Slice of Summer Concert Series Returns With New Leadership, Lineup The Canby Current [Video]

For more than four decades here, the soundtrack of summer has centered on the Wait Park gazebo in the heart of downtown Canby — highlighted by the sounds of Slice of Summer, a locally organized concert series featuring primarily local artists.

And this year, Canby’s beloved local concert series is back and better than ever — with a new leadership team, eager to serve their community a fresh lineup of diverse musical acts from the local area and beyond.

“It’s such a great Canby tradition,” says Brian Haines, one of two new co-chairs of the nonprofit concert series. “It’s free, it’s family-oriented, and it happens right here in the heart of town. Everybody looks forward to it, and we just want to keep it going.”

Slice has been a Canby tradition since at least 1985, but the series ran out of gas in 2017 when the Canby Music Boosters — which had …