Music and Theater Day Camps for East Bay Kids

Fairyland Summer Day Camp brings stories to life in a magical world where play, imagination, nature, arts, and storytelling intersect. Campers enjoy team-building games, thematic projects, classic camp activities, dramatic play, park exploration, puppet shows, and Fairyland rides and attractions!

Mr. D’s Music Club’s award-winning performing arts camps combine singing, dancing, acting, and art in a fun, inclusive setting. Kids build confidence, make friends, explore creativity, enjoy a pizza party, and share a Friday performance with friends and family.

Crowden offers inspiring summer camps for ages 5–14, combining music, creativity, and hands-on learning in a supportive community. Programs nurture young musicians at every level, with additional summer music opportunities available for teens and adults.

More than an art camp, this creativity and character program builds leaders and a culture of belonging, courage, and kindness. Rising 1st–6th graders experience meaningful growth through interdisciplinary art explorations guided by professional teaching artists.

Shawl-Anderson Dance Center offers youth and teen camps and intensives that promote engaged learning through creative practices and rigorous training. Skillful teaching artists support whole-body development, reflection, and care within a welcoming community for dancers of all levels.

Looking for summer fun? Berkeley Rep’s got you covered. Create an original play, musical, or film, perform on Berkeley Rep’s stage, and learn from award-winning professional artists. Camps offered for students grades 1-12. All experience levels welcome!

The Berkeley Ballet Summer Session offers joyful creative movement classes (ages 2-7), evening ballet and contemporary classes (ages 7-13), and a full-day Summer Intensive for intermediate/advanced dancers (ages 12-21). They also hold three free Boys' Classes throughout Summer.

One Generation is outdoor music and dance camp with West African Dance and Hand Drumming, Cuban Dance, Body Percussion, Brazilian Capoeira, and hiking! Kindness, community, and culture through music and dance. Campers age 5-10. CIT age 11-18.

California Historical Radio Society (CHRS) introduces campers to broadcasting, podcasting, and audio production using professional equipment, or hands-on electronics and radio building with circuits. Campers create original shows or explore wireless communications through engaging, skill-based learning experiences.

Creative, project-based camps combine fundamental skills with imagination to engage with the music that is in our lives. Join in & make music: compose your masterpiece, record an album, create a podcast, and build custom instruments! Additional dates may be added.

Oakland Ballet Company offers high-caliber ballet training in a supportive, challenging environment. Dancers expand technique, performance, and artistry through daily ballet and pointe classes, classical and neo-classical variations, and choreography, learning from one of the Bay Area’s leading professional dance companies. TWO WEEKS ONLY.

The Ballet School Performing Arts Youth Dance Camps offer an exciting, well-rounded dance experience exploring a variety of styles including ballet, contemporary, and Broadway dance, while also building strength and developing campers' own artistic expression. All experience levels welcome.

Cole Arts Camp immerses kids in creative drama and dance, Hip Hop, drumming, puppetry, comedy, storytelling and arts and crafts. Every Friday afternoon is a variety show for family and friends.

Berkeley Playhouse offers musical theatre classes for grades K–7, including 1-, 2-, and 3-week story-based camps and Triple Threat camps focused on acting, singing, and dancing. Students build skills, creativity, and friendships in a fun, supportive setting.

Sees the Day is committed to helping children develop respect and appreciation for each other and the natural world. Activities include nature awareness, storytelling, improv, music, imaginative play, cooperative games, beading, fairy house/fort building, gratitude circles, and classic summertime fun!

The Girls Summer Program offers art, STEAM, and sports in an all-girls environment. Led by faculty and student mentors, campers explore new skills, build confidence, and develop community while experiencing the joy of learning together. 6th grade camps are for rising JMSG students.

Luna Dance Camps welcome new and experienced dancers to explore dance creation and embodied expression. Theme-based camps guide curriculum and choreography, culminating in family sharings designed by the dancers themselves in a supportive, creative environment.

BCB offers a 4-week dance-intensive program to build ballet technique & explore pointe, repertoire, jazz, and modern. The day ends with arts and crafts, games, and ballet stories. Each class will put together a short piece for the end-of-camp performance. For dancers with at least one year of ballet training.

Weekly small-group music camps for ages 6–11 featuring singing, instruments, songwriting, movement, creative projects, and outdoor time. Kids collaborate, build confidence, and end each week with a joyful informal performance of the music they’ve created together.

The Freight x Lark Summer Music Camp is designed to strengthen foundational music and rhythm skills for youth through hands-on experience in a range of global artistic traditions. Daily music theory, percussion, and movement instruction with professional musicians and dancers. ONE WEEK ONLY.