Register HERE for Folk Roots Kids Camps!
June 10-14, 2024 - Lafayette, LA
June 24-28, 2024 - Opelousas, LA
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What is Folk Roots Kids Camp?
Youth campers ages 8-13ish (after-second grade, before-9th grade/H.S.) enjoy a fun-filled week of music, crafts, singing, and very special activities on a folklife campus. This unique camp offers an unparalleled team of gifted Louisiana folk musicians/instructors. Registration fee includes all activities, craft supplies, classes, morning biscuit/donut snack, lunch, afternoon snack, and a camp T-shirt. Daily lunch is INCLUDED in tuition!
Teen Counselors in Training (CITs) are camp assistants ages 14-19 (H.S. Sophomore - H.S. Graduate) with music instrument experience or prior Folk Roots Kids Camp experience. Application/Interview is required. Tuition is waived for CITs.
Kids Camps are open to all levels of young musicians. Just bring a guitar, a fiddle, or a 10-button diatonic accordion in the key of C, and we’ll fill the days with music classes, band labs, singing, dancing, indoor/outdoor games, crafts, cuisine, and fun. Instrument loans for camp use may be available from LA Folk Roots on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Lafayette Library System has a take-home instrument loan program. Instrument rentals are also available through local music stores.
The Camps finish with showcase performance by the young camper bands, presentation of certificates, and a camper-parent dance party :-) Parents and family members are welcome to observe camp during the week. The end-of-camp mini-performance/dance is open to guests. A detailed schedule of Kids Camp activities will be provided prior to the beginning of the camp (Ex: Vermilionville campers will have a scheduled canoe excursion on campus).
Friends of LFR members receive a discount on Kids Camp registration! Siblings of regular non-member rate campers get a discount, too (shown on Checkout form). Pending donation funding, partial scholarships may become available in April.
See y’all soon!
register At the Bottom of this page!
You can support Kids Camps :-) See SPONSOR & DONOR Form below!
Support for Kids Camps 2024 is provided in part by:
JUne 10-14, 2024 (M-F) Lafayette, LA
More information at bayouvermiliondistrict.org
June 24-28, 2024 (M-F) Opelousas, LA
More information at CityofOpelousas.com
Registration is open for 2024 and includes
Camp T-shirt, daily LUNCH & snacks!
The “Camper Information Form” will open in the cart/checkout.
This discount applies to registration for 2024 Kids Camp @ Vermilionville, Lafayette, LA.
SIBLING discount rate is for brothers or sisters of a primary Kids Camper who is registered at a standard Non-member rate.
MEMBERSHIP discount rate is for the direct family (children/grandchildren) of a current Folk Roots Member and can be applied to multiple Kids Campers.
This discount applies to the following:
SIBLING discounts are for brothers or sisters of a primary Kids Camper who is registered with a REGULAR non-member rate.
MEMBERSHIP discount is for any children/grandchildren of a current Folk Roots member.
