Summer is just around the corner, which means school districts will let students out for the break. Parents looking for camps for their children have a number of options to choose from in Southwest Austin and Dripping Springs. This list is in alphabetical order and is not comprehensive.

All-Star Sports Camp
  • Type: sports
  • Ages: 5-14 years old
  • Dates: May 26-Aug. 18
  • Cost: $245 per week for half days; $395 per week for full days
ART + Academy
  • Type: arts
  • Ages: 5-17 years old
  • Dates: June 30-Aug. 15
  • Cost: $300-$350
Art + Academy camps focus on helping young artists practice different art techniques, improve their skills, and boost confidence with personalized instruction led by expert artists. (Courtesy Art + Academy)
Art Camps at Cordovan Art School
  • Type: arts
  • Ages: 5-16 years old
  • Dates: May 27-Aug. 15
  • Cost: $339-$549 per week
The Art Garage
  • Type: arts
  • Ages: 6-14 years old
  • Dates: May 27-Aug. 15
  • Cost: $95 per day; $399 per week
ATX Ballers Fun Summer Basketball Camps!Austin Eco Bilingual SchoolBadgerdog Creative Writing Summer Camps
  • Type: arts, education
  • Ages: third-12th graders
  • Dates: June-July
  • Cost: $400 per two-week-long sessions; $550 per three-week-long session
Banyan Forest Summer CampBee Cave Arts Foundation Summer Art Camp
  • Type: arts
  • Ages: 5-11 years old
  • Dates: May 27-Aug. 8; weekly sessions
  • Cost: $275 per half day weekly sessions; $550 per full day weekly sessions
Brandy Perryman Shooting Camp Inc.
  • Type: sports
  • Ages: 7-16 years old
  • Dates: June 2-Aug. 7; four-day-long sessions
  • Cost: $299 per session
    • St. Michaels Athletic Center, 3000 Barton Creek Blvd., Austin; Hyde Park High School, 11400 S. MoPac, Austin; Covington Middle School, 3700 Convict Hill Road, Austin
    • www.bperrymanshootingcamp.com
Camp Drip
  • Type: sports
  • Ages: 6-11 years old
  • Dates: July 7-10; July 14-17; July 21-24
  • Cost: $350 per session
Camp El Ranchito
  • Type: education, overnight
  • Ages: fourth-ninth graders; ninth-12th graders; varies by session
  • Dates: June 15-July 18; weekly sessions; varies by age group
  • Cost: varies; scholarships and discounts available
Camp Headwaters at Springs Campus
  • Type: day
  • Ages: 3-5 years old
  • Dates: June 2-Aug. 1
  • Cost: $750 per two-week-long session
Club SciKidz Austin
  • Type: education
  • Ages: 4-15 years old
  • Dates: June-July
  • Cost: $365 per weekly session
Coyote Kids Nature CampCrayola Imagine Arts Academy CampsCreator Camp
  • Type: arts, education
  • Ages: 6-13 years old
  • Dates: June 2-Aug. 8
  • Cost: $174-$266; discounts and summer passes available
Drumset Boot Camp for Beginners at Oak Hill Drum Studio
  • Type: arts
  • Ages: 8 years old and up
  • Dates: June 2-Aug. 15; weekly sessions
  • Cost: $150-$595 per session
ESTEAM Learning Labs
  • Type: education
  • Ages: 4-16 years old
  • Dates: Tailored camp session to the time frame needed by families
  • Cost: $450 per week
Game Worlds
  • Type: education
  • Ages: 8-18 years old
  • Dates: May 26-Aug. 8; weekly sessions
  • Cost: $725 per weekly session; discounts available
iCode Summer Break CampsINIC Spanish Immersion Summer Camp
  • Type: education
  • Ages: 0-7 years old
  • Dates: June 2-Aug. 1
  • Cost: $450 per weekly session; discounts available
INIC Summer Camp immerses young learners in Spanish through hands-on STEM, storytelling, global cultural exploration, and social-emotional activities. (Courtesy INIC Preschool)
Jump! Gymnastic Camp JumpkidsActing Studio
  • Type: arts
  • Ages: 4-19 years old
  • Dates: May 26-Aug. 15
  • Cost: $305-$1,525; varies by session length
kidsActing Studio offers a theater camp with themes from "Descendants: Rise of Red," "Spider-Verse," "Moana 2," "Star Wars," "Annie," "Beauty and the Beast" and more. Show Choir camps will perform the songs of "Wicked" and campers can make their own scenes in the Acting for TV and Film camp. (Courtesy kidsActing Studio)
KidStrong South Austin
  • Type: sports
  • Ages: 4-9 years old; must be potty-trained
  • Dates: begins May 27
  • Cost: $300 per weekly session
Mad Science Camps
  • Type: education
  • Ages: 6-12 years old
  • Dates: May 27-Aug. 15
  • Cost: $240-$390
McKinney Roughs Nature ParkMeteor Theatre
  • Type: arts
  • Ages: fourth-ninth graders for "High School Musical Jr."; seventh-ninth graders for "High School Musical Jr. Technical Theatre Camp"
  • Dates: July 7-24
  • Cost: $1,100
Moxie Gymnastics Summer Camp
  • Type: sports
  • Ages: 3-13 years old
  • Dates: June 27-Aug. 8
  • Cost: $400 per weekly session
OnStage Ready
  • Type: arts
  • Ages: second-sixth graders
  • Dates: June 9-13 for "Oz"; June 16-20 for "Best of Roald Dahl"; June 23-26 for "Shakespeare's Showcase"
  • Cost: $345 per session
Rock-About Kids Climbing Camp
  • Type: sports
  • Ages: 9-18 years old
  • Dates: June 2-July 18
  • Cost: $425 per session
The Sated Sheep
  • Type: arts
  • Ages: 8 years old and up
  • Dates: June 23-Aug. 1; weekly sessions
  • Cost: $200 per weekly session
School of Design and Creative Technologies at UT Shalom Austin JCamps
  • Type: religious, overnight
  • Ages: preK-ninth graders
  • Dates: June 2-Aug. 20
  • Cost: $485-$545 per weekly session; $895-$965 per two-week-long sessions


Snapology

Type: education

Ages: 5-14 years old


Dates: May 27-Aug. 22

Cost: $295-$455 per weekSportball Austin
  • Type: sports
  • Ages: 3-9 years old
  • Dates: May 27-Aug. 15, varies by session
  • Cost: $240-$300 per week, varies by camp
Sportball is a multisports camp that engages children in various sports activities, including basketball, soccer and more. (Courtesy Sportball)
Steve & Kate's Camp Austin—South
  • Type: art, sports, education
  • Ages: 4-12 years old
  • Dates: June 2-Aug. 1
  • Cost: $114 per day pass; $3,192 per summer pass
Squishy Banana Studios Film Camp
  • Type: arts
  • Ages: kindergarten-ninth graders
  • Dates: June 9-Aug. 8
  • Cost: $375-395
St. Michael's Prep Summer Camps
St. Michael’s Prep offers a variety of camps for all age groups in art, music, sports, or hands-on learning, athletic leagues and more. (Courtesy St. Michael's Prep)
Teen Girls' Summer Boxing ClinicUTeach Outreach at UTUT RTF Media Camps
  • Type: arts, educational
  • Ages: varies by camp
  • Dates: to be announced
  • Cost: $300-$1,250, varies by camp
The UT Radio-TV-Film department offers camps such as stop-motion animation, storytelling, sound design, filmmaking, post-production, screenwriting and more. (Courtesy The University of Texas at Austin Department of Radio, Television and Film)
UT Sports Camps
  • Type: sports; overnight options vary by camp
  • Ages: K-12th graders, varies by camp and session
  • Dates: varies by camp
  • Cost: varies by camp
UT Sports Medicine Camp
  • Type: sports, education, overnight options
  • Ages: 12-18 years old
  • Dates: June 13-16
  • Costs: $629 commuter; $699 overnight
Wet and Wild Adventure Camp
  • Type: sports
  • Ages: 9-15 years old
  • Dates: June 2-Aug. 15
  • Cost: $540-600 per week
Young Rembrandts Summer Drawing Workshops