2023 Summer Camp Guide
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Dates: June 4 - August 4
Where: Defy Tucson Trampoline Park
Hours: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: $289 per week. (Choose 4 weeks or more - $269 per week)
Description: Campers will be enjoying all the attractions of Defy Tucson Trampoline Park while participating in themed-week activities. We import field trips to Defy, so during Animal Week campers will do horseback riding & petting zoos; Water Week - foam parties; More..
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16; June 20-23; June 26-30; July 5-7; July 10-14; July 17-21; July 24-28; July 31 - August 2
Where: SouthRec - Campus Recreation
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: In the month of March receive $35 off for Early Bird Pricing on camp weeks! Full Week Pricing - UAz Student: $240 / Member: $260 / Non-Member: $280 Holiday Rate (Weeks 1 & 4) - UAz Student: $195 / Member: $215 / Non-Member:$235 Week 6 & 10 (3 day week) - UAz Student: $155 / Member: $175 / Non-Member: $195
Description: “A” Camp is Campus Rec's traditional day camp for campers ages 5-11 and Counselors’-In-Training (CIT) ages 12-14. A typical day at camp consists of playing active groups games, creating arts and crafts, and swimming. Optional field trips, swim lessons and More..
Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Mandinga CAMP
Dates: July 24-28
Where: Capoeira Mandinga Tucson Academy
Hours: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: Camp price = $225/week. Camp fee covers all camp activities and supplies to give your child a fantastic week of camp: includes art supplies, instruments to play during camp, and costumes for end-of-camp show. Drop-off 9:30 - 10:00 AM is included. Before/After-camp available daily 8:30 - 9:30 AM & 3:00-5:00 PM for extra cost.
Description: PLAY Capoeira. EXPERIENCE Afro-Brazilian culture. CAPOEIRA=Afro-Brazilian martial arts that flows like dance! Build strength, flexibility & confidence in fun, challenging kicks, escapes, cool moves. SING in Portuguese. FEEL the BEAT of Afro-Brazilian percussion, dance. Playing is Winning!©️ More..
Dates: June 5-9
Where: Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $290 for Non-members, $265 for Presidio Museum Members 10% discount for siblings (Family Memberships start at $40, so it may be worth becoming a member if you are registering more than one child.
Description: Campers will learn how archaeologists work through hands-on activities including: **Using prehistoric tools, **Excavating a simulated site **Making string from agave **Analyzing artifacts found during excavation More..
Dates: June 12-15
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Welcome to Broadway, the world is your stage! Spend this week perfecting your Broadway skills with acting, dancing, and singing. More..
Dates: June 5-9
Where: Children's Museum Tucson
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $155 for nonmembers; $125 for Museum members
Description: Use your creativity and critical thinking during this week-long STEM camp where campers will have the opportunity to explore different building techniques in a classroom full of interlocking parts. More..
Dates: July 17-21
Where: Continental Ranch Community Center
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $180. 180 FULL WEEK & FINAL PERFORMANCE
Description: In one week, young performers and aspiring performers will workshop skills in the main disciplines of musical theater: drama, singing, and dance. Through this hands-on learning experience, students will learn and grow in their performing skills. All experience levels are More..
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16; June 19-23; June 26-30; July 3-7; July 10-14
Where: The Circus Academy of Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $250 per week
Description: Beginners and experienced students alike can grow in their circus, stilts, silks, trapeze, juggling, tightrope, tumbling skills and more!!! More..
Congregation Anshei Israel Preschool Summer Camp
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16; June 19-23; June 26-30; July 3; July 5-7; July 10-14; July 17-21
Where: Congregation Anshei Israel
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: 5 Full Days - $245-260, 5 Half Days - $225-240, 3 Full Days - $214, 3 Half Days - $185. Extended care at $14/hr. also available for 7:30am-9:00am M-F, and 3:00pm-4:30pm M-Th,. 3:00pm-4:00pm F.
Description: Join us for our special weekly activities and guests, dress-up days, and a weekly camp shirt day in a secure facility with a shaded playground. Outdoor Fun & Water Games, Arts & Crafts, Nature, STEAM, Sports, Music, Mr. Nature, Movement, More..
Dates: June 19-23
Where: Empire High School
Hours: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: $220.00 for 5 days of camp. Hours 9-2 and a performance on Friday Night
Description: This camp is your ticket to a full-stage experience! Go through the process of auditions, casting, and rehearsals. Your child will have the opportunity to work directly with professional actors from the Missoula Children's Theatre as well as award-winning Vail staff More..
Dates: July 17-20
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Join Bluey, Bingo, and the entire family for a fun-filled adventure! Learn songs and dances from the hit show and work together with your friends! More..
Dates: July 10-14
Where: Children's Museum Tucson
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $155 for nonmembers; $125 for Museum members
Description: Dig in to all the fun activities and exploration regarding dinosaurs, fossils and more! More..
Dates: June 5 - August 11
Where: Pinspiration Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $50/day, $220/week.
Description: Join us at Pinspiration Tucson for a fun-filled, Pinterest-inspired Art Camp! We are offering eight weeks of themed art camp over the summer. Each week has a new theme and your kiddo will walk away with an armful of creations, More..
Dates: June 5-8
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Time to become part of the Family Madrigal! Learn about the Madrigal's magical powers, and discover what your own gift will be. Camp includes dance, music, art, and science. More..
Dates: July 17-20
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Time to become part of the Family Madrigal! Learn about the Madrigal's magical powers, and discover what your own gift will be. More..
Dates: June 6; June 13; June 20; June 27; July 4; July 11; July 18; July 25; August 1; August 4
Where: In person by 1st and Orange Grove, Tucson.
Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $35 drop-in class, $130 for a full month (4 classes) or $250 for the entire summer (8 classes)
Description: Each week we'll have an exciting theme. Activities include tie-dye, wand-making, paint along, science experiments, and more. We'll end our summer fun with an art exhibition to display all the masterpieces that were created. We are going to have so More..
First Spotlight: Young Actors Camp
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16
Where: Troubadour Theatre
Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $275. full 2 week session
Description: Students will learn acting skills, play improv and theatre games, and rehearse a play to be performed live in front of family and friends on the last day of camp. More..
Gaslight Summer Theatre Kids Camp
Dates: July 1
Where: The Gaslight Music Hall in Oro Valley
Hours: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: One week camp is $275, two week camp is $475
Description: Session #1, 5/30-6/10 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK (AGES 10-16) Session #2, 6/12-6/24 ALL NEW GASLIGHT'S GOT TALENT! (AGES 6-10) Session #3, 6/26-7/1 GLEE CAMP SHOW CHOIR (AGES 10-16) More..
Dates: June 12-16; July 10-14
Where: Desert Dance Collective Oro Valley
Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $170/week, $40/day
Description: Play games, tumble, and dance! This camp focuses on burning energy and having fun. All levels welcome! Daily & weekly options available. More..
Dates: June 19-23; July 17-21
Where: Desert Dance Collective Twin Peaks
Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $170/week, $40/day
Description: Play games, tumble, and dance! This camp focuses on burning energy and having fun. All levels welcome! Daily & weekly options available. More..
Kids Summer Cooking Camp + Teens Culinary Camp
Dates: June 5 - July 31
Where: Cuisine Classique Cooking School
Hours: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: $264 for kids camp, $349 for teens camp.
Description: Cuisine Classique Cooking School is hosting two camps this summer, one for kids and another for teens! Kids camp, weekly June 5-July 31 for kids ages 5-12. Shout out to our Kid Chefs, we have lots of fun planned for this summer’s More..
Dates: June 19-23
Where: Children's Museum Tucson
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $155 for nonmembers; $125 for Museum members
Description: Rock on with fun and interactive activities and crafts around music, rhythm, and movement! More..
Living History & Re-enactment Camp
Dates: June 19-23
Where: Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $290 for Non-members, $265 for Presidio Museum Members 10% discount for siblings (Family Memberships start at $40, so it may be worth becoming a member if you are registering more than one child.
Description: Experience how people in the Presidio lived and learn about local history through fictional dramatization of historical events. Activities include: *Doing the chores of a Spanish soldier *Experiencing native desert foods *Making adobe bricks *Learning hands-on local agricultural practices More..
Dates: June 12-16
Where: Cottonwood Elementary
Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $250. Per week
Description: Join KidzArt Tucson as we travel back to the Medieval Times where fantasy, mythical creatures, and legends ruled. Create your own medieval kingdom map. Work with clay to make a mythical snail, create your own coat of arms portfolio and More..
Dates: July 10-13
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Refine your mind with Mind-Craft! Use STEM skills to engineer and create all week long. More..
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16; June 19-23
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: $175. cost per week
Description: Campers will learn to make creature puppets using new and repurposed materials. Each camp cohort will produce a green-screen video, bringing their creations to life. The videos will be available on the MOCA Tucson YouTube channel for all to enjoy. More..
Dates: June 12-16
Where: Desert Dance Collective Twin Peaks
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $170/week, $40/day
Description: Play musical theater games, craft costumes and props, and sing and dance like Broadway performers! More..
Dates: June 26-30
Where: Desert Dance Collective Oro Valley
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $170/week, $40/day
Description: Play musical theater games, craft costumes and props, and sing and dance like Broadway performers! Weekly and daily options available. More..
Dates: June 19-23
Where: Desert Dance Collective Oro Valley
Hours: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: $265/week, $70/day
Description: Build props & costumes, take singing and dance lessons, and perform a mini version of a musical! 10-minute performance will be Friday at 3 p.m. Daily & weekly options available. More..
Dates: July 10-14
Where: Desert Dance Collective Twin Peaks
Hours: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: $265/week, $70/day
Description: Build props & costumes, take singing and dance lessons, and perform a mini version of a musical! 10-minute performance will be Friday at 3 p.m. Daily & weekly options available. More..
Dates: July 17-21
Where: Children's Museum Tucson
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $155 for nonmembers; $125 for Museum members
Description: ART + NATURE! What is better than being in nature while looking at art? Make your own sculptural shapes, then build a garden model around it that you would like to imagine playing in! More..
Dates: June 26-30; July 17-21
Where: Desert Dance Collective Oro Valley
Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $170/week, $40/day
Description: Learn cheers, tumbling skills, and dance routines to upbeat pop music! All levels welcome. Daily & weekly options available. More..
Dates: June 12-16; June 26-30
Where: Desert Dance Collective Twin Peaks
Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $170/week, $40/day
Description: Learn cheers, tumbling skills, and dance routines to upbeat pop music! All levels welcome. Daily & weekly options available. More..
Dates: June 5-9
Where: Cottonwood Elementary
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $175. Per week
Description: Join KidzArt for a week of sensational sensory sculpting! During this week we will be using different types of clay to help our little campers strengthen hands, develop fine-motor skills, and spark imaginations. More..
Princess & Superhero Dance Camp
Dates: June 12-16; July 10-14; July 17-21
Where: Desert Dance Collective Oro Valley
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $170/week, $40/day
Description: Play games, make crafts, and dance with real princesses and superheroes each week! Characters come on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Weekly and daily options available! More..
Princess & Superhero Dance Camp
Dates: June 19-23; June 26-30; July 17-21
Where: Desert Dance Collective Twin Peaks
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $170/week, $40/day
Description: Play games, make crafts, and dance with real princesses and superheroes each week! Characters come on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Weekly and daily options available! More..
Dates: June 26-30
Where: Children's Museum Tucson
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $155 for nonmembers; $125 for Museum members
Description: Print making combined with some mixed media art will lead to amazing artistic creations. More..
Rock, Roll, Repeat! A Rock n Roll Music Camp
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16
Where: Troubadour Theatre
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $225. for full 2 week sesson
Description: In this rock music camp, students will play a rock concert together as a band. Camp day will consist of learning music and rehearsing for the concert. Musicians are required to have taken some instrument lessons prior, but More..
Summer camps with the Presidio Museum
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16; June 19-23
Where: Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: $290 for non-members, $265 for Presidio Museum Members, 10% discount for siblings (Family Memberships start at $40, so it may be worth becoming a member if you are registering more than one child.)
Description: Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum is offering three camps this summer, including Archaeology Camp, Living History & Reenactment Camp, and The Cultures of Tucson Camp. Archaeology Camp, June 5-9: Campers will learn how archaeologists work through hands-on activities including: **Using prehistoric tools, **Excavating More..
Dates: July 24-28
Where: Continental Ranch Community Center
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $180. 180 full week
Description: In one week, young performers and aspiring performers will workshop skills in the main disciplines of musical theater: drama, singing, and dance. Through this hands-on learning experience, students will learn and grow in their performing skills. All experience levels More..
Dates: June 12-16
Where: Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $290 for Non-members, $265 for Presidio Museum Members 10% discount for siblings (Family Memberships start at $40, so it may be worth becoming a member if you are registering more than one child.
Description: Kids will learn about different cultures, and share their own, while interacting with various local cultural organizations, including: **Tohono O’odham Nation **Tucson Chinese Cultural Center **Mexican American Heritage and History Museum **Jewish History Museum. More..
Dates: July 10-13
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: YOU get to take control of the Centre Stage TikTok account! Learn about internet safety, creating content, and problem solving on one of the most popular apps of all time. More..
Dates: June 5-8
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Welcome Under the Sea! You will transform into a magical mermaid to experience aquatic crafts, underwater science, mermaid music, and MORE! We can not wait for you to become Part of Our World <3 More..
Dates: June 12-15
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Welcome to the Unicorn Princess Club! You will learn how to be the most regal Unicorn Princess in the Kingdom. At the end of your training, you will be crowned at our official Coronation Ceremony! More..
Dates: June 12-16
Where: Children's Museum Tucson
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $155 for nonmembers; $125 for Museum members
Description: Fun and engaging exploration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math through hands-on activities! More..
Youth Earn-A-Bike Summer Camp, 13-18 yo.
Dates: June 26-30
Where: BICAS
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: Sliding scale: $25-$200 for the whole camp
Description: Youth Earn-A-Bike is a 5-day bicycle repair camp. Youth ages 13 to 18 learn how to overhaul a bicycle through engaging hands on activities. At the end, students demonstrate safe riding skills on a neighborhood ride and take home More..
Youth Earn-A-Bike Summer Camp, 13-18 yo.
Dates: July 10-14
Where: BICAS
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: Sliding scale: $25-$200 for the whole camp
Description: Youth Earn-A-Bike is a 5-day bicycle repair course. Youth ages 13 to 18 learn how to overhaul a bicycle through engaging hands on activities. At the end, students demonstrate safe riding skills on a neighborhood ride and take home More..