PORTAGE 2025 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES BEGINS JUNE 3RD

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE!
PORTAGE 2025 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
BEGINS JUNE 3RD
WITH JIM BULANDA AND HARLEY HEHR PERFORMING!

Portage LIVE!, Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce, City of Portage Parks & Recreation, and Portage Public Library proudly present a fabulous 13-concert Summer Music Series, FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, happening in June, July, and August 2025, in Portage, Indiana! 

Ten of the 13 concerts of the Portage 2025 Summer Music Series will be performed at Portage’s Woodland Park (indoors in Oakwood Grand Hall) and three concerts will be performed outdoors in a beautiful new location--the Portage Public Library Learning Garden!  Bring the whole family and enjoy a variety of great music by seasoned bands and solo artists-- and show off all your dance moves! It’s a whole lot of fun-- all summer long!

Our exciting 2025 Concert Season opens on Tuesday, June 3rd, when, back- by- popular-demand, worldclass vocalist Jim Bulanda and multi-talented comedian/singer Harley Hehr take the stage for a delightful evening of song, comedy, and impressions featuring tributes to Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Roy Orbison, Neil Diamond, Rod Stewart, as well as many others, at Woodland Park, from 6:00 to 7:30pm! 

WOODLAND PARK (Oakwood Grand Hall) Concert Schedule:

2100 Willowcreek Road (just south of US 20).  Portage Food Concession.

Indoors: Seating is provided.

TUESDAYS

June 3:         6:00-7:30pm     Jim Bulanda & Harley Hehr, Tribute to Frank Sinatra & More

June 10:       6:00-7:30pm    Rick Lindy & The Wild Ones, 50s, 60s, Rock-a-billy

June 17:       6:00-7:30pm    J. Jay Brook, International Entertainer

June 24:       6:00-7:30pm    The Bones, Classic Pop Rock

July  1:         6:00-7:30pm    Joe “Neil” Zirconia, Neil Diamond Tribute Artist

July  8:         6:00-7:30pm      Spike and the Spitwads, 50s and 60s

July 29:        6:00-7:30pm    Harley Hehr, Comedian/Vocals &  Jim Bulanda Vocalist 

August 5:    6:00-7:30pm    Doz Guys, 50s, 60s, 70s

August 12:  6:00-7:30pm    Dave “Elvis” Thomas, Elvis Tribute

Aogust 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. 

TUESDAY,   July 15:       6:00-7:30pm    Wolffgang, Hobart High School Girls’ Vocal Group

SUNDAY,    July 20:       2:00-3:30pm    Mariachi Gavilanes de Chicago, Mariachi Band

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! (Terry 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.