The Best Performing Arts Summer Camps In Los Angeles
Do you have budding thespians at home? Or do your kids love to sing and dance? If your kids have a passion for the spotlight, then these theater, music, and dance summer camps might be might be just what youāre looking for to keep them entertained till school starts again. Here are the best performing arts camps Los Angeles, the South Bay, and the San Fernando Valley have to offer.
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South Bay Performing Arts Camps
Launch Dance Center – Ages 3 – 18 (TBA)
Launch Dance Center provides summer camps for all ages and levels! For younger dancers, they offer half day options with exciting themes. They also offer a Summer Dance Sampler, which is perfect for any kids or tweens looking to try different styles of dance. For more experienced dancers, the Professional Development Intensive is a great way for them to refine and advance their technique.
Location: 1603 Aviation Blvd., Redondo Beach
Emerging Artists Musical Theater Camp for Kids ā Ages 4 and up
Students will enjoy learning all about the stage. From performing skills to costume design: they will sing, dance, act, craft, and more. There is a mini-musical performance at the end of each camp week for family and friends.
Location: 8125 E. Wardlow Rd., Long Beach
Coast Music – Ages 6 – 18
If your kids love everything to do music from performing to writing and even producing, this camp is for them. Spend the summer at band camp featuring music skill programs, musical theater, music production, guitar, vocal training, song writing and more.
Location: 2417 N Sepulveda Blvd. Manhattan Beach
Music Rhapsody Summer Day Camp – Grades K – 8
Join us for the most inspiring, up-tempo, melodious, groovy, rhythmic and exhilarating summer camp ever! Get ready for nonstop singing, dancing, and playing. Explore percussion, recorder, piano, flute, ukulele, music games, musical theater, and more! Students even present their own concert at the end of camp. From beginners to advanced, this offers something for all levels of ability.
Location: Manhattan Beach Community Church
For more options in the South Bay check out our guide to South Bay Summer Camps.
West L.A. Performing Arts Camps
Pacific Blue Music Camp – Rising 6th – 8th Grades
Aimed at instrumentalist musicians in middle school, Pacific Blue Music Camp is one of the most reputable music camps in Los Angeles. Each season ends with an open concert for all students to display their skills.
Location: John Adams Middle School, 2425 16th Street, Santa Monica
SFK Academy of Dance – Ages 4 – 16
So Fly Kids offers winter and summer dance camps for kids ages four through 12, although teens up to age 16 can opt for the counselor in training positions. The program includes includes dance, gymnastics, science, and more!
Location: 12751 W. Millennium Dr., Suite 115, Playa Vista
Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts – Ages 3 – 16
Primarily known as YADA, this acting camp offers musical theater options for kids across all age groups and focuses on one or two-week sessions according to interests and aspirations. The 2024 Summer season will feature Disney’s Frozen, Willy Wonka, Legally Blonde, and more! The one-week musical revue camps will be themed around Taylor Swift and Barbie.
Location: 8115 West Third Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
Westside Ballet Summer Camps & Intensives – Ages 4 and up
Westside School of Ballet offers summer programs for dancers of all levelsāfrom Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Summer Intensive programs for upper division students (ages 7 and up) to Childrenās Themed Camps for Girls and Boys, (ages 4-6). The kids camp activities include Dance Class, Design a Miniature Backdrop, Design a Costume, and Music Exploration. Weekly themed camps include: Frozen, Moana, Aladdin & Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, Little Mermaid and more!
Location: 1709 Stewart Street, Santa Monica
East L.A./ Hollywood Performing Arts Camps
Lythgoe Family Panto Camp – Ages 6 – 14 (TBA)
Panto teaches campers not only Musical Theatre skills such as singing, dancing and acting, but also teaches improv. Pop vocal singing with the songs ranging from musical theatre hits to current pop hits. With Panto, each show is tailor made to showcase students skills, be it juggling, magic, gymnastics, stand-up comedy or other. Campers also learn stage direction, team building skills, collaboration, camaraderie, and confidence.
Location: Theatre 68 Arts Complex 5112 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood
SOCAPA Los Angeles – Ages 13 – 19
One of the most all-encompassing options in this list, SOCAPA Los Angeles has summer camps for any performing arts your teens preferādance, film, photography, music, and acting. The programs are open to teens ages 13 to 19.
Location: Occidental College Braun Hall – 1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock
San Fernando Valley Performing Arts Camps
Class Act Theater – 1st – 12th Grades
A year-round learning experience, Class Act Community Playhouse offers a five-week theater camp in the summer for kids in 1st through 12th grade. The camp culminates in a live theater performance of a full-length Broadway show. Class Act also offers introductory lessons to the theatre world for children ages three to five.
Location: 345 Wilhelmina Ave Woodland Hills, CA 91367.
Join the Band Summer Music Camp – Ages 8 and up
With a variety of music camps for all ages and stages of musical ability, Join the Band provides everything a music enthusiast needsāintroductory levels, rock band camps, and songwriting options.
Location: 5928 Van Nuys Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91401.
Golden PAC – Ages 6 – 15
Summer Camp Production for ages 6 – 15, meets five days a week Monday through Friday for 6 weeks. Camp includes production rehearsals, theater and camp games, and local park activities culminating in a performance.
Location: 23233 Saticoy St., #107, West Hills, CA 91304
CSUN Teenage Drama Workshop – Ages 12 – 18
Teenage Drama Workshop (TADW) is a conservatory style program offering teens (rising 6th graders and up) age 12-18 the opportunity to develop skills in theatre arts. Daily activities include acting, dancing, and voice training. The camp culminates in a performance. This year’s featured show is Spongebob: The Musical.
Location: Department of Theatre | TADW California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge
Multiple Locations
School of Rock
It may not have Jack Black, but School of Rock remains one of the best music camps in the United States and has several locations in LA. Their music camp options range across several age groupsāfrom preschoolers to adults.
Address: Multiple locations across LA.
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