SOLD OUT EVENT!

CELESONG: LIFTING VOICES THROUGH SONG & STORYTELLING

Friday, June 7, 2024 | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

On Friday, June 7, 2024, join Wellspring at our Spring celebration, Celesong, for an intimate musical evening in the tradition of a Nashville-style songwriters’ round featuring acclaimed singer-songwriters Darrell Scott and Hayley Reardon. You’re invited to partner with us at our annual fundraising event celebrate your commitment to helping local families transform their lives through stable housing, education, job training, and career readiness.

Celesong Ticket Waiting List CLICK HERE

photo credit: Michael Weintraub

Darrell Scott

Darrell Scott is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist / singer-songwriter and Nashville Songwriter hall of Fame nominee. His songs have been performed by Travis Tritt, Faith Hill, The Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks), and many others. A former ASCAP and NSAI Songwriter of the Year, Scott has garnered many accolades, Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate writes, “Darrell Scott mines and cultivates the everyday moment, taking the rote, menial, mundane, and allowing it to be surreal, ever poignant, and candidly honest.”

Hayley Reardon

Hayley Reardon is a critically acclaimed folk pop artist and storyteller raised in Massachusetts. Hayley won the Gloucester 400+ singer-songwriter competition in 2023. After three years in Nashville, Reardon spent the past six years carrying her songs and guitar all over the globe – including a six-month artist residency stay in Dachau, Germany – gathering experiences, inspiration and soulful connections that are reflected in her ever-deepening music.

photo credit: Julia Liebisch

We‘re Creating a Small Club Feel

Invite your friends and enjoy an evening of music and stories under our gorgeous tent among the flowers and by the woods here at Wellspring’s West Gloucester campus. You’ll enjoy locally-sourced fare by the Tim Hopkins crew. Belly up to Hive’s Airstream Bar and grab a beverage while listening to the acoustic music of local standout musician, Jesse Joseph of Wood & Bone as the party begins. Under the tent you’ll find comfy chairs, wooden farm tables and plush furnishings to relax and take it all in.

Satellite parking with a quick shuttle ride to the event is available at nearby West Parish School and the Municipal building next door. Just follow the signs.

Lifting Voices Together

Throughout the night, you’ll have the opportunity to support Wellspring’s critical programs to bring housing, job training, education and career readiness to thousands of community members who are working with us to transform their futures. We’ll have a paddle raise, plus a fun live auction to support Wellspring’s valuable programs and services.

Endless Possibilities Special Recognition

Join us in honoring a special partner, Kristine Irving of Koo de Kir Architectural Interiors with the Wellspring’s Endless Possibilities recognition for her vision, leadership, and design talent on the collaborative project, Coming Home. This initiative has transformed the living spaces of Wellspring’s Family Shelter program through thoughtful redesign and renovation, providing an enhanced, welcoming, and functional environment for families who are working hard to find permanent housing.

2024 Endless Possibilities Award, pictured is Kristine Irving, Koo de Kir Architectural Interiors.

Fund-A-Future Paddle Raise

Celesong’s Fund-a-Future paddle raise donations will help students and families reach measurable employment and career milestones leading to financial security. With your contributions, you will be sponsoring the following impacts:

Live Auction!

Make a greater impact to support Wellspring’s critical programs by bidding on one of these amazing auction items!

Community Lyric Project

Celesong is about lifting voices through the power of song. Music inspires us to move forward, helps us cope, and allows us to celebrate life’s beautiful moments. Songs become the soundtrack of our lives, elevating us through challenging times and embracing us in our happiest days. At Celesong, help us create a community soundtrack by contributing a lyric that holds special meaning for you to Wellspring’s Lyric Quilt.

This project is inspired and made possible by our friends at Red Barn Architecture.

Tickets & More

CELESONG Tickets are SOLD OUT.

Please click on the button if you would like to add your name to our waiting list.

Celesong Ticket Waiting List CLICK HERE

Host Ticket Package ($1000) includes: 4 tickets for you and your guests to Celesong, special reserved event parking with parking pass, program recognition of your support
Supporter Ticket Package ($500) includes: 2 tickets for you and your guest to Celesong, program recognition of support online
Individual Ticket(s) ($150) to Celesong

Meet Wellspring’s Celesong Co-Chairs

I continue to be amazed by Wellspring’s staff and leadership and the work they do day-in and day-out in service to our diverse North Shore community! Built on a foundation of over 40 years of hospitality, Wellspring House addresses community needs through a holistic and comprehensive systems-lens strategy. Partnering with other organizations is not just in Wellspring’s nature to be collaborative; it’s also necessary. It’s a community-care-centered model implemented with intention, where everyone connects back to their humanity and where dignity thrives.

Julia Frost, Member of Wellspring’s Board of Directors

I take great pride in my ongoing support and volunteer work with Wellspring House. My dedication stems from a deep passion for their mission of homelessness prevention. What initially drew me to their cause was the comprehensive approach they take, offering a full spectrum of services to support and educate their community, ultimately transforming lives in the process.

Michele Tocco, Community Volunteer