2023 Summer Camp Guide
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"Finding Nemo Jr." & "Legally Blonde Jr."
Dates: May 30 - June 21; June 26 - July 21; July 23-27
Where: Arts Express Theatre
Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: "Finding Nemo Jr." is Tuesday, May 30 through Thursday, June 21 and costs $1,000 (scholarships and payment plans are available). Camp is Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and performances are June 21 and June 22 at 6 p.m. "Legally Blonde Jr." is Monday, June 26 through Thursday, July 27 and costs $1,200 (scholarships and payment plans are available). Camp is Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (no camp on Tuesday, July 4). Performances are July 26 and July 27 at 6 p.m.
Description: Summer Camp EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION: Know a student age 8-18 looking for a fun way to spend the summer? Join the casts of Finding Nemo Jr. in June, and Legally Blonde Jr. in July this summer at Arts Express Theatre!!! Register More..
Dates: May 30 - June 2; 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: May 29 - June 2; 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..
Antic Arts Comedic Acting Camp
Dates: June 19-23; June 26-30
Where: Troubadour Theatre
Hours: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $375. for the full 2 week session
Description: Students will learn acting skills, play improv and theatre games, and rehearse a comedic play to be performed as a fully-mounted production on the final day of camp. The performance will be at the Cabaret at Arizona Theatre Company. 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..
2023 Boys & Girls Club Summer Camp
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16; June 20-23; June 26-30; July 3; July 5-7; July 10-14; July 17-18
Where: Frank & Edith Morton Clubhouse
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $60.00 for entire summer
Description: At Boys & Girls Club we offer activities and programs such as leadership skills, field trips, healthy lifestyles, STEAM activities, sports and recreation, arts, and various clubs throughout our summer program. 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: June 5-9
Where: Ben's Bells
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $150/week
Description: Camp KIND is a weeklong camp for kids who want to learn about intentional kindness and practice it as a skill during the year. Campers will discuss the impact of kindness in their schools and communities, and enjoy energetic games, More..
Dates: June 12-16
Where: Ben's Bells
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $150/week
Description: Camp KIND is a weeklong camp for kids who want to learn about intentional kindness and practice it as a skill during the year. Campers will discuss the impact of kindness in their schools and communities, and enjoy energetic games, More..
Dates: June 26-30
Where: Ben's Bells
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $150/week
Description: Camp KIND is a weeklong camp for kids who want to learn about intentional kindness and practice it as a skill during the year. Campers will discuss the impact of kindness in their schools and communities, and enjoy energetic games, 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..
Dungeons and Dragons Game Camp
Dates: July 17-21
Where: Troubadour Theatre
Hours: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $150. 1 week
Description: Students will learn how to play the classic role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons and participate in a campaign led by an expert game master. Both experienced students and beginners are welcome in this camp. More..
El Grupo Youth Cycling Summer Bike Camp
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16; June 19-23
Where: El Grupo Youth Cycling
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $250 per week. Scholarships are available.
Description: Focus on bike safety and bike skills. Youth will have a morning bike ride, time to practice skills, a daily lesson on a topic such as nutrition. Plus arts and craft projects as well as an opportunity to play and 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..
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16; June 19-23
Where: Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $375. Cost per week
Description: Fusion Camp at University of Arizona is filled with science and excitement! Undersea adventures, Lego® challenges, galactic explorations, and more await you at Flandrau's 2023 Fusion Camp. Each week changes themes with special workshops, visits to science exhibits, and kids-only More..
Dates: June 26-29; July 3-6; July 10-13; July 17-20; July 24-27; July 31 - August 3
Where: Get Air Tucson
Hours: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Cost: Cost per day: $29 Cost per week: $99 Ultimate Annual Passholders get 20% off Annual Passholders get 10% off
Description: Our camps provide the opportunity to play and explore while making new friends and memories that will last a lifetime. With a jam-packed schedule of games, crafts and activities, your child will have the time of their life bouncing off More..
Dates: May 30 - July 14
Where: Camp Whispering Pines/Hacienda Day Camp
Hours: 12 a.m. - 12:15 a.m.
Cost: $50-$500
Description: It's in our nature—to camp! Camp experiences and friendships are made to last a lifetime. Between the nature walks, archery, tie-dye and songs, and sisterhood, campers are sure to develop new skills and come home with confidence and wonderful stories. Camp More..
Dates: May 30 - June 2; June 5-9
Where: sYnapse at Studio Y
Hours: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Cost: $450. per session
Description: ZUZI! Dance's literacy-based High Flyin’ Arts summer camp allows students to explore the performing and visual arts of aerial low flying trapeze, creative dance, and various forms of artwork with the guidance of a beloved children's story. More..
Dates: May 30 - June 2; June 5-9
Where: sYnapse at Studio Y
Hours: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Cost: $450 for full session.
Description: ZUZI! Dance's literacy-based High Flyin’ Arts summer camp allows students to explore the dramatic and visual arts of aerial low flying trapeze, creative dance, and various forms of artwork. Each day will include physical movement through technique and choreography and More..
Dates: June 12-16
Where: Online
Hours: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: The full cost of the program is $125. Early Bird registration before May 2 is $100.
Description: The Critical Languages Program will be hosting a 5-day Korean Summer Camp (6/12 - 6/16)! Held online from 10am-12pm (AZ Time). The camp is open to 6th-12th graders. This program is great for anyone interested in Korea and Asian culture. 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: May 30; July 14
Where: Maracana Indoor Sports Arena
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Cost: $300 per week; $60 per day
Description: Maracana Break Camps Our school break camps are awesome soccer-focused camps for ages 5-12. Includes afternoon free play, laser tag, and jumping castles! All indoor, out of the summer heat. 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: 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: May 30 - June 2; June 5-9; June 12-16; June 19-23; June 26-30; July 10-14; July 17-21; July 24-28; July 31 - August 4; August 7-11
Where: Playformance's premier indoor adventure play gymnasium
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.; 3 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $360 for a full 5 day week of camp 8:30am-2:30pm
Description: The ultimate day of play, chalked full of adventure, programmed and led by our expert coaches inside of our top of the line play gym. We believe in the power of learning through play. Our camps create a community where 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..
Rising Stars Young Actors Camp
Dates: July 10-14
Where: Troubadour Theatre
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $150. per week
Description: In this acting camp, students will learn acting skills, learn acting exercises, play theatre and improv games, and perform a narrated play based on Dr Seuss's The Sneeches. 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..
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16; June 19-23; June 26-30
Where: The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre
Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $495 per session, or $950 for the full month (save $40!) with the option of adding on a Legend Camp T-shirt for $25!
Description: Join Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre for our 2023 Scamp Camp: Summer of Legend! This 4-week youth theatre camp in June is accessible as either a modular 2-week session or a month-long dive into stories, tales, and imagination. Scamps can easily 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: 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..
Youth Earn-A-Bike Summer Camp, 9-13 yo.
Dates: May 29 - June 2
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 9 to 13 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: 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..