MoPop’s Summer Camps For Kids Returns With Drag Camp

April 4, 2026• byMichael Strangeways

Do your kids need things to do this summer? Will you need a break from your kids this summer? Are these kids into rock’n’roll and/or drag? If you answered YES to these questions then you need to head over to the MoPop/Museum of Pop Culture’s website and sign your kids up for summer camps!!

Oh, there are other camps too including a filmmaking camp and they have scholarships available for low income folks. Head to https://www.mopop.org/education/summer-camps

Ready, set, ROCK! Summer is almost here, and the spotlight is waiting… MOPOP’s summer camps Rock ’n’ Rolling! and The Art of Drag are shaping up to be the most unforgettable weeks of the year, and tickets are going FAST.

CAMPS AT A GLANCE:
• NW Film Camp
Ages 12–17 | April 13–17, June 22–26, July 6–10, July 20–24
From script to screen, campers create short films that shine on camera—and wow their audiences.

• Rock ’n’ Rolling!
Ages 10–13 | July 13–17
Cue the lights! Write, act, and film your own parody music video with Seattle Children’s Theatre and MOPOP. Rock stars in the making welcome.

• DigiPen Open World Presents: Exploring Fantasy Game Development
Ages 6–8 | July 20–24
Build epic worlds, craft clever quests, and design characters any wizard would envy.

• DigiPen Open World Presents: Exploring LEGO Stop Motion
Ages 6–8 | July 20–24, August 3–7
Brick by brick, bring your LEGO creations to life—and tell stories that even your minifigs will remember.

• The Art of Drag
Ages 12–18 | July 27–31
Go big or go home! Design costumes, perfect your stage moves, and step into a persona that will slay the spotlight—ending with a private showcase.

• DigiPen Open World Presents: Exploring Sci-Fi Game Development
Ages 6–8 | August 3–7
Jetpack into the future! Design galaxies, code gameplay, and make your sci-fi universe feel out-of-this-world.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.