Summer will be here before you know it, and if you’re looking for some great ways to keep your child engaged in a safe, friendly, and enriching environment, then StyleBlueprint’s Summer Camp Guide has some great options.
We are continuing to update this guide with 2025 dates. Please check back for more information!
DANCE & ARTS CAMPS
School of Nashville Ballet Summer Camps
Address: 3630 Redmon Street, Nashville, TN 37209 • (615) 297-2966 ext. 910 or [email protected]
Dates: June 2 – July 18, 2025
Cost: $300
Ages: 3-9 years
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Register HERE.
Help your young artist strengthen the scope of their imagination at School of Nashville Ballet this summer! Designed to foster creative development through physical activity, their half-day camps are the perfect place to let your little one roam, imagine, and play. Each program helps children gain an appreciation for the arts, practice choreography, create crafts, and learn technique. In addition to camps, Nashville Ballet offers a variety of summer programs for children of all ages, including community classes and junior intensives.
Watkins Young Artists Programs
Address: 1900 Belmont Blvd. Nashville, TN 37212 • (615) 460-8625 or [email protected]
Dates: June 9 – July 18, 2025
Cost: $410-$1,500
Ages: 6-18 years
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Register HERE.
Watkins Young Artist Programs help kids and teens develop creatively as they cultivate artistic skills. Led by outstanding artists, designers and educators, these programs explore the artistic process with emphasis on problem solving, designing, communicating and creating. Young artists will have the opportunity to work with high-quality materials, in college-level studios, so they encourage dressing for a mess to fully enjoy the creative process. Their summer youth art programs offer a full week of artistic inspiration. After the fun-filled week of creating, all youth will display their work alongside their peers in an art show open to all the artists’ families and friends.
Their camp for ages 15-18 is the Summer Studios pre-college experience. This program provides a rigorous art and design school experience with both a day program and overnight option. Students will study under the tutelage of industry professionals and the college faculty in the O’More and Watkins colleges at Belmont. All students will select courses matching their creative interests and engage in critiques as they work towards an exhibition of their work at the conclusion of the program.
Camps for ages 6-14 are day camp format, with students working under the guidance of expert art educators. Students will explore new media and techniques inspired by a weekly theme. All students will participate in an art show open to friends and family at the conclusion of the week.
Summer at White Brick Art Studio
Address: located near Green Hills area • (615) 943-0055 or [email protected]
Dates: Coming soon
Cost: $350
Ages: 5-14 years
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Register HERE.
Summer at White Brick Art Studio offers small, well-planned visual arts camps for artists ages 5-14. Each intensive session will be led by two certified art educators and will be limited to 12 students. Small groups allow for individual attention to each artist with a fun group dynamic. Camps are designed to nurture creativity and build artistic skills in fun and engaging ways.
Nashville Shakespeare Festival Summer Half-Day Camps
Address: 2200 West End Ave., Nashville, TN 37203 • (615) 255-2273 or [email protected]
Dates: Coming soon
Cost: $250
Ages: 8-17 years
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Register HERE.
Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s Summer Half-Day Camps allow students to have the room to play and learn at the same time. From crafting, writing poetry, building characters, and designing costumes, improv, stage combat, technical theater, and more, students gain confidence in their abilities while learning new ones. The atmosphere is relaxed but structured. Katie Bruno, their Education Director, tailors each camp experience to the age groups that attend. For some, this might be their first exposure to Shakespeare and his plays, which opens up so many avenues for creative expression and ignites a passion for the performing arts.
Kids play and learn at the same time at Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s Summer Half-Day Camps. Image: Nashville Shakespeare Festival
SCIENCE & EDUCATION CAMPS
Adventure Science Center Camp
Address: 800 Ft. Negley Blvd., Nashville, TN 37203 • (615) 862-5160 or [email protected]
Dates: May 26 – August 1, 2025
Cost: $399
Ages: Rising 1st-5th grade
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Register HERE.
Summer camp at Adventure Science Center is an awesome way to have fun and learn new things! Campers can blast off into a world of exploration and discovery with Space camp, uncover the world of dinosaurs with Paleontology camp, learn the scientific secrets behind movie magic in Wizardry camp, dive into the fascinating world of life science in Biology camp, and watch as curiosity, creativity, and science collide in Chemistry camp.
Deer Run Summer Camps — Day & Overnight
Address: 3845 Perkins Road Thompson’s Station, Tennessee 37179 • (615) 794-2918 or [email protected]
Dates: June 1 – July 18, 2025
Cost: $399.95 – $1,989.95
Ages: 5-Grade 10
Religious affiliation: Christian
Registration: Register HERE
Deer Run offers premier summer camps for your kids and teens to grow “Deeper Faith. Stronger Relationships. Greater Adventures.” Deer Run provides a place where campers experience the outdoors, have fun, are adventurous, unplug, and connect with each other to discover strengths, forge friendships, deepen relationships, complete challenges, and create lifelong memories. Camps are fun-filled and action-packed yet allow campers to experience the stillness and beauty of nature. Activities include zip lining, canoeing, garden time, archery, a 45-ft climbing tower, and more.
Steve & Kate’s Camp
Address: 3201 Hillsboro Pike Nashville, Tennessee 37215 • (615) 652-1137 or [email protected]
Dates: May 27 – July 25, 2025
Cost: $114 day pass – $3,420 summer pass
Ages: 5-12
Religious affiliation: None
Registration: Register HERE
Since 1980, Steve & Kate’s Camp has put kids in charge allowing campers to choose from a variety of activities in real-time, including sewing, stop-motion animation, coding, gaming, sports and recreation, maker crafts, water play, baking, and more. As children are empowered to make their own choices at camp, they discover new reserves of confidence, resiliency, and creativity learning to course correct and trust themselves as they go. Families can buy any number of days, to use at any time (no weekly reservations required.) Or, buy a Summer Pass, which covers the whole season. Either way, any unused passes are automatically refunded at summer’s end.
Travellers Rest Historic House Museum Summer Camps
Address: 636 Farrell Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37220 • (615) 832-8197 ext. 15 or [email protected]
Dates: May 27 – August 1, 2025
Cost: Varies
Ages: 7-16 years
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Register HERE.
Travellers Rest Historic House Museum offers a variety of exciting and unique summer camps each year, where campers truly turn history into an adventure and enjoy the next best thing to traveling back in time. They offer a safe, fun, and exciting atmosphere for children ages 7 to 16 who find history, archaeology, storytelling, arts and crafts, and the great outdoors a blast to study and learn. All camps are located on the grounds of the oldest historic home open to the public in Nashville, Tennessee, and focus on a different historical era or theme from the almost 1000 years of history our site covers.
Their week-long day camps from the end of May to early August offer a low camper-to-counselor ratio with no more than 20 campers per session and no more than 35 campers on their spacious eight-acre property at one time. They also offer convenient early care and after-care hours for busy parents on the go. Staff members cherish the opportunity every year to inspire the next generation of historians, archaeologists, historical artisans, and storytellers. It is their mission that, through history and education, your children will emerge from camp with new friends and a greater love for the past!
Tremont Summer Camp in the Smokies
Address: 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, TN 37882 • (865) 448-6709 or [email protected]
Dates: June 9 – July 28, 2025
Cost: Varies
Ages: 4-17 years
Religious affiliation: None
Registration: Register HERE.
At Tremont’s summer camps, live and learn inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Tremont offers summer learning experiences that foster an understanding of the beautiful Appalachian mountains and encourage a lifelong appreciation and stewardship of the environment. Campers will experience wonder, ask questions, and have fun learning about nature — and themselves! From backpacking in the wilderness to learning about the secret haunts of salamanders, Tremont offers a variety of summer camp opportunities to serve different interests, abilities, and age groups, including camps for the whole family! Choose from Discovery Camp, Girls in Science, Backcountry Ecological Expedition, Wilderness Adventure Trek, Discovery Camp, Firefly Camp, Family Camp, and more!
SCHOOL CAMPS
Brentwood Academy
Address: 219 Granny White Pike, Brentwood, TN 37027 • (615) 373-0611 or marshall_gray@
Dates: May 28 – August 2, 2025
Cost: Varies
Ages: K-8th grade
Religious affiliation: Christian
Registration: Register HERE.
Come experience the camp programs at Brentwood Academy, where they recognize that healthy athletic, academic, and creative experiences contribute to essential elements of a child’s growth. Their camp programs are an extension of a mission to nurture and challenge each whole person — body, mind, and spirit — to the Glory of God. They invite your family to join them as students are welcomed by and engage with Brentwood Academy faculty, staff, and coaches while exploring new adventures and making new friendships.
Camp St. Cecilia
Address: 4210 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205 • (615) 293-1625 or [email protected]
Dates: June 2 – July 18, 2025
Cost: $100 to $190
Ages: 4-17 years
Religious affiliation: Catholic
Registration: Register HERE.
Camp St. Cecilia is a summer program designed to give girls ages 4-17 an opportunity to have fun while learning. Campers experience St. Cecilia Academy’s academics, athletics, and fine arts programs while interacting with faculty, students, coaches, alumnae, and parents. The camps offer excellent instruction for girls by experienced instructors. Each girl attending Camp St. Cecilia will be exposed to skills in various areas to develop her academic and extracurricular interests further.
Two sessions are offered each day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Before and after care are available.
Summer at Christ Presbyterian Academy
Address: 2323A Old Hickory Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37215 • (615) 373-9550 or [email protected]
Dates: May 27 – July 26, 2025
Cost: Varies
Ages: 4-12th grade
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Register HERE.
Christ Presbyterian Academy is bringing over 40 camp offerings to children age 4 through 12th grade this year. All Summer at CPA camps are open to the Nashville community and include fun and educational focuses for any child. This year’s camps include Lego Robotics, All-Sports Camp, Art Camp, Football, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, LAX, Extreme Science, Musical Theatre, and more. Summer at CPA seeks to introduce campers to diverse experiences, help them develop new interests, meet new friends, and learn special skills. Whether learning a new art technique or building a robot, Summer at CPA creates a vibrant scene of exploration in a safe, nurturing environment.
Currey Ingram Academy Summer Programs
Address: 6544 Murray Lane, Brentwood TN 37027 • (615) 635-0245 or [email protected]
Dates: June 9 – July 25, 2025
Cost: Camp dependent
Ages: K-12th grade
Religious affiliation: None
Registration: Register HERE.
Currey Ingram Academy offers unique half- and full-day offerings for summer camp on their beautiful 83-acre campus in Brentwood. Programs are designed to both excite and challenge children with a wide array of interests and academic needs. Currey Ingram Academy maintains a low camper-to-counselor ratio that allows for relationship building on a personal level, providing an individualized experience for your child to learn, grow, and have fun. From traditional summer camps to specialized ADHD and ASD programs, CIA has something for every camper this summer!
FRA Summer Camps
Address: 4700 Franklin Pike, Nashville, TN 37220 • (615) 369-4567 or [email protected]
Dates: June 2 – July 25, 2025
Cost: $225
Ages: Pre-K4 -12th grade
Religious affiliation: Christian
Registration: Register HERE.
FRA offers a variety of summer programs that nurture and develop students’ passions for children age Pre-K4 through 12th grade. Each summer, over 750 students from the greater Nashville area spend between one to six weeks on campus, enjoying thoughtful and engaging camp experiences for enrichment and fun. Whether you are looking for a sports camp, enrichment, or academic experience, FRA has something for everyone. Their goal is to deliver a positive and seamless experience for campers and their families. They hold morning camps from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and afternoon camps from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Harding Academy Summer Camps
Address: 170 Windsor Drive, Nashville, TN 37205 • (615) 356-5510 or [email protected]
Dates: June 2 – July 25, 2025
Cost: $250
Ages: Pre-K-8th grade
Religious affiliation: None
Registration: Register HERE.
Join Harding Academy for summer fun! They have programs for everyone in grades PreK through eighth grade. Campers create their own plush toys in Plushie Camp, enjoy outdoor fun in Around About Adventures, join a screen-free camp in Unplugged, engage in building, problem-solving and teamwork in Minecraft Adventure Camp, and focus on emotional wellness in Therapeutic Play.
Harpeth Hall Camps
Address: 3801 Hobbs Road, Nashville, TN 37215 • (615) 297-9543 or carol.garaby@harpethhall.org
Dates: June 2 – August 1, 2025
Cost: $145 to $425
Ages: Pre-K-7th grade, with special STEM Summer Institute opportunities for middle and high school students
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: See camp details & register HERE.
Whether serving a tennis ball or serving others, catching bugs or catching basketballs, building LEGOs or building business savvy, Harpeth Hall’s camps offer unforgettable experiences for girls in rising kindergarten through 7th grades. Registration is now open, and the most popular camps fill up fast, so don’t delay.
Also not to be missed are Harpeth Hall’s special two-week summer camp offerings. Their theatre intensive features two weeks of creativity, collaboration, and fun as campers learn acting, singing, and performance techniques and bring a full-stage production of Finding Nemo JR. to life on stage. In addition, Harpeth Hall’s STEM Summer Institute is a two-week premier program where girls use the engineering design process to solve real-world problems. Imagine creating hand-washing stations for communities in need in Kenya or designing environmentally friendly irrigation systems for use by small-scale farmers in Tennessee. The STEM Summer Institute brings together middle school and high school girls from schools throughout Nashville to address local and global issues for a truly integrative STEM learning experience. Learn more about our theatre and STEM offerings at here.
MBA Summer Camps
Address: 4001 Harding Road, Nashville, TN 37205 • (615) 369-5368 or [email protected]
Dates: May 27 – July 25, 2025
Cost: Varies
Ages: 4 and up
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Register HERE.
MBA offers over 100 camps for boys and girls as young as four years old and up to 12th grade. MBA‘s summer camp season is highlighted by the All-Sports Camp, a one-week all-day camp for boys in 1st to 6th grade. At All-Sports Camp, boys participate in several fun sports throughout the day and lunch is provided. MBA also offers weekly camps for baseball, basketball, football, golf, dodgeball, lacrosse, wrestling, soccer, tennis, rifle, and more.
In addition to sports camps, MBA offers a full summer of Enrichment Camps, such as Lego Camp and 615-Science Camp. Also, MBA continues to offer a great selection of co-ed academic prep classes with courses for debate, writing, math, language, and study skills.
Camp Overbrook at Overbrook Catholic School
Address: 4210 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205 • (615) 292-5134 or [email protected]
Dates: June 2 – July 25, 2025
Cost: $275-$375
Ages: 3-rising 1st grade
Religious affiliation: Catholic
Registration: Register HERE.
Camp Overbook provides a structured environment filled with summer fun. With hands-on experiences tailored for 3-year-olds to rising 1st-grade co-ed campers, every child is sure to leave with new interests and hobbies. Whether campers come for one week to experience their favorite theme or stay all summer, campers find comfort in the consistency of routine and the excitement of new weekly themes like Superheroes and Mad Science. Easily accessed from all major interstates in Nashville, Camp Overbrook is proud to offer before-care from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and after-care from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
St. Bernard Academy Summer Play Days
Address: 2304 Bernard Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212 • (615) 298-1298 or [email protected]
Dates: June 6 – June 27, 2025
Cost: $250
Ages: 4-13 years
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Register HERE.
SBA Summer Play Days provides parents with childcare from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for seven weeks of the summer. They offer a diverse mix of activities throughout each day, including arts and crafts and playing both inside the gym and outside across their to two large playgrounds and two large gymnasiums. SBA’s ‘home base’ is located in a state-of-the-art dining hall and community center and they provide a good amount of what they call “structured freedom,” giving children the opportunity to grow in confidence and social maturity.
Camp Tiger Town at Saint Henry School
Address: 6401 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205 • (615) 352-1328 or [email protected]
Dates: June 2 – July 18, 2025
Cost: $160
Ages: Pre-K3-8th grade
Religious affiliation: Catholic
Registration: Register HERE.
At Camp Tiger Town, you’ll find a range of learning opportunities, from athletics to academics to arts and more! The day camp offers boys and girls from pre-K 3 through 8th grade a chance to enjoy all the summer has to offer, with crafts, cooking, sports, robotics, science, and plenty of other fun activities, like their famous lunchtime dance parties. The camp also offers beforecare and aftercare. Registration Director Christie El-Shishini, along with the whole Tiger Town team, can’t wait to see you at Camp Tiger Town this summer!
Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea Youth Football Camp
Address: 2700 Children’s Way, Nashville, TN 37212 • (615) 322-3565 or [email protected]
Dates: June 9 – June 13, 2025
Cost: $250, Early Bird Special $175 until March 1!
Ages: Rising kindergarten-8th grade
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Register HERE.
Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea Youth Football Camp promises an action-packed, full-week experience filled with a dynamic blend of skill development, camaraderie, and spirited competition. Designed to cater to the diverse interests of young participants and a wide age range, the camp will feature specialized position drills aimed at honing individual skills and enhancing tactical understanding. Participants can also look forward to engaging in a variety of group activities, fostering teamwork, and building lasting friendships. Each participant should walk away from the week feeling like they have worked to improve their athletic abilities but also have built memorable experiences extending beyond the playing field.
The Webb School
Address: 319 Webb Road East, Bell Buckle, TN 37020 • (931) 389-9322 or [email protected]
Dates: May 27 – July 26, 2025
Cost: Varies
Ages: Varies
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Register HERE.
The summer programs at the Webb School offer great opportunities for learning, experimenting, creating, and competing. The athletic summer camps include basketball, baseball, football, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. They also offer a week-long outdoor adventure camp that includes rock climbing, a high ropes course, STEM, and art. Every camp is directed by expert coaches and teachers and many of their camps offer bus services from Murfreesboro, Shelbyville, and Tullahoma.
Here’s to an adventurous summer!
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