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WHERE CAMPERS THIRVE AND COME ALIVE!

Camp CBY

Welcome to Camp CBY, Waterdown’s most popular performing arts camp for ages 4-6 and 7-12!

Since 2021, we have welcomed hundreds of young people to our camp for creative performing arts experiences.

Campers can look forward to:

Creating unique musicals

Learning instruments

Arts and Crafts

Costume Play and Design

Making brand new friendships

Learning important problem solving skills

...and so much more!

Thrive

Camp CBY is first and foremost a safe space for all. We welcome young people from all walks of life, across spectrums of various learning differentiations, abilities and identities. We strive to help them flourish as both an individual and a team player, delivering arts education that build their self-confidence, communication skills and inter-personal development.

Come Alive

We take this pedagogical corner stone and deliver it through our award-winning experiential learning; our founding principle is “learning by doing”. We believe that the student learns most successfully when they are fully engaged and immersed in their discipline, so a CBY camper can look forward to always being on their feet, learning both the mental and physical requirements of their art, and making important friendships and connections along the way.

Take to the stage!

Life at Camp CBY

#LetsGoYellowTees!

Registration open!

March Break – “Musical March” – is now open!

Summer camp registration opens on Jan 27th at 9am.

Don’t want to miss it? Join our mailing list today to get the link emailed straight to you!

Sing, dance, and act your heart out with songs and scenes from hit Broadway, Disney and Hollywood musicals. Group will be divided by age.

Remaining Spots: 36

Journey with us to the magical kingdom for singing, dancing, music making, arts, crafts and acting, inspired by your favourite Disney movies. 

Remaining Spots: 15

Step into the spotlight with Movie Magic! Your young stars will explore acting, learn the secrets of filmmaking, enjoy arts and crafts and create their own short film by the end of the week!

Remaining Spots: 15

Calling all musical theatre performers! Through a collaborative process, students will use their own creativity as well as hit songs from Broadway musicals to create their very own musical. This short show will be performed for families on the final day of camp. This program is thoughtfully designed to provide exciting challenges to both theatre newcomers as well as seasoned musical theatre performers!

Calling all musical theatre performers! Through a collaborative process, students will use their own creativity as well as hit songs from Broadway musicals to create their very own musical. This short show will be performed for families on the final day of camp. This program is thoughtfully designed to provide exciting challenges to both theatre newcomers as well as seasoned musical theatre performers!

Remaining Spots: 35

Get ready to drum up some fun! In this high-energy percussion camp, campers will explore the world of rhythm and dive into the exciting world of percussion instruments, as well as arts, crafts and games.

Remaining Spots: 15

Unleash your little maestro! Campers will explore beginner piano skills in a group setting, and discover piano music through fun and creative music and craft activities!

Unleash your little maestro! In this piano camp, kids aged 4-6 will explore beginner piano skills in a group setting, and discover piano music through fun and creative music activities!

Remaining Spots: 15

Step into the spotlight and bring hit Broadway musicals to life with singing, dancing, and acting! Plus, unleash your creativity with fun theatre-inspired arts and crafts.

Remaining Spots: 35

Calling all future filmmakers! Dive into the exciting world of movie-making, from acting on camera to directing and editing, and shoot your very own short film!

Remaining Spots: 15

Experience the thrill of Broadway as you sing, dance, and act your way through iconic musical moments! Get creative with theatre-themed arts and crafts too!

Remaining Spots: 35

Join us for a magical week of singing, dancing, acting, arts, crafts and music-making inspired by beloved Disney classics!

Join us for a magical week of singing, dancing, acting, and music-making inspired by beloved Disney classics!

Remaining Spots: 35

Learn rock band instruments and vocals, make a band and write your own songs! Campers will learn the basics of instruments in a supportive setting. All levels are welcome.

Remaining Spots: 15

Take the stage with your favourite hits from today’s hit pop singers! Sing, dance, dress up, and get creative with awesome pop-inspired crafts!

Remaining Spots: 35

Sing, dance and act your heart out with songs from musical theatre, movies and pop culture! Campers will explore their creativity in both performance and arts and crafts!

Sing, dance and act your heart out with songs from musical theatre, movies and pop culture! Campers will explore their creativity in both performance and arts and crafts!

Remaining Spots: 35

Join our mailing list to get notified when registration opens.

Standard camp fees are $300 per week + HST per week. “On Broadway”, “Lights, Camera, Action” and “Rock Legends” have higher fees because they are two week camps. All fees include a credit card processing fee of 2.9% + $0.30. There is a one-time $25 registration fee due on submission of registration form.

Before and after care are available for all camps. Before care runs 8am-9am and after care runs 4pm-5pm. This service costs $10 per session, per day. You will be able to book this service when you fill out the camp registration form. You can also add this service closer to the start of camp if preferred.

FAQ

Camp CBY is made up of numerous sessions, all with a different theme tailored to specific interests or age groups. While Camp CBY is a performing arts camp overall, we explore the many different facets of that. That includes everything from our Broadway sessions, where campers learn popular numbers from famous musicals, to our Disney themed sessions, where students immerse themselves in songs and dances from the Magical Kingdom. We have a Hollywood week, where musical movies are the point of focus and a very popular rock band session, where students learn to play various rock band instruments, write songs and jam as a band. New for 2025 is our film making and piano camps.

Even where the themes are similar, ie the junior Broadway weeks, the content is varied so that returning campers can have unique experiences all summer.

Camp fees are collected in full at the time of registration. The final step of the registration form features a secure payment checkout.

If you need to cancel your registration, then our refund policy is as such:

  1. Withdrawal requests received between Jan and Apr 30th will be 100% refunded.
  2. Withdrawal requests received between May 1st and May 31st will be 50% refunded, or you can arrange a transfer of your camp spot to another camper.
  3.  Withdrawal requests received on or after June 1st will not be refunded. You can still arrange a transfer of your camp spot to another student up until the day before the camp session you have registered for starts. 

In the scenario where you need to cancel your Camp CBY registration, you can give your spot to another child if you wish. This is something that you arrange privately with the other family. We do not facilitate this transfer.

However, we do need to know asap if you transfer your camp spot to another person. Please contact us with the details of the transfer once it is confirmed. We will require the parent who is receiving the camp spot to complete a registration form so our camp records are up to date.

No, campers are required to bring a packed lunch each day, as well as a water bottle. Lunchtimes are spent outdoors. School rules apply to camper lunches (i.e., nut free).

Yes, Camp CBY has both before and after care options.

Our before care operates  8am-9am Mon-Fri and our after care operates 4pm-5pm Mon-Fri (core camp hours are 9am-4pm).

This service costs an additional $10 per day, per student. So, if you book a single child for either before or after care, it will cost $10 per day. If you book a single child for both before care and after care, it will cost an additional $20 per day. 

You can book this service during registration. 

If, at the time of registration, you do not know if you require this service, you can add it at a later date. 

Page one of the Camp CBY registration form is for parent/guardian information. You are required to provide your information as the lead parent, the information of a second parent / guardian AND an additional person who is authorized for picking up your child also. That gives us three authorized adults that can pick up your child at the end of camp (yourself included).

If you are unable to pick up your child on time, please delegate this responsibility to one of the other names listed on your registration. If their name is on your registration form, our staff will allow your child to leave with them.

If an adult tries to pick up your child who isn’t listed on your registration form, we will deny pick up until we get authorization from you. If you provide this authorization prior to the end of camp, we will allow pick up.

In short, if a situation arises where none of your listed authorized adults can pick up your child, just let us know and we’ll accommodate whatever plan you put in place.

Early drop-offs and late pickups beyond 15 minutes of the scheduled start and end time of the camp will incur the $10 before or after care fee so we can properly compensate our staff.

Come to camp!