2024 Cost Breakdown: Choose your package

Full access to daily world-class instruction, jamming and workshops. This breaks down to about $20 a class for instruction! It also includes admission to the onsite Kitchen Fest,   optional dance and art workshops with full facility access to the pool, kayaks, campfire,  munchies, morning coffee and more.

B. Campus Pass: $170 per person

For any attendees over the age of 5 not participating in musical instruction.  Includes admission to nightly KitchenFest, optional dance and art workshops with full facility access (pool, kayaks, campfire munchies, morning coffee and more)

C. Kids Music Camp Option:  $385 ( no child turned away for financial reasons!)

This highly subsidized program is only for children ages 6 – 12.  Ages 6 – 8 are day campers, and must be dropped off in the morning and picked up in evening.  Children will spend the morning with music instructors learning EITHER ukulele/ singing, Fiddle OR guitar. They must have their own instruments!  The afternoons will be spent with camp counsellors and will involve activities like Art Swimming, canoeing, outdoor ed, sports and games.  Meals and accommodations and instruction is included in this one price. Contact us directly if the cost is an issue and we shall work WITH families.

Full access to daily world-class instruction, jamming and workshops. This breaks down to about $20 a class for instruction! It also includes admission to the onsite Kitchen Fest,   optional dance and art workshops with full facility access to the pool, kayaks, campfire,  munchies, morning coffee and more.

B. Campus Pass: $170 per person

For any attendees over the age of 5 not participating in musical instruction.  Includes admission to nightly KitchenFest, optional dance and art workshops with full facility access (pool, kayaks, campfire munchies, morning coffee and more)

C. Off-Site: $0 per person

This option is if you plan on staying somewhere that is not on campus. This may include a residential cabin, the provincial camp ground, a friend’s house, etc. Fish Creek is a lovely camp ground which is not on site our campus however, it is a drive or a solid bike ride to our facility each day. You can find the link to the provincial park website here.

D. Kids Music Camp Option:  $385 ( no child turned away for financial reasons!)

This highly subsidized program is only for children ages 6 – 12.  Ages 6 – 8 are day campers, and must be dropped off in the morning and picked up in evening.  Children will spend the morning with music instructors learning EITHER ukulele/ singing, Fiddle OR guitar. They must have their own instruments!  The afternoons will be spent with camp counsellors and will involve activities like Art Swimming, canoeing, outdoor ed, sports and games.  Meals and accommodations and instruction is included in this one price. Contact us directly if the cost is an issue and we shall work WITH families.

C. On-Site Camping: $140 per site *please let us know if your camper is quite large.

D. The Mother Theresa Centre: $420 per room

The MTC is the social nexus point of the camp. It has a large communal kitchen and living room area, where the camp typically gathers to visit and jam during the day and in the evenings. The private rooms are located down two hallway hallways that spokes out from the main area, separated by heavy doors. Rooms includes one double bed, one bunk bed, full electricity and a vanity/closet. Rooms lock from the inside, but there are no keys for the rooms. Washrooms equipped with showers are located off the kitchen in the main area. Please note: we try to keep the noise level down in the evenings however this may not be the most quiet and peaceful place to stay. A good pair of earplugs would certainly be an asset. If you have your heart set on one of these rooms, please consider registering early, as they are the first to fill up!

E. Forest Cabin: $320 per cabin

Private, quiet cabins located in the wooded area around campus which is accessible through paths in the trees. Cabins do not have washrooms and are the furthest accommodations from the rest of the camp however, they’re private, quiet and encased in nature. Cabins have one double bed and full electricity. 

F. Kome & See: $230 per room

Small, quiet, private room in the rustic Kome & See cabin. The Kome & See is a quaint cabin which includes a communal kitchen, living room, washrooms and showers. Rooms include one double bed, electricity and lights. The living room is usually used for group lessons during the day. 

G. Rustic Family Cabin: $280 per cabin

Formerly know- and identified on the map as- “poolside cabins”

Private, rustic cabins suitable for a family. Centrally located on campus and very close to the communal washrooms and showers. Cabins usually have at least one double bed and one or two bunk beds. Please indicate how many people will be staying in these cabins and we will put you in one which suits your needs. 

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A. No Meals: $0 per person

You provide your own meals during your stay at camp. There is a kitchen available for your use in the Kome & See cabin. 

B. All Meals: $195 per person 12+ 

All meals provided. Served buffet style at breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, and supper. Hearty, wholesome cooking. Please note: children 11 and under only pay $115 for full meal package. 

C. Lunch & Snacks: $100 per person 12+

Access to just the morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack. This package is ideal for those who are not staying on campus, but do not wish to worry about providing their own meals. Please note: children 11 and under only pay $75 for this package. 

At the Kitchen Party 2024, Week ONE Only we are accepting  RAW BEGINNERS in Cello and Clawhammer banjo, however, we cannot accommodate other raw beginners except in the children’s program or where specified. 

For children, we are now offering a 1/2 day session at a reduced rate. (Guitar and fiddle and ukulele, and this is a heavily subsidized program which utilized both music instructors AND camp counsellors.  No previous experience is needed on fiddle or ukulele in this program. 

We do not audition participants for the camp however, the classes will be determined based on how you define your skill level on your form. At the first session your instructor may choose to move you to a class better suited for your needs.  (or you may request a move if the class does not seem to be meeting your needs.)

If you select “beginner” on your form, our expectation is that you have a foundation of rudimentary knowledge of your instrument.. ( except RAW BEGINNER choices in week ONE.)

For fiddle, you should have a repertoire of about five tunes. A beginner guitar player’s basic grasp of a few chords (A, G, & D) would be an asset along with being able to navigate your strings. Beginner banjo players will have a developing “bum-diddy” and basic navigation of their instrument. To define as a beginner piano student, your knowledge of the key names, basic scales, and a few chords would be plenty. If you would like assistance placing yourself, don’t hesitate to contact us. 

NOTE: If you would like instruction in an instrument not listed, please contact Michele directly. If we can locate 5 people interested in a particular instrument, we will hire for that class!

Please note: we are in the process of hiring therefore, this list is subject to change.

 Please check back soon for more updates.

Week One: August 5 – 9  &  

Fiddle: beginner, intermediate, and advanced

Guitar: beginner, intermediate, and advanced

Banjo:  raw beginner, beginner

Cello:  raw beginner, beginner

Vocals/ accompanying yourself 

Piano: registered participants 12 and over. 

Visual Art: all levels are welcome

Kids Programming Ages 6 – 12 1/2 day music instruction  and 1/2  day interactive activities  

Week Two: August 12-16 2024

Fiddle: beginner, intermediate, and advanced

Guitar: beginner, intermediate, and advanced

Banjo: intermediate/ advanced

Cello : beginner/ intermediate

Vocals/ accompanying yourself multi-instrument 

Piano: registered participants 

Visual Art: all levels are welcome

Kids Programming Ages 6 – 12 1/2 day music instruction  and 1/2  day interactive activities