These camps were voted the Best Special Interest Camps in the Bay Area in Bay Area Parent’s 2024 Best of the Best reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Liberty Gymnastics. Campers enjoy hands-on activities to challenge their bodies, inspire creativity and stimulate their minds. Concord. libertygymtrainingcenter.com.
Silver: Trackers Bay. El Cerrito and Oakland. trackersbay.com.
Bronze: Legarza. Multiple locations. legarzasports.org.
Peninsula
Gold: San Carlos Children’s Theater. School-age children will learn acting, directing and stagecraft skills to showcase in a performance at the end of camp. Multiple locations. sancarloschildrenstheater.com.
Silver: Camp Keff – Peninsula Jewish Community Center. Foster City. campkeff.org.
Bronze: Legarza. San Carlos. legarzasports.org.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: AcroSports. These camps offer fun-filled weeks of jumping, bouncing, climbing and clowning around. San Francisco. acrosports.org.
Silver: Legarza. Multiple locations. legarzasports.org.
Bronze: New Conservatory Theatre Center. San Francisco. nctcsf.org.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Learning Plus Tutoring Academic Summer Camp. These day camps provide learning in a fun and interactive way while sharpening academic skills like reading, writing, math and life skills. San Jose. learningplustutoring.com.
Silver: The Music Place. Multiple locations. musicplace.com.
Bronze: San Jose Museum of Art Summer Camp. San Jose. sjmusart.org/kids-summer-art-camp.
Bronze: Stanford Men’s Soccer Summer Camps. Stanford. stanfordsoccer.com.