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Sponsorship Opportunities

SUPPORTING LEVEL SPONSORSHIP $30K

SUPPORTING SPONSOR LOGO ON ALL FESTIVAL ADS AND WEBSITE

2 10’X10’ SPACES OR ONE 10’X20’ SPACE (TENTING AND ELECTRIC ADDITIONAL)

PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING PARTNERSHIP

LOGO PLACEMENT THROUGHOUT FESTIVAL GROUNDS

LOGO ON WEBSITE

2 VIP PARKING SPACES

8 TOTAL DAILY RIDE BRACELETS

4 VIP COMPLIMENTARY BEER AND WINE BRACELETS (MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE)

EXHIBITOR LEVEL SPONSORSHIP $10K

1 10’X10’ SPACE (TENTING AND ELECTRIC ADDITIONAL)
LOGO ON WEBSITE
1 VIP PARKING SPACE
2 TOTAL DAILY RIDE BRACELETS
2 VIP COMPLIMENTARY BEER AND WINE BRACELETS (MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE)

SUPPORTER SPONSORSHIP $1.5K

LOGO PLACEMENT ON FESTIVAL GROUNDS
LOGO ON WEBSITE

EVENT OVERVIEW

EACH YEAR, FOR THE PAST (ALMOST- EXCEPT FOR COVID YEARS) 39 YEARS, APPROXIMATELY 200,000 LONG ISLANDERS AND VISITORS FROM THROUGHOUT THE TRISTATE AREA PARTICIPATE IN THE REGION’S LARGEST WATERFRONT FESTIVAL…

THE OYSTER FESTIVAL!

 

THE BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORIC VILLAGE OF OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK HOSTS AN OUTSTANDING WEEKEND OF FAMILY FUN, FOOD AND FESTIVITIES UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE OYSTER BAY ROTARY CLUB AND ITS OYSTER BAY CHARITABLE FUND.

 

WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 39TH YEAR OF PAYING HOMAGE TO THE OYSTER, BY SERVING IT IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE FORM. ON THE HALF SHELL, FRIED AND IN CHOWDER, AS THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR FOOD COURT AREAS. HOWEVER, OTHER SEAFOOD SUCH A SHRIMP AND CLAMS, AS WELL AS MORE TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL FOODS ARE AVAILABLE FROM MORE THAN 30 FOOD BOOTHS. ALL FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED BY VARIOUS OYSTER BAY CIVIC AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, MAKING THE OYSTER FESTIVAL ONE OF THE REGIONS’ MOST SIGNIFICANT FUNDRAISING EVENTS.

 

ASIDE FROM THE FOOD COURTS, OUR FESTIVAL BOASTS THE TRADITIONAL EXCITEMENT OF OYSTER SHUCKING AND OYSTER EATING CONTESTS, A HUGE ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW, AND CONTINUOUS ENTERTAINMENT. IN ADDITION, WE ALSO INCLUDE AMUSEMENT RIDES, AND A CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT AREA. 

 

OYSTERS ARE UNIQUE TO THE OYSTER BAY COMMUNITY WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN HARVESTED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. OUR FOUNDING SPONSOR, OYSTER BAY BASED, FRANK M. FLOWER & SONS, HAVE CONTINUED THIS TRADITION SINCE 1876. THEY ARE THE ONLY SURVIVING ORIGINAL HARVESTING OYSTER COMPANY IN NEW YORK STATE. MORE THAN 60,000 OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL ARE CONSUMED EACH YEAR AT THE 2 DAY EVENT. WE ARE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS SPECIAL BOUNTY OF THE SEA WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.

 

OYSTER FESTIVAL IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT LINKING BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND THE NON-PROFIT SECTORS IN THE BEST TRADITION OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

 

JOIN US SATURDAY THE 15TH AND SUNDAY THE 16TH

THROUGHOUT THE PARKS, HARBOR AND VILLAGE OF HISTORIC OYSTER BAY!

VITAL STATISTICS

  • “LONG ISLAND’S LARGEST FESTIVAL”

  • “NAMED ONE OF THE TOP EVENTS ON THE EAST COAST”

  • DATES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH & SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16TH

  • HOURS OF OPERATION: 11AM-6PM

  • AVERAGE ATTENDANCE: 175,000-200,000 PATRONS OVER 2 DAYS

  • DEMOGRAPHICS: THE FESTIVAL DRAWS A LARGE PORTION OF FAMILY ATTENDEES, PREDOMINATELY FROM THE

  • LONG ISLAND COUNTIES, QUEENS / BROOKLYN AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TRISTATE AREA, CT & NJ. THE

  • HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD FOR THESE FAMILIES IS 25-54 YEARS OF AGE.

  • AVERAGE STAY AT OYSTER FESTIVAL: 4.45 HOURS

  • FIGURES COMPILED IN 2010 PUT THE AVERAGE SALARY FOR HOUSEHOLDS IN THE HAMLETS IMMEDIATELY

  • SURROUNDING THE FESTIVAL AT UPWARDS OF $185,500.

  • FOOD & BEVERAGE SALES: OVER THE YEARS THE FESTIVAL HAS AVERAGED 26 DIFFERENT NON-PROFITS

  • OPERATING ABOUT 30 FOOD & BEVERAGE BOOTHS IN THE FOOD COURT. COLLECTIVELY THESE VENDORS HAVE

  • HAD GROSS SALES OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

  • (AREA RESTAURANT SALES FIGURES ARE ADDITIONAL.)

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