Adult summer camps in New York
New York has 8 purpose-built adult camps in our directory, 6 of them verified active for the 2026 season. The local mix spans arts, crafts & performance, classic sleepaway, wellness & personal growth, music camps. 2 listings are no longer bookable or unconfirmed; they are kept below, clearly marked, so you do not plan a trip around a camp that quietly stopped running.
Active camps
Broadway Fantasy Camp
A Manhattan fantasy camp for adults who never shook the theatre bug: rehearse numbers from big musicals with Broadway pros, tour backstage at a Broadway house, do headshots and mock auditions where everyone gets cast, and toast at an opening-night party.
Camp Improv Utopia
A nonprofit-run network of 18+ improv sleepaway camps where campers split their days between workshops with top improv instructors (Craig Cackowski among 2026 East faculty) and genuine camp fare like archery, axe throwing, and arts and crafts.
Camp No Counselors
The Shark Tank-famous brand that turned adult summer camp into a category, Camp No Counselors runs three-night, all-inclusive weekends at rented kids' camps in New York, California, and Texas.
Camp Workroom Social
Jennifer Wiese of Brooklyn's Workroom Social runs a full sleepaway camp for adult sewists at a Catskills YMCA camp, pairing intensive apparel classes taught by internet-famous sewing instructors with hiking, ziplining, and cabin life.
Soul Camp
Founded in 2014 by Michelle Goldblum (Garside) and Alison Leipzig, Soul Camp ran bicoastal 'sleepaway camp for the soul' weeks packed with yoga, sound baths, workshops, and color wars.
SummerSongs
A nonprofit songwriting camp running since 1999, where adult singer-songwriters of every level spend a week in classes and song circles led by nationally touring writers.
On hiatus, unverified, or no longer running
Camp Copperhead
Steve Earle's Catskills songwriting camp put fans in cabins at Full Moon Resort for days of craft classes, co-writes, and campfire performances with Earle and guests like Shawn Colvin.
Camp GLP (Good Life Project)
Podcaster Jonathan Fields took over a Catskills-area kids' sleepaway camp each August for five years, hosting 425 listeners of his Good Life Project podcast for keynotes, campfires, color wars, and workshops on meaningful work and wellbeing.
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