Bay Area Girls Rock Camp
Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts / Oakland School for the Arts, 530 18th St, Oakland, CA 94612
About
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp includes instrument instruction, band formation, and collaborative songwriting, along with group activities and performances. Participants take part in Music Herstory, Image & Identity, self-defense, zine-making, and screenprinting workshops. Each program ends with a showcase performance at a live venue, and no musical experience is necessary because instruments are provided for all participants.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Girls Rock After School Program is a 10-week, twice-weekly after school music program held from January to March, and summer camp sessions are weeklong, 8-hour-per-day programs held between June and August; Women’s Rock Camp is a 3-day weekend program for adult women in the spring.
• Price: Summer Camp costs $450 and Girls Rock After School Program costs $350.
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp is a nonprofit organization that focuses on music, self-confidence, creativity, and teamwork, and centers the experiences of girls, trans, and/or non-binary youth with an explicit commitment to gender justice and an inclusive environment for a wide range of marginalized gender identities and expressions. The organization challenges gender stereotypes, encourages collaboration and tolerance among peers, and offers music lessons, workshops, group activities, and performances. It is an independent 501(c)(3) organization and is affiliated with the Girls Rock Camp Alliance, an international coalition of similar programs.
Since the inaugural summer camp in July 2008, Bay Area Girls Rock Camp has expanded its programs and now serves hundreds of youth per year. The founding organizers are Natalie, Melissa, Anna, Sarah, and Carey. The program offers separate tracks for younger and older campers, allows campers to attend multiple summer sessions if space permits, and has an internship program for campers ages 15–19 who have participated in two or more programs. It offers financial aid for all programs on a needs basis, prioritizes Bay Area residents for financial aid, and states that no one is ever turned away for lack of funds.
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp relies on volunteers to carry out all programs and offers many volunteer opportunities that do not require musical experience. The organization supports the Black Lives Matter and No Dakota Access Pipeline movements, acknowledges that its office is on traditional Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone land, and pays the Shuumi Land Tax to support the Sogorea Te Land Trust’s work. It also partners with the local queer-femme punk festival DOLLFEST in producing a spring fundraiser show.
Last updated June 22, 2026.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Girls Rock After School Program is a 10-week, twice-weekly after school music program held from January to March, and summer camp sessions are weeklong, 8-hour-per-day programs held between June and August; Women’s Rock Camp is a 3-day weekend program for adult women in the spring.
• Price: Summer Camp costs $450 and Girls Rock After School Program costs $350.
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp is a nonprofit organization that focuses on music, self-confidence, creativity, and teamwork, and centers the experiences of girls, trans, and/or non-binary youth with an explicit commitment to gender justice and an inclusive environment for a wide range of marginalized gender identities and expressions. The organization challenges gender stereotypes, encourages collaboration and tolerance among peers, and offers music lessons, workshops, group activities, and performances. It is an independent 501(c)(3) organization and is affiliated with the Girls Rock Camp Alliance, an international coalition of similar programs.
Since the inaugural summer camp in July 2008, Bay Area Girls Rock Camp has expanded its programs and now serves hundreds of youth per year. The founding organizers are Natalie, Melissa, Anna, Sarah, and Carey. The program offers separate tracks for younger and older campers, allows campers to attend multiple summer sessions if space permits, and has an internship program for campers ages 15–19 who have participated in two or more programs. It offers financial aid for all programs on a needs basis, prioritizes Bay Area residents for financial aid, and states that no one is ever turned away for lack of funds.
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp relies on volunteers to carry out all programs and offers many volunteer opportunities that do not require musical experience. The organization supports the Black Lives Matter and No Dakota Access Pipeline movements, acknowledges that its office is on traditional Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone land, and pays the Shuumi Land Tax to support the Sogorea Te Land Trust’s work. It also partners with the local queer-femme punk festival DOLLFEST in producing a spring fundraiser show.
Last updated June 22, 2026.
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