These camps were voted the Best Specialty Camps in the Bay Area in Bay Area Parent’s 2025 Best of the Best reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Mr. D’s Music Club. Its camps instill creativity with music, dancing, acting, art and performing. Oakland. mrdsmusicclub.com.
Silver: Village Music School. Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek. villagemusicschool.org.
Bronze: Viva el Espanol. Lafayette. vivaelespanol.org.
Peninsula
Gold: San Carlos Children’s Theater. School-age children learn acting, directing and stagecraft skills to showcase a performance at the end of camp. Multiple locations. sancarloschildrenstheater.com.
Silver: Art Attack! Burlingame. artattack911.com.
Bronze: Coyote Point Yacht Club. San Mateo. cpyc.com.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: Terra Mandarin Preschool. Kids ages 2 to 7 can explore the Mandarin language, culture, music, art, food and dance at this summer camp. Marin and San Francisco. terraschools.org/terra-camps.
Silver: AcroSports. San Francisco. acrosports.org.
Bronze: San Francisco Zoo Camp. San Francisco. sfzoo.org.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Silver Creek Academy. These academic camps focus on reading, writing, math, public speaking, leadership and more. San Jose. scaasanjose.com.
Silver: Rossinca Heritage School. San Jose. rossinca.org.
Bronze: The Music Place. San Jose and Sunnyvale. musicplace.com/classes/summer-camps-2025.
