Back by popular demand, region favorites Harley Hehr and Jim Bulanda team up for a special evening of comedy and song on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, at Woodland Park in Portage, Indiana! This terrific concert is part of the 2025 Portage Summer Music Series of FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC concerts continuing through July and August! This year’s excellent concert lineup offers a variety of great music by seasoned bands and solo artists. Concert venues include Portage’s Woodland Park in Oakwood Hall and a beautiful new outdoors location, the Portage Public Library Learning Garden.
Harley Hehr and Jim Bulanda truly are a great entertainment duo! Audiences love their duets, solo songs, and the constant comic banter between. Harley Hehr is an accomplished singer whose first love is comedy, so he decided to combine the two. Additionally, Hehr’s music accomplishments include fabulous vocal impressions of legendary singers—like Louis Armstrong, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Cher, to name a few. With his rich singing voice, worldclass vocalist Jim Bulanda can easily step into the shoes of any major Las Vegas entertainer. Performing at top venues coast to coast, including Chicago top spots, Bulanda is a singer most famous and appreciated for his vocal impressions of Dean Martin and of course, the ‘Chairman of the Board,’ Frank Sinatra. Add to this, Bulanda’s stylistic vocal impressions of Tony Bennett, Michael Buble, Neil Diamond, and more, so it’s no wonder why audiences always demand an encore!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR UPCOMING PORTAGE 2025 SUMMER MUSIC SERIES FREE CONCERTS!
WOODLAND PARK (Oakwood Hall) Concert Schedule:
2100 Willowcreek Road (just south of US 20).
Indoors: Seating is provided.
TUESDAYS
August 5: 6:00-7:30pm Doz Guys, 50s, 60s, 70s
August 12: 6:00-7:30pm Dave “Elvis” Thomas, Elvis Tribute
August 26: 6:00-7:30pm Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones, 50s, 60s, Rock-a-billy
PORTAGE LIBRARY LEARNING GARDEN Concert Schedule:
2665 Irving Street. Outdoors: Bring a lawn chair or blanket. (In the event of rain or other inclement weather, the concert will be cancelled).
SUNDAY, August 17: 2:00-3:30pm Jack Evans, Country, Singer/Guitarist
Not to forget! Although donations are not required, all concerts are collection sites for donations to Gabriel’s Horn Homeless Shelter. Concert-goers can donate paper goods, canned goods, non-perishable boxed food items, toothpaste, toothbrushes, bathroom paper, shampoo, conditioner, hygiene items, etc. Cash donations are welcome as well!
A great collaborative effort, the Portage 2025 Summer Concert Series is produced in partnership with Portage LIVE!, a (501) (c)(3) not-for-profit organization; grants from John W. Anderson Foundation and Porter County Community Foundation; facilities provided by City of Portage Parks and Recreation and the Portage Public Library (Porter County Public Library System or PCPLS); and from donations by local residents and Portage Chamber business members!
For more information, contact Portage LIVE! (Linda Hardin) at (219) 762-5025 or visit www. portagelive.org (click on “Summer Music”); or the Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce at (219) 762-3300; or City of Portage Parks & Recreation at (219) 762-1675.
