These camps were voted the Best Specialty Camps in the Bay Area in Bay Area Parent’s 2026 Best of the Best reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Village Music School. Offers musical theater, rock band and art summer camps for kids. Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek. villagemusicschool.org.
Silver: Pans on Fire Summer Cooking Camp. Pleasanton. pansonfire.com/kids-and-teens.
Peninsula
Gold: Art Attack! The studio’s week-long art camps throughout the summer focus on painting and other fine arts crafts. Burlingame. artattack911.com.
Silver: Hiller Aviation Museum. San Carlos. hiller.org.
Bronze: Live Love Learn Chinese. San Carlos. lllchinese.org.
Bronze: Tiny Treks. Multiple locations. tinytreks.com.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Silver Creek Academy. These academic camps focus on reading, writing, math, public speaking, leadership and more. San Jose. scaasanjose.com.
Silver: New Ballet School. San Jose. newballet.com.
Bronze: Calm Down Kids: Children’s Psychology Center. Campbell. calmdownkids.com.
