Corvallis — Earlier this summer, Ben Beekman awoke one morning to find his second-floor apartment engulfed in smoke and flames. He escaped, but not without suffering serious injuries. Ben has been hospitalized in Portland since early August, but he is now back home in Corvallis.

Several area musicians are coming together to support Ben as he rebuilds his life and to welcome him home. The benefit concert features Neal Gladstone & Friends, the Free Range Chix, Johanna and Absolute. It happens at the Corvallis High School Theater at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27.

The artists are donating their performance and 100 percent of the profits will go toward helping Ben re-establish his life and livelihood. Tickets are $15 general admission and can be purchased at www.corvallis

theaters.com, at Gracewinds Music, and at Grass Roots Books & Music.

Gladstone and his six-piece band have produced five CDs of satire, ballads and rockers on subjects ranging from the joys of oatmeal to the absurdities of politics to the intricate battle of the sexes.

The Free Range Chix are four women who love to perform musical comedy. Born out of the musical theater performance “Six Women With Brain Death, or Expiring Minds Want to Know,” the quartet has continued to entertain with its mix of satire and catchy tunes.

Absolute, consisting of Robin Patterson, Micki Reaman, Shelley Willis, Julie Williams and Elizabeth Wyatt, blends vocal harmonies to create music that ranges from South African freedom songs to contemporary folk music, from doo-wop to choral arrangements.

Johanna, who is making a homecoming visit from her new musical hub in Portland to perform at the benefit, will be backed by many of the musicians who graced her “If I Could Fly” CD, including most of Aeroterra. Her music has been influenced by Ani Difranco, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Carol King, Grace Slick, Tracy Chapman, Bette Midler and the Indigo Girls.