Kutztown University Kicks off 2024 Summer Camps and Conference Season

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KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Kutztown University is set to welcome more than 20,000 visitors to campus this summer as its 2024 camps and conference season is underway.

Kutztown University provides housing, dining and event services to programs ranging from athletic, arts and leadership youth camps; to professional, industry-based and academic conferences. Combining beautifully preserved older buildings with stylish modern architecture, Kutztown University offers comfortable, spacious and unique meeting rooms, outstanding athletic facilities, comfortable housing for summer programs and beautiful dining facilities.

Contact KU's Office of Conference Services for more information at 610-683-1359 or conferenceservices@kutztown.edu.

Below is a select list of the camps and conferences in this year’s summer season schedule. Golden Bear athletics summer camps and clinics can be found online.

5/10-11;
5/17-18;
5/24-25;
5/31-6/1;
6/7-8;

Music in the Parks

Music In The Parks is an educationally focused music festival that provides school performing ensembles the opportunity to learn from exceptional conductors in the field of music education today. Their mission is to bring together these student musicians and adjudicator-clinicians for performances with the result being musical growth, achievement and recognition for both the individuals and the participating music programs. 

The events take place over multiple weekends in the spring in cities across the United States. The event is culminated by a celebratory awards ceremony where all participants are honored for their commitment to quality in music education.

5/17-19

Crystal’s School of Dance

 

5/24-26

AFBE Tournament

 

5/29

Brandywine Heights Area High School Graduation

 

5/30-6/2

USTA Northeast Region Twirling Pre-Trials and Championships

 

6/1

Anthony Myers Movement Youth Football Academy

A once-a-year football academy hosted at Kutztown University geared for Grades 2 through 12 focusing on all positions in football. https://www.theanthonymyersmovement.org

 

6/5

Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Graduation

 

6/7-9

AFBE Tournament

 

6/8

Kutztown Dance Company

 

6/17-21

Philadelphia Gear Up

The GEAR UP program (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) provides early intervention support services and scholarships to a cohort of students in low-income middle and high schools.

6/17-21

Play-Well Teknologies

Minecraft engineering with Legos.

6/21-27

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Be challenged, both athletically and spiritually, while competing with and against the best the Mid-Atlantic has to offer. Featuring coaches and athletes from the professional, collegiate and high school ranks, this camp is sure to not only make you the best athlete you can be but also invest in you off the field as a young man or young woman. With multiple FCA Sports Specific camps going on at the same time on campus, you will have the opportunity to interact with 100's of athletes striving to be the best they can be.

6/24-28

KU Art Youth Day Camp I

 

7/3-6

American Music Abroad – Red Tour

 

7/6-13

KU Summer Music Festival

An overnight music camp with lectures and performances comprising of student musicians from all over Northeastern Pennsylvania.

7/7-12

Balmoral School of Piping and Drumming

 

7/7-10

Vivace Band Music Camp

An overnight Marching Band camp facilitated by Vivace Productions, Inc.

7/8-12

KU Art Youth Day Camp II

 

7/11-14

STEM YEA Camp

A residential camp for middle School students in Rotary District #7430. Students will experience art labs and equipment, a planetarium, observatory, living and eating on a university campus.

7/15-19

Play-Well Teknologies

Pokémon master engineering using Legos.

7/15-19

KU Art Youth Day Camp III

 

7/18-21

American Music Abroad – Freedom Tour

 

7/21-24

Reading Rage Soccer residential camp

 

7/29-8/1

Community College of Philadelphia College Readiness overnight camp