French Woods Festival Performing Arts Summer Camp

French Woods Festival Performing Arts Summer Camp offers activities in music, art, theater, dance, circus, magic, horseback riding, sports, fitness programs, and a wide range of waterfront options. Campers can take part in rock and roll, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, song-writing, and recording in a state-of-the-art recording studio, as well as music production, theory, composition, and private lessons for every instrument in the orchestra plus piano and voice. The program also includes drawing, painting, woodworking, ceramics, screen printing, fiber arts, leathercraft, jewelry, graphic design, game design, studio art, ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, modern dance, flying trapeze, silks, lyra, web, cloud swing, close up magic, sleight of hand, stage illusions, card magic, tennis, skateboard camp, challenge course elements like a 500 foot Dual Zipline and climbing wall, miniature railroad, slot car track, model rockets, and a variety of waterfront activities such as water-skiing, swimming, sailing, canoeing, wind surfing, a floating trampoline, and a banana boat.

• Ages: 7–17 years old

World class coaching provides instruction in lifetime sports and comprehensive fitness programs. Highly qualified equestrian instructors teach lead line work for beginners and progress to trail riding, jumping, and dressage, using 32 horses with indoor and outdoor arenas and wooded riding trails. Dynamic and accomplished professional instructors guide campers through a progressive tennis curriculum from beginner to advanced on 15 all weather courts and 1 indoor court. The camp presents more than 80 full-scale theater productions every summer in five theaters and runs what it describes as the largest and most comprehensive children’s circus training program in the world, including a main circus show, a Jr. Circus show, and a late night fire fly show. French Woods Radio is carried over the internet and features live interviews, camp bulletins, recorded songs, and other audio components created by campers. Older campers can participate in community service and legacy projects in addition to college prep courses. The program states that campers are able to focus on one particular area or choose a variety of activities, that younger campers have additional guidance and supervision, and that French Woods celebrates diversity and provides a safe environment for children to try new things. French Woods is internationally recognized as a premiere program in the performing arts and includes all the programs of a traditional summer camp and more, with Zoom info sessions with owners and staff and a Zoom Homesickness Workshop offered to the French Woods community.

Last updated April 17, 2026.