Summer Camps 2024

Let’s do this!

t’s that time of year again, when the sun splits the sky, and our kids face into months and months of having no particular place to go.

To go with all those months and months of lockdown, which officially left them with no particular place to go for two years.

So, if you want to make sure that this summertime your living is easy, check out our extensive round-up of groovy summer camps hitting town over the coming months.

As always, this list will continue to grow as the sun gets higher and higher in the sky. So, come back, y’all, if you don’t quite find what you’re looking for first time round. And if you have a summer camp, let us know on email here. 

Let the educational, inspirational, aspirational, perspirational fun begin!

MODERN LEGACY
Kicking pretty up in Windgates’ luxurious SEK International School, the Modern Legacy Summer Camps 2024 are in two age groups. For boys and girls from 5yrs to 13yrs, and will take place from July 1st to 5th, July 8th to 12th, July 15th to 19th and August 12th to 16th, 10am to 2pm daily.  Those same dates apply for the Teenager Summer Camp, aimed at kids 14yrs to 17yrs, and running daily at 12.30pm to 2.30pm. Details here.

DESIGNER MINDS
Bringing together art and science, Designer Minds have summer camps running throughout July and August, and Charlesland is on their map. STEAM Camp weeks start their Wicklow run in Arklow from July 22nd, then Bray from July 29th, Wicklow Town from August 6th and, finally, Greystones from August 12th and 19th, with junior groups for ages 6.5-9 from 9am to 1pm and senior from ages 10-12 from 2pm to 6pm. One week of the 20-hour Summer Camp costs €160 – places are secured by a €30 deposit and multi-camp or sibling discounts are available. And just in case you’re wondering, STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths. You can find out more here.

CROÍ ARTS & CRAFTS
Lynne Reece Loftus has her popular 5-day CROÍ Arts & Crafts Summer Camps running July 1st, 8th and 29th, and then on August 5th, 12th and 19th, 9.30am to 1pm daily, and aimed at kids from 6 to 12 years. Details here.

COASTAL ART STUDIOS
For kids who like to let their imagination run away with them, this year the Coastal Art Studio tucked away down at a Greystones seafront cul de sac have not one but eight summer camps to choose from. Genevieve has her five-day summer camps running through July and August down at Coastal Art Studios in The Grove. Details here.

ANOTHER FINE MESS
Avril Murphy has her teen cookery summer camps up and running, as Another Fine Mess takes over that historical little building in the middle of The Boat Yard. These 4-day camps from 10am to 2pm each day, throughout June, July and August, and you can find out more right here.

ACTION ARTS STAGE SCHOOL
Given that every kid around here is a star in the making, Aoife Morrison’s Action Arts Summer Camps will provide the stage, the lights and the skills for them to take that all-important next step into the spotlight. These all-singing, all-dancing, all-arty-party camps run through July and August at the Presbyterian Hall on Trafalgar Road. Details here.

THE UPCYCLE SUMMER CAMP
Their Easter Camps having proved such a major success, Barbara Connolly and Caroline Galligan are returning with The Upcycle Summer Camps, taking place Monday to Friday throughout July at the Presbyterian Hall, 9.30am to 1.30pm on the 8th, 15th and 22nd, and aimed at kids 9 to 13 years. Details here.

THE MINDFUL KIDS CAMP
Lee O’Brien introduces some inner peace into the busy minds of our kids through stories, breathing techniques, music, mini-meditations and some traditional arts agus crafts. Running at St Laurence’s National School from July 1st to 5th, you can find out more here.

LA CHÉILE YOGA & MINDFULNESS CAMP FOR KIDS
Aimed at kids from 5 to 12 years, this week of wellness for kids involves yoga, mindfulness, art and, hey, fun. Running from Monday, July 22nd, 9.30am to 12.30pm daily, at St Patrick’s Church, the aim of the five days, says organiser Angharad Costin, is for “kids to leave camp each day more grounded and connected to themselves, and each other“. Details here.

SUGARLOAF GYMNASTICS SUMMER CAMPS
One of Wicklow’s longest-running and most popular summer camps, Sugarloaf Gymastics have two four-day camps running weekly all through July and August, Monday to Thursday, with children age 5.5yrs and older from 10am to 1.30pm and kids 4 to 6yrs from 2.15pm to 3.30pm. There will be three-day camps over the August Bank Holiday too. Details here.

EAST COAST ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS
Kat Lyons’ hugely popular East Coast Academy put tomorrow’s young stars through their paces once again with their latest summer camps, taking place at St Patrick’s School from July 1st to 5th and July 8th to 12th. Open to boys and girls 4 to 13 years, alongside all the dancing and acting there will be arts & crafts and themed weeks. Details here.

THE GOODE SCHOOL SUMMER STARS
One of the country’s most acclaimed ballet schools, the Greystones-based Goode School Of Dance have their Summer Stars happening throughout July and August, the younger student camps also including arts and crafts agus games whilst the older students will also indulge in Pilates, fitness training and a choreography competition. Hitting Glenageary on July 22nd to 26th and August 6th to 10th, 9am to 2pm (plus 2pm to 7pm for pre-seniors), Dún Laoghaire from August 6th to 10th, 10am to 5pm and Greystones from August 12th to 16th, 9am to 2pm, details here.

THE FOREST ADVENTURE SUMMER CAMPS
Happening throughout July and August, the Forest Adventure Summer Camps up in the wilds of Belmont Demesne run from 10am to 2pm daily, with a choice of 5-day or 4-day camps. You can find out more right here.

SARAN B DANCE & FITNESS
SaranB Dance & Fitness Summer Camps are aimed at kids aged 4 to 12, the dance floor lighting up from 10am to 2pm daily, from July 8th to 12th and again from August 5th to 9th. More details here.

GREYSTONES MUSIC ACADEMY 
Niall and the gang down at Shoreline have two summer camps this year, both running from July 1st to 5th. The morning shift is from 10am to 1pm, and it’s Band Camp for those younger budding music gods, whilst from 2pm until 5pm, it’s Songwriting & Production, for those older kids one step closer to being stadium-filling legends. Details here.

WE ARE THE BUSY BEES
With their Art Club running every Saturday in Newtown, along with their Messy Play sessions, We Are The Busy Bees have 3 summer camps running at Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin in Rathnew for children aged 4 to 10 from July 2nd to the 4th and 16th to 18th plus August 20th to 22nd, and one at the Turquoise Café in Roundwood for children 6 to 12 from July 23rd to 25th. Details here.

SQUIRREL’S SCRAMBLE
The Killruddery gang tend to sell out their summer camps before they’ve even announced them. Insider trading, we reckon. You can join the waiting list here.

Other summer camps usually happening in Greystones include Greystones United AFC, The Cool Food School, Sporting Greystones, The Art Studio, Junior Musicals Theatre School and Kids Club Ireland.

Elsewhere, the camps too tight – or is it thick? – to join the good ship GG this year includes Kilcoole’s Starcamp Summer Camps, Vitality Dance Academy, Kraftworx, Anyone4Science, Enniskerry’s Mini World Cup, Bray’s Angels Acrobatic Gymnastics, Dublin Raiders’ Basketball Club, Bray Adventures, Bray Wanderers, Bray Emmets GAA Club, Wicklow Town’s Spotlight Studios, FYI Dance Club, Heart & Soul Karate and the Brittas Bay Surf School, whilst Blessington normally has the Ruth Shine School of Dance.

If you’re hosting a summer camp this year, it’s just €10 to be part of this top-of-the-range, oven-ready, Grade A round-up, or you can get your own feature page for €25, jumping to a Burnaby Blitz cover feature (complete with in-post teaser button and access to the VIP swimming pool) for €35.

We’re community-led and community-fed, people – more options to join the good ship GG here.