2022 Summer Camp Guide

Circus Summer Camp

Dates: June 6-10; June 13-17; June 20-24; June 27 - July 1; July 4-8; July 11-15; July 18-22; July 25-29

Where: Circus Academy of Tucson

Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Cost: $250 per week

Description: A great intro to circus arts or a way to deepen skills for experienced kiddos! Tumbling, theater, juggling, plates, poi, diabolo, stretching, tightwire, STILTS!, trapeze and back this year: SILKS and SLING!!! More..

Archaeology Summer Camp

Dates: June 27 - July 1

Where: Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum

Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Cost: $290/child, $265/Presidio Museum Member

Description: Campers will learn how archaeologists work through a series of hands-on activities include using prehistoric tools, excavating a simulated site, and analyzing the artifacts that they have found. More..

Climbing Tree Community School

Dates: May 31 - June 3; June 6-10; June 13-17; June 20-24; June 27 - July 1; July 5-8; July 11-15; July 18-22

Where: Climbing Tree Community School at Blenman Elementary

Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Cost: Half-day camp (8:30-12:30) is $142 a week. Full day camp is $175 a week. Families can choose which weeks to attend. There is a $50 registration fee and $10 material fee.

Description: We are excited to offer a summer camp option to preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten families! Our hands-on, child-centered camp activities will include: Arts and Crafts Games Water Activities Music and Movement Special Guest Visitors Fun!!! Weekly themes are based on children's interest! More..

Colors of the Desert

Dates: July 18-22

Where: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Hours: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Cost: $245 Museum Members/ $265 Non members

Description: Explore colors and how they are perceived (or not!) by both humans and animals. This camp combines art and science, where microscopes and paintbrushes work side by side as we investigate and create a colorful world. More..

MOCA Summer Camp Session III

Dates: July 18-22

Where: Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson

Hours: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Cost: $175. Week

Description: Students will learn stop-motion animation techniques in a collaborative environment while creating miniature sets, figures, and props with repurposed materials. Each camp cohort will produce a collaborative short animated film. This session is for students ages 13 - 17. More..

Playformance Summer Camp

Dates: May 30 - June 3; June 6-10; June 13-17; June 20-24; June 27 - July 1; July 4-8; July 11-15; July 18-22; July 25-29; August 1-5; August 8-12

Where: Playformance

Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Cost: $275/week

Description: At Playformance, children connect, learn, and PLAY through our active and engaging day camp. We offer a variety of physical play, games, and activities designed for children of all temperaments and athletic inclination. In our amazing 7,000 sq. foot facility, More..

Rock, Roll, Repeat! A Rock n Roll Music Camp

Dates: June 6-10; June 13-17

Where: Troubadour Theatre

Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Cost: $225. for the 2 week long session

Description: Students will form a band and pick rock and pop songs to perform in a concert to conclude the camp. Musicians are required to have taken prior lessons in at least 1 instrument, but singers are also welcome to More..

Scamp Camp: Summer of Shakespeare

Dates: June 6-10; June 13-17; June 20-24; June 27 - July 1

Where: The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre

Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Cost: The camp is $225 per week or $850 for the whole month.

Description: Summer of Shakespeare can be either a modular weekly experience or a month-long extravaganza. Each week focuses on a different play: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Henry IV Part 1, and Winter’s Tale. Scamps can participate in one week, any combination More..

Sew to Grow Summer Camp

Dates: June 13-16; June 20-23; July 11-14; July 25-28

Where: This n' That Creative Studio

Hours: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Cost: $240. per week

Description: Kids will enjoy fun-filled days of sewing. Projects will include re-purposing, learning applique, working with zippers, gathering, trims, hand embroidery, hand stitching, buttons and so much more! Open to children ages 7-12. More..

Summer Bike Camp

Dates: June 6-10; June 13-17; June 20-24

Where: El Grupo Clubhouse

Hours: 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Cost: $225.

Description: Youth Summer Bike Camp is about empowerment, building confidence, and FUN! Your child’s confidence, knowledge, and skills increase in a safe, fun, and peer-inspired environment. Focusing on developing safe-riding, mechanical knowledge, bike handling, as well as exposure to health More..

Theater/Re-enactment Camp

Dates: June 13-17

Where: Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum

Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Cost: $290/child, $265/Presidio Museum Member

Description: Learn local history through role play, theatrical re-enactment and fictional dramatization of historical events. With access to a wide array of period structures, backdrops, costumes and props, young participants will truly feel they are living history. More..

TMA Summer Art Camp 2022

Dates: June 6-10; June 13-17; June 20-24; June 27 - July 1; July 11-15; July 18-22; July 25-29; August 1-5

Where: Alice Chaiten Baker Center for Art Education

Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Cost: $250.

Description: Inspired by the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum offers summer art classes for ages 5 – 13 to express their creativity and produce original works of art. Each weekly session is led by local teaching artists and art More..

Youth Earn A Bike Summer Camp

Dates: June 6-10; June 13-17; June 27 - July 1; July 18-22

Where: BICAS

Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Cost: Sliding Scale cost $25 - $200 for the week includes a bike, a helmet and a lock

Description: A fun bicycle repair course in which youth learn bicycle mechanics, develop tangible skills, build self confidence, and earn a bike! Over the week, participants will work together to overhaul a bicycle, learn safe riding skills and take home their More..