Announcement: As of May 17, 2024 we are sorry to say that Trad Camp 2024 is cancelled.

Please check out our other Young Tradition Vermont programming that supports youth involvement with traditional dance, music, and song!

Trad Camp is a week-long summer camp for youth aged 9-18. It is a concentrated opportunity to be inspired by, learn about and perform tunes, songs, and dances in a variety of traditional styles.

Campers participate in group sessions each day with a variety of core staff and guest instructors. Sessions include beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Instructors are respected musicians and teachers from the region.

Trad Camp originated as a program of Young Tradition Vermont. Learn more about YTV here.

Check out the 2023 Trad Camp Blog!

West African dance with Jeh Kulu Dance & Drum Theater at Trad Camp 2023!

We had a Fabulous 2023 Trad Camp in Burlington this past July! Here’s a list of some of our fabulous instructors!

Brian Perkins - Uke, mandolin, song
Laurel Swift - Fiddle, song, English clogging
Rob Rohr - Quebecois fiddle and accompaniment
Rachel Bell - Accordion, mountain dulcimer, contra and balfolk
Jeh Kulu Dance & Drum Theater - West African drum & dance
Joanne Garton - Cape Breton fiddle & dance
Migmar Tsering - Tibetan dance & music
Oliver Scanlon - Fiddle
Paul Rocheleau - Crankie art making

…And more!

Each year Trad Camp participants create a crankie. In 2018 the Trad Camp crankie song was ‘Blow Your Horn Hunter’ (also known as ‘The Jovial Hunter’) from the repertoire of VT ballad collector and musician, Margaret MacArthur.