SouperFest
16 Years of the Best from the Best for SouperFest
Get ready to enjoy delicious soups from some of Concord’s favorite restaurants, participate in our raffle to win prizes, and help support CCEH in our work to end homelessness.
The participating restaurants for our 16th Annual SouperFest are:
Alexandra’s Bistro – Broccoli Cheddar (vegetarian)
The Barley House – Apple Pumpkin Bisque (vegetarian)
The Common Man – Common Made Clam Chowder
Concord Food Co-op – Creamy Mushroom & Asparagus (vegetarian, gluten free)
Constantly Pizza – Chicken Corn Chowder
Flanagan’s SouthEnder – TBD
Karner Blue Cafe – TBD
Margarita’s Concord – Chicken Tortilla
O’s Steak & Seafood – Beef Stew
Red Blazer Restaurant & Pub – Chicken Pot Pie Soup
Revival Kitchen & Bar – Coconut Sweet Potato (vegetarian)
STREET Food – Pozole Mexican Stew (vegan, gluten free)
Washington Street Cafe – Tomato Basil Bisque (vegetarian)
The Works Bakery Cafe – Lentil Soup (vegetarian)
A big thank you to these restaurants for making and donating the soup to this special event!
$5 per 8 oz. soup or 5 soups for $20. Soups are on a first-come, first-serve basis and when we run out, we run out! Tickets cannot be purchased in advance.
Take-away materials will be provided for those who want to take their soup and go.
Thank you to our 2025 SouperFest event sponsors:
Bangor Savings Bank
Baron’s Major Brands
Ciborowski Associates
Concord Imaging Center
Cummings Printing Co.
Franklin Savings Bank
Gondwana & Divine Clothing Co.
Havenwood Heritage Heights
Lovering Auto Group
MicroDAQ
Milestone Construction
Modern Woodmen of America
Plodzik & Sanderson, PA
Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord
Vintage Kitchens
Soup Fest to SouperFest
SouperFest’s predecessor, “Soup Fest,” was founded by Jim Kinhan in 2009 to honor senior members of South Church for their service to the Church, and to provide funding for youth mission trips. In 2010, The Concord Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH), which was housed at the time at South Church, became Soup Fest’s beneficiary and primary partner.
In 2015, the event moved to a larger venue at Rundlett Middle School and grew to become “SouperFest.” What had been a modest church-based fundraiser making less than $4,000 became a major community event that raised nearly $38,000 by 2016.
In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SouperFest was held entirely online, and then moved to an outdoor event at White Park in 2021 and 2022, with soups provided by some of Concord’s best restaurants.
In 2025, CCEH hopes to raise $50,000 from SouperFest, and to generate public awareness and support for CCEH’s work and ultimately end homelessness in our community.
Initially the event was a version of “stone soup,” based on the folktale about community and sharing with neighbors in need. Soup has so many connections with what CCEH does: soup lines, soup kitchens, an inexpensive but filling meal, a comfort food, something that’s easy to cook and eat; it’s warming, both literally and figuratively.
The concept of sharing soup, sharing a meal, talking over a table with your family, neighbors, friends, that really embodies the concept of community solutions, working together on this shared goal of ending homelessness.