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Why Interlochen Arts Camp

Here, you’ll do what you love best all day long — in the most beautiful place imaginable.

Campers experience all the fun of summer — from cabin games and activities to enjoying the sun and exploring the great outdoors — all while practicing, performing, and making art. Perfect your skills and learn new ones alongside soon-to-be lifelong friends.

Arts Camp Summer 2024 Sessions and Dates

Interlochen Arts Camp offers a variety of session lengths and dates for multiple age ranges (grades 3-12). Six-week programs are available for ALL age groups, four-week sessions are available for grades 3-6, three-week sessions are available for grades 6-12, two-week sessions are available to grades 3-6, and one-week "Intensive" programs are available for grades 9-12.

One-week Intensives (Grades 9-12)

June 15 - June 21

Six-week sessions
(Grades 6-12)

June 22 - Aug. 4

Four-week sessions (Grades 3-6)

June 23 - July 20
July 7 - Aug. 3

Three-week sessions (Grades 6-12)

June 22 - July 13
July 14 - Aug. 4

Two-week sessions (Grades 3-6)

June 23 - July 6
July 7 - July 20
July 21 - Aug. 3

Interlochen Arts Camp Programs

We offer a diverse selection of summer camp programming and education in seven arts disciplines: creative writing, dance, film and new media, interdisciplinary arts, music, theatre, and visual arts. Choose your desired division below to learn more.

interlochen arts camp students running through campus happily

Create Art Alongside Adventure

Bring your curiosity and excitement. Leave with new techniques, lots of life and camp experience, and lasting memories. You’ll find counselors, faculty, and mentors who will provide exceptional instruction and help your talent grow—and you'll feel energized from the inspiration of your fellow young artists from around the world.

student playing flute at interlochen arts camp

Learn, Create, and Perform

You’ll spend your days practicing your art, or stretching your creativity by trying new opportunities at one of the best summer camps for the arts. You'll explore interests and experience adventures outside of your arts discipline in an amazing environment. And you’ll do it surrounded by exceptional instructors and talented friends who will cheer you on. 

Roasting marshmellows during Interlochen Arts Camp

Explore the Outdoors

Experience the wonders of nature in environmental studies classes. Enjoy our scenic campus during your free time. Go swimming, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, or sailing on one of our two freshwater lakes—or take on some friendly competition in individual and team sports.

Attend the tale of Josh Groban

More than two decades after missing out on his dream role at Interlochen Arts Camp, the Grammy Award-nominated singer stars as the titular character in the Broadway revival of ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.’

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Josh Groban on stage at Kresge Auditorium on June 8, 2019.

Josh Groban performs at Interlochen's Kresge Auditorium on June 8, 2019.

By the Numbers

3,000+

students from around the world attend Arts Camp every summer

1:2

ratio of adult faculty and staff members to students

90,000

Arts Camp alumni form an incredible global network

It’s a Good Place

Hear from Interlochen Arts Camp students as they describe their experience immersed in the arts between two lakes.

Arts Camp News & Features

A student in a light blue shirt works on a self-portrait beside a window looking out into the forest.
5 tips for creating a winning arts audition or portfolio

Interlochen staff and faculty share insights that will help you get into a competitive arts camp or arts high school.

Sleeping Bear Dunes Junior trip 2016
Sleeping Bear Dunes and Maddy Gras: Interlochen Arts Camp traditions provide students with friendships, memories for years to come

Camp staff share their favorite activities and traditions, some dating back to Arts Camp’s founding in 1928.

Two Camp musical theatre students smile at the camera.
How to make the most of your arts summer camp experience

Interlochen Arts Camp’s students and staff share their top tips for thriving artistically and socially at a summer arts camp.