About Us

Our History

Over Labor Day weekend in 1994, several friends from the Bayport-Sayville area organized a day of music, food and fun. Held in the backyard of Bayport resident Brad Ringhouse, the event, which proved to be a rousing success, was aptly dubbed “Bradstock.”

With enthusiasm sky high, the all-volunteer organizers planned Bradstock II for the following Labor Day. However, two extra ingredients were to be added to the original, successful formula - a focus on our environment, and a determination to raise funds to donate to area organizations.

The good time had by all was to be complemented with a good cause supported by all. Which is exactly what has happened.

Building a Community

With the buzz of the first two Bradstocks encouraging new participants to join the cause, and with the success of the festivals far surpassing what the organizers could have ever imagined, Bradstocks III and IV were held on the grounds of Meadowcroft in Bayport. Artists came to display their work, various not-for-profit environmental organizations set up informative, educational booths, and new musicians eagerly joined Bradstock‘s solid line-up of performers. Best of all, the events generated profits, as well as canned foodstuffs, which was donated and distributed to local good causes.

Our Mission

Thanks to the generosity of the many friends of Bradstock, in the past twenty-eight years we have donated over $300,000 including $145,000 to Camp-Pa-Qua-Tuck.

Other beneficiaries include the

Long Island Maritime Museum
Friends of Connetquot River State Park
The Sayville Kiwanis Club
G.R.O.W.
WUSB
They Often Cry Out
The Unbroken Chain Foundation
The Sayville Village Improvement Society
The Bayport and West Sayville Civic Associations
The Peconic Bay Keeper

Our friends from the U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association, man and woman the grills to keep us in grub over the weekend. The profits from the sale of the food goes to fund their own charitable cause – and they kick in a contribution to Bradstock as well.

Over these many years, the Bradstock organization has donated a mountain of food and ongoing monetary contributions to Island Harvest to help those less fortunate than ourselves.

We are confident that the Circle of Chiefs moves forward in a manner befitting the labor that we expend. May the circle be unbroken.

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