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Have you download the Summer Camp 2013 app yet? It is available on iPhones and Droids! Click the pictures below to download the app now.
Summer Camp Music Festival 2013 VIP We are excited to announce some big improvements to the VIP area at this year’s festival! Special VIP only sets by some of your favorite Summer Camp artists Expanded wooded area for VIP camping. …read more
ASPIRING FILM MAKERS – Summer Camp Music Festival is looking for 5 people who know how to shoot great video! We want you to help us document this years festival. Working under the direction Jay Blakesberg you will be shooting …read more
JUST ANNOUNCED : Check out the full daily performance schedule now and start making your personalized schedule! Schedule Sunday One Day tickets go on sale this Saturday the 27th at 10am CDT! If you can’t be there for the …read more
Calling all LIVE VISUAL ARTISTS! We’re hosting a contest for our Live Art Gallery this year and we want one of YOU to win a spot in the gallery! Submit 5 pieces of your work to volunteers@summercampfestival.com by May 3rd for your …read more
Don’t forget, 3-day passes will move up to the next price level ($200, +fees) after 11:59pm Central on April 20, 2013. Buy yours now and save!
Summer Camp Music Festival‘s Make a Difference and Field Day will be hosting a cellphone drive at the Umbowl IV on April 26, 2013 at Park West in Chicago ! The drive will support Special Olympics Illinois! Bring a cell phone to be recycled and you …read more
Summer Camp Music Festival‘s Make a Difference and Field Day will be hosting a donation drive at the Zeds Dead show on April 12, 2013 at The Canopy Club in Urbana, IL! The drive will support the Homeless Youth/Transitional Living Program, Roundhouse and …read more
Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment and Jam Productions are proud to make the third round of artist announcements for the 2013 Summer Camp Music Festival at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, IL on Memorial Day Weekend. The third round of …read more
Announcing our first ever Summer Camp Masquerade Troupe, congratulations! Check out each winner’s video below. A message from our judges: “To those of you who submitted a video for the Summer Camp Music Festival Masquerade Troupe contest… first of all, thank you!!! …read more
Announcing our Top 8 Summer Camp Counselor Applicants, congratulations! Voting for our 2013 Summer Camp Counselor will start next week, but in the meantime check out the 8 finalists videos now. Brad Michels http://youtu.be/ZMIKV3Pqtb0 Kyle Hess http://youtu.be/adtcERUJCmM Sean Hersch http://youtu.be/6Kff9YnOZEo …read more
Who is ready for some more Summer Camp 2013 artist announcements? Our full artist announcement will be here Friday, March 29 at noon CDT, but check out our Facebook and Twitter for leaks next Wednesday and Thursday! Also, 3-day passes will …read more
Individual tickets for our Late Nights in the Red Barn presented by Technaflora Plant Products will go on sale this Saturday, March 23 at 10am CDT! You can purchase your Late Night tickets Saturday morning on our tickets page. There is a …read more
2013 Summer Camp Bandana Design Contest http://www.crowdtogether.com/scamp13-bandana-contest If you’ve ever been to Summer Camp, you know bandanas are an essential accessory. The contest went so well in 2012, we are excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions for …read more
Hey Campers, We are extending the deadline for accepting applications for our 2013 Summer Camp Counselor position to March 15! If you think you’re a perfect fit for the Camp Counselor position, and you are ready to have a once …read more
Monday’s don’t always have to be a drag, so we decided to extend the Advanced 3-day ticket price through midnight CST tonight (Monday, March 4th). Get your tickets today and save some money before the prices goes up! http://summercampfestival.com/tickets/
Summer Camp Music Festival’s Make a Difference and Field Day are hosting two charity drives in March, one at the Canopy Club and one at the Vic Theatre! We will be hosting a food drive at the Yonder Mountain String …read more
This will be the last week to get your 3-day Summer Camp pass at the Advanced price level! Tickets will move up to the next price level ($180, $197.70 with fees) after Sunday, March 3rd 11:59pm CST. Buy yours now! Masquerade Troupe …read more
The second round of artists announced: Diplo * EOTO * Big Boi * Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe Paper Diamond * North Mississippi Allstars * Conspirator Victor Wooten (Artist At Large) * Future Rock Break Science with Chali 2Na * The …read more
Check out our new Pinterest! Contest Rules: For every 50 people that join the private beta for Buystand.com, an online shopping site that asks you to choose the price you want to pay for camping gear, Buystand will give away 1 …read more
Summer Camp Music Festival’s Make a Difference and Field Day will be having a “Wish List” drive at the Umphrey’s McGee concert at The Canopy Club in Urbana, IL on February 17 to benefit The Center for Women in Transition in Urbana, …read more
This picture came from Day 3 of our Summer Camp Green Team Volunteer experience. You can probably tell from our expressions that we were a little skeptical of what we were about to get ourselves into on this last day …read more
I joined the Green Team for the first time at Summer Camp 2012. I have been going to the Summer Camp Music Festival with friends consistently since 2008, and the Green Team experience made Summer Camp 2012 the best one …read more
Dear Make a Difference Director, team of awesome difference making people, and fellow Scampers, I’ve attended every Summer Camp Festival since 2005, and each year the festival has improved its green initiatives. Summer Camp 2012 was my first year volunteering …read more
The following story was lived, re-lived, and put to paper by two proud green team volunteers, Cailin and Michael. (As told by Michael) Victor Wooten: the man, the legend, and no more than 3 feet away from our faces; we …read more
Hey Campers, We are so excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for our 2013 Summer Camp Counselor position. If you think you’re a perfect fit for the Camp Counselor position, and you are ready to have a …read more
I’ve been a Green Team member for several years. I was first a volunteer in 2010 where I had an amazing experience watching Big Gigantic from behind the scenes at the small campfire stage. What is interesting is how Big …read more
Money was tight, but not going to Summer Camp was not an option. I had procrastinated buying a ticket but I knew I was going to make it! I could afford to buy a ticket, or I could go for …read more
My favorite memory from last years Summer Camp began when I got my volunteer schedule and saw that I was scheduled to work from 8pm-1am on Friday night, which was when primus was going to be playing! There were many …read more
I absolutely loved volunteering for Summer Camp last year. I had more fun than any of my friends who simply bought GA tickets, without a doubt As soon as I arrived on the Three Sisters Park for the second time, …read more
Some Late Night Shows at Summer Camp Music Festival take place in the Red Barn on the Three Sisters Park property. Due to the limited capacity of the barn, to get into the Red Barn Late Night Shows, you will …read more
I volunteered in 2011 when there was that short but wicked storm with 60 mile per hour winds. Tents were getting ripped from the ground and rolling away. But that didn’t stop Summer Camp! There were huge puddles everywhere so …read more
“Smile!” We abruptly turned around to see who demanded it, and Victor Wooten snapped a quick Polaroid from the back of his golf cart. We smiled, didn’t stop smiling until the weekend ended. After games of dodge ball, eating lunch …read more
I have been volunteering at Summer Camp with the green team for three years now and it gets better and better every time! Some of my favorite memories have been seeing the people that I have made friends with at …read more
Aside from meeting some of the genuinely nice US populace outside the Northwest, I was taken by my chance. After a day of volunteering where I directed kids to proceed in the direction they were going. (I guess I was …read more
I went into the festival last year knowing only one person and a couple bands… Throughout the weekend I made many friends that I still keep today, got covered in colored powder, sweated, danced my butt off, slept in a …read more
Volunteering at Summer Camp last year was a wonderful opportunity to meet the goodness, face to face, in the community that this music festival brings together. I worked the Green Team, with two recycling/trash shifts, and much of my job …read more
After my first shift as a general volunteer my wallet was lost and never turned in. With no money for food, or gas and my keys gone as well I was a bit anxious as to how I would get …read more
Hello!!! Last year was my first time attending the infamous Summer Camp Music Festival as a general volunteer. IT WAS AWESOME!! I met some of the coolest people, listened to some great music, and had quite a blast. Some people …read more
RV passes go on sale this Saturday, January 26 at 10am CST! You will be able to purchase them here: http://summercampfestival.com/tickets/. For more information on RV’s at Summer Camp 2013, check out our RV Guidelines page. Stay tuned to our …read more
I volunteered with the Kids Camp 2012, and it was an amazing experience. Being a very hot and dusty year, I felt it was a really prominent year for Kid’s Camp. We not only were providing a sheltered, cool place, …read more
Summer Camp Music Festival’s Make a Difference is teaming up with Chalice Dubs Masquerade to do a “Wish List” drive to benefit The Center for Women in Transition in Urbana, IL. We will be hosting a Make a Difference Drive …read more
Hey Summer Campers! So my best volunteer memory is from 2010 my first year at camp. For my first shift my friend and I were assigned to hang out by the red barn and check people’s passes as they came …read more
My name is Shazia and I volunteered at Scamp this last year. It was my first time ever experiencing a music festie and let me tell you, IT WAS AWESOME! I hadn’t volunteered since I was a sophomore in high …read more
One story I have is from last year when they gave us the raffle tickets to give away. I made people do some ridiculous things for those tickets. I asked one guy bring to me 30 cigarette butts for one …read more
Hey Summer Camp Family! If you’ve already been a General Volunteer or Green Team member for Summer Camp in any year past, we want to hear from YOU! Send us your stories, pictures, memories, whatever you can and tell us …read more
Over the holiday season, Summer Camp Music Festival’s Make a Difference and Field Day teamed up to bring good cheer to those in need in the Chicagoland area by having a coat drive, two food drives and two cell phone …read more
Summer Camp’s Make a Difference and Field Day will be hosting a food drive with Lakeview Pantry on December 27 at the Lotus concert at the Riviera Theater in Chicago! The food drive will support Lakeview Pantry, whose goal is …read more
We are excited to announce the 2013 On The Road tour! On The Road brings the magic of the Summer Camp Music Festival to your town. This spring we will visit multiple cities across the midwest and beyond searching for …read more
Hey Summer Campers! Early Advanced tickets went on sale on Saturday and sold out in record time! Advanced Tickets are on sale now for $165 and will be available till they are gone. Get your tickets early and save some …read more
The first round of artists announced: 3 days of moe. 3 days of Umphrey’s McGee 2 full sets of Trey Anastasio Band * STS9 * The Avett Brothers * Thievery Corporation * * Zeds Dead * Big Gigantic * Click …read more
Exciting news Summer Campers: We will be making our first round of artist announcements this Friday, November 30, 2012 at 5pm CST! But, as a special treat to our followers on Facebook and Twitter we’ll be leaking the artist announcements …read more
Thank you Summer Campers – Advanced Early Bird 3-day Passes are now sold out! The next tier of tickets will be go on sale Saturday, December 1st at 10am CST. Volunteer and Green Team Deposit tickets for 2013 will also …read more
It’s official, Summer Camp Music Festival Advanced Early Bird 3-Day Passes are now on sale! Hurry and buy yours for only $135 online at www.summercampfestival.com/tickets! Don’t forget Thursday Pre-Party Passes are also available for $30. A limited number of Advance Early …read more
Summer Camp Music Festival 2013 Announces Early Bird Tickets Go On Sale November 16 For Another 3-Day Weekend of moe., Umphrey’s McGee and much more! Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment and Jam Productions is proud to announce that Early Bird …read more