester pro theater's 5-day musical-theater day camp (Camp Vermont) for ages 8–17.

Ages 8–17

Howell, Livingston County

★★★★½ 4.8 (100)

Community Theatre of Howell

Community theatre's two-week summer camp for grades 1-12, in acting, musical theatre and tech.

★★★★½ 4.8 (100)

Knoxville, Knox County

Angela Floyd School For Dance And Music

Knoxville dance and music school with age-grouped summer camps, ages 2 and up

Ages 2–17

Cedar Rapids, Linn County

★★★★½ 4.8 (95)

Eastern Iowa Arts Academy

Nonprofit Cedar Rapids arts academy with summer camps in art, music, drama, and dance.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County

★★★★½ 4.8 (92)

Oklahoma Children's Theatre

OKC nonprofit's week-long performing & visual arts summer camps for ages 3-16.

Ages 3–16

Washington, District of Columbia

★★★★½ 4.8 (91)

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington

Nonprofit 8-week day camp for ages 5-18 with academics, arts, and rec.

Ages 5–18 · Waterfront

Minneapolis, Hennepin County

★★★★½ 4.5 (22)

MacPhail Center For Music

Week-long summer music camps (ages 3-18) at a Minneapolis nonprofit; financial aid available.

★★★★½ 4.8 (77)

Trenton, Wayne County

Downriver Youth Performing Arts Center

Trenton youth theater's six-week summer fine arts camp, ages 5-19, with a la carte 45-minute classes.

Ages 5–19