Summer arts, language and music programs for 2025

By Stacy Mantle
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These arts-centric camps and workshops help youth ages 5–18 tap into their imagination, build new skills and express themselves through a variety of mediums.

Whether you're raising a budding artist, performer or storyteller, this guide includes both free and paid programs tailored to every interest and ability. Beat the summer slide with an interactive and entertaining course that keeps your kids active. 

Arizona School of Classical Ballet Summer Camps

Offers classical ballet training, choreography, and stage experience in a professional studio environment.

• Cost: Contact for pricing
• Address: 20820 N. 25th Place, Suite 112, Phoenix
• Phone: 602-494-3400
• Website: AZ Classical Ballet

Art Masterpiece at Chandler

An enrichment program promoting art literacy through reproductions of fine works of art.

• Cost: Varies by program
• Address: Various schools in Chandler
• Phone: Contact via website
• Website: Chandler Unified School District

As You Wish Pottery Summer Camps

Campers use fun materials like bubbles and cotton swabs to explore pottery and paint in weekly themed art projects.

• Cost: $25.00 per class
• Address: Eight Valley locations
• Phone: Contact via website
• Website: As You Wish

Boys and Girls Music Camps – Phoenix Boys Choir

Performance-based music camps teach vocal technique, music literacy, and choral singing with top-tier instructors.

• Cost: Contact for pricing
• Address: 1131 E. Missouri Ave., Phoenix
• Phone: 
• Website: Boys Choir

Chandler Center for the Arts Youth Programs

Musical theater camps taught by professional artists, providing creative experiences during summer.

• Cost: Varies by program
• Address: 250 N Arizona Ave, Chandler
• Phone: 480-782-2680
• Website: Chandler Center for the Arts

Children’s Museum of Phoenix Summer Camps

Designed for ages 5–8, this weekly camp combines creative play with hands-on learning inside the museum’s exhibits.

• Cost: Contact for pricing
• Address: 215 N. Seventh St., Phoenix
• Phone: 602-253-0501
• Website: Children’s Museum of Phoenix

Dance Theater West Summer Camps

Combining classical training with creative movement, these camps are ideal for young dancers with a love for performance.

• Cost: Contact for pricing
• Address: 3925 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix
• Phone: 602-840-3883
• Website: Dance Theater West

Girl Scouts – Camp Like a Girl Scout

Creative, confidence-building camps at locations in Prescott, Payson, and Phoenix include arts, adventure, and leadership.

• Cost: Varies by program
• Address: Multiple locations
• Phone: 602-452-7000
• Website: Girl Scout Camp

Morning Music & Afternoon Art Camps – Music Makers Workshop

Kids can spend mornings making music and afternoons creating visual art in this dual-discipline creative camp.

• Cost: Contact for pricing
• Address: 3233 E. Chandler Blvd., Suite 2, Phoenix
• Phone: 480-706-1224
• Website: MMWAZ

Mesa Arts Center Youth Camps

Offers creative experiences like Teen Beginning Jewelry, Clay Monster Madness, and Animation Camp.

• Cost: Varies; scholarships available
• Address: 1 E. Main St., Mesa
• Phone: 480-644-6500
• Website: Mesa Arts

Music Together in Phoenix

More than just music class, this playful 45-minute experience helps young children connect through rhythm, movement, and joy.

• Cost: Varies by session
• Address: 3241 E. Shea Blvd., Phoenix
• Phone: 602-670-6506
• Website: Music Together

Phoenix Theatre Summer Camps

These theater camps teach acting, stagecraft, and performance through themed week-long intensives for kids and teens.

• Cost: Contact for pricing
• Address: 100 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix
• Phone: 602-254-2151
• Website: Phoenix Theatre

Rising Youth Arts Camp

An inclusive multi-arts summer program offering community, creativity, and theater-based exploration for all ages.

• Cost: Contact for pricing
• Address: 1202 N. Third St., Phoenix
• Phone: 602-551-6074
• Website: Rising Youth Arts

Serenity Learning Center Summer Camps

Provides themed summer camps focusing on literacy and creative arts.

• Cost: Varies by program
• Address: 2740 E. Southern Ave., Mesa
• Phone: Contact via website
• Website: Serenity Learning Summer Camps

Slimetopia 2: Total World Takeover 

A STEAM-focused, one-week camp (ages 6–11) offered with Challenge Island, where kids explore a new continent daily through creative slime-making activities.

• Cost: Varies
• Address: Scottsdale Parks & Recreation Summer Camps 
• Phone: 480-312-2329
• Website: Scottsdale Parks & Recreation Camps

Summer Sing – Phoenix Boys Choir & 

Join a week of music, movement and fun led by professional musicians for kids who love to sing and perform.

• Cost: Contact for pricing
• Address: 1131 E. Missouri Ave., Phoenix
• Phone: 602-264-5328
• Website: Phoenix Boys Choir 

Summer Sing – Phoenix Girls Chorus

Prepare for a week of music and dance — led by professional musicians and perfect for kids who love to sing, dance, and shine on stage!

• Cost: Contact for pricing
• Address: 1131 E. Missouri Ave., Phoenix
• Phone: 602-264-5328
• Website: Phoenix Boys Choir

Don’t see your favorite summer arts or music camp listed? Help us expand our guide with great programs for kids of all ages. If you know of a literacy or reading camp that should be included, let us know and we’ll get it added. Email your listing to: Aznews@iniusa.org

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