2023 Blue Camp participants
Grand River Blues Camp 2025
August 5-8, 2025
Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI)
787 King St. W. Kitchener, ON
Registration Now Open!!
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If you have questions please contact us at: [email protected]
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August 5-8, 2025
Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI)
787 King St. W. Kitchener, ON
Registration Now Open!!
Click Here
If you have questions please contact us at: [email protected]
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Each August THE GRAND RIVER BLUES CAMP (Kitchener, Ontario Canada) offers a four-day Youth Blues Camp, providing an intensive Blues educational experience to improve musical skills, to learn from and play with professional musicians. On the last day of the Camp students perform with peers at the Kitchener Blues Festival - kitchenerbluesfestival.com. Blues Music is the foundation for modern popular music including including Jazz, Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop, R&B etc..
Eligibility:
* Aged of 12-18 (some flexibility exists)
* Have some basic skill on your instrument(s):
Guitar, Bass, Horns, Percussion, Keyboards, Harmonica and/or Vocals
* Interested in increasing knowledge of blues techniques/licks
* Want to make some new friends and meet other musicians
* Want to learn from and jam with professional musicians
* In the future want to perform solo or with your own band/group
* Want to learn set-up sound/stage equipment (back-line)
* Want to compose original music
For many students, teachers and fans, the "Blues Camp" is one of the highlights of their musical year.
What people are saying:
"This camp is INSANELY fun, a great learning experience and a wonderful chance to meet other kids who are interested in music. I can't wait to come back this year!" - Zander (Camper)
"This camp has helped me discover my own musical style and I have made great friends as well" - Cara (Camper)
"The Camp has helped my grandson grow and improve musically. He loves the sense of community, has developed some new friends and is thrilled to be part of a group playing the blues". - Beverly (Grandparent)
See below and take a moment to watch this heart warming video about the CAMP experience!
This video was made possible through a donation from the estate of Philip Bast and was produced/edited/filmed by Paul Campsall/Tom Knowlton (MetaMedia Productions http://www.metamedia.ca/Metamedia/Welcome.html ).
We want to express our sincere THANK YOU to the following, without their thoughtful donations, the annual Blues Camp, as a not for profit, could not succeed. We remain extremely grateful to each of them for their support and assistance.
Please support them all and thank them for their support for the 2024 Blues Camp!
Bob Berkhout & Patti Anderson
Bobby O'Briens - bobbyskitchener.com
Central Ontario Musicians' Union - centralontariomusicians.org
CKWR-FM 98.5 - ckwr.com/
Dave Spruce
Dr. Gregory Fichter
Estate of Kristine Wendell
Gary Attack Financial - ghafinancial.com/
Kitchener Blues Festival - https://www.kitchenerbluesfestival.com/
Lancaster Smokehouse - lancsmokehouse.com
Laurentian Bank - www.laurentianbank.ca/
Long and McQuade (Waterloo) - long-mcquade.com/location/Ontario/Waterloo/
May Court Club of Kitchener Waterloo - maycourtclubofkw.org
Mike Lewis Funds
S.G. Cunningham - sgcunningham.com/
Waterloo District Secondary School Board
The UPS Store #404 (Kitchener) - theupsstore.ca/404/
Wendell Properties Ltd. Snow Removal/Lawn Care wendellproperties.ca
As a not-for-profit organization, donations are always appreciated, HOWEVER, please note that we are not a registered charity, as a result we are unable to provide tax receipts. With this understanding if you would like to donate to this volunteer driven Camp and/or provide us with any feedback please contact us at [email protected]
