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Camp Winnarainbow offers circus and performing arts classes where campers can try activities like swinging on the trapeze, walking on stilts, juggling, clowning, unicycling, stilt walking, and songwriting. Campers also take part in stage performances, talent shows, fire circles, dance parties, and swimming in Lake Veronica.
• Ages: 7–17 years old
• Schedule: CWR offers one and two week sessions throughout the summer.
Camp Winnarainbow was founded in 1975 by Wavy Gravy and Jahanara Romney and has been running for 50 years. The camp includes a Teen Leadership Program for 15–17 year old leaders. Its staff teaches timing, balance, and “Survival in the 21st century, or, how to duck with a sense of humor, and a dollop of compassion,” and over the years has brought in trauma informed care practices, non-violent communication, and restorative justice to support children. Camp Winnarainbow is fully ACA accredited as a circus and performing arts summer camp, and its scholarship program, The Grace & Joy Scholarship Fund, supports campers from a wide range of economic backgrounds. Each session ends in an Open House or Big Show where families experience the camp alongside campers.
Camp Winnarainbow states that it creates a joyful environment where children from all backgrounds develop community, self-confidence, and artistry through circus and performing arts, and that it aims to nurture leaders for a peaceful, harmonious, and sustainable future. The camp’s focus on fun and the performing arts is informed by the founders’ backgrounds in acting, poetry, improv, and activism. According to founder Wavy Gravy, “Kids from every walk of life come together and make a kind of a universal whole at Camp. Everybody gets something from each other and we end up being a community together and filled with love. And wonder.”
Last updated March 16, 2026.
• Ages: 7–17 years old
• Schedule: CWR offers one and two week sessions throughout the summer.
Camp Winnarainbow was founded in 1975 by Wavy Gravy and Jahanara Romney and has been running for 50 years. The camp includes a Teen Leadership Program for 15–17 year old leaders. Its staff teaches timing, balance, and “Survival in the 21st century, or, how to duck with a sense of humor, and a dollop of compassion,” and over the years has brought in trauma informed care practices, non-violent communication, and restorative justice to support children. Camp Winnarainbow is fully ACA accredited as a circus and performing arts summer camp, and its scholarship program, The Grace & Joy Scholarship Fund, supports campers from a wide range of economic backgrounds. Each session ends in an Open House or Big Show where families experience the camp alongside campers.
Camp Winnarainbow states that it creates a joyful environment where children from all backgrounds develop community, self-confidence, and artistry through circus and performing arts, and that it aims to nurture leaders for a peaceful, harmonious, and sustainable future. The camp’s focus on fun and the performing arts is informed by the founders’ backgrounds in acting, poetry, improv, and activism. According to founder Wavy Gravy, “Kids from every walk of life come together and make a kind of a universal whole at Camp. Everybody gets something from each other and we end up being a community together and filled with love. And wonder.”
Last updated March 16, 2026.
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