As warmer weather arrives, the beginning of the outdoor concert season also kicks off at Pine Knob Music Theatre.
The amphitheatre in Clarkston will host its first event next Saturday with the 99.5 WYCD Hoedown, featuring Tim McGraw, and on Thursday, officials showed off what fans can expect this summer.
Related: Here are the concerts coming to Pine Knob Music Theatre this spring & summer
"We’re excited to provide another amazing summer concert season at our six world-class venues, including our three renowned amphitheatres,” said Howard Handler, President of 313 Presents. “There’s nothing like enjoying your favorite artist or band under the stars on a summer night in Michigan."
According to officials, Levy will continue to run the food and guest experience at Pine Knob, Meadow Brook and the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre this summer. With that, fans can expect new automated cocktail bars, food and coffee trucks, hot dog carts and more.
313 Presents said new food options include TendedBar, Detroit Mini Donut, The Frozen Spoon and zdawgz.
TendedBar will be at Pine Knob and use facial recognition technology and age verification systems to help customers get their rinks faster. Detroit Mini Donut will sell a variety of signature donuts and Italian ice at all three locations. The Frozen Spook will be at Meadow Brook and Michigan Lottery amphitheatres and sell a variety of custard items, and zdawgs will also be at both places selling hot dogs.
According to 313 Presents, the Trinity Health Ivy Lounge will be available for members before, during and after shows with an automated cocktail machine, a new salad option and a new bbq option.
Other food options include:
- Little Caesars Pizza: Concertgoers can get cheese and Pepperoni big slices at all three theatres..
- Meijer Grab-N-Go: THe Grab-N-Go market has quick grab-and-go snacks and canned beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic).
- Detroit Grille House: A Grille Pub with an emphasis on pub food like burgers, chicken strips, fries and more.
- Prime Time Subs: Italian, turkey, veggie and buffalo chicken subs with forzen yogurt, fresh chocolate chip cookies, salads and more.
There are also plenty of places to hang back and relax before and during shows
- The Tree House by Lume, a deck located inside the west entrance that's an open-air biergarten
- The Coppercraft Club which has picnic tables, BBQ food and more
- Honcho Outpost serving up Union Joints-style Latin street food
There are dozens of concerts scheduled from May through September at Pine Knob, with more expected to be added as more tours are announced.
Below you'll find a list of the concerts scheduled at Pine Knob in 2023.
May 20 – 99.5 WYCD Hoedown with Tim McGraw, Chris Janson and Kassi Ashton
June 2 – Dierks Bentley with Jordan Davis and Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
June 13 – The Cure with Twilight Sad
June 14 – Matchbox Twenty with Matt Nathanson
June 16 – Billy Strings
June 18 – Weezer with Modest Mouse & Momma
June 23 – Eric Church with Ashley McBryde and The Red Clay Stripes
June 25 – TLC, Shaggy, En Vogue and Sean Kinsgton
June 27 – Dave Matthews Band
June 29 – Santana
July 2 – Anita Baker with special gust Babyfac3
July 6 – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds & Garbage with Metric
July 11 – Post Malone
July 13 – Bret Michaels, Night Ranger, Jefferson Starship, Steve Augeri and Mark McGrath
July 19 – Big Time Rush with special gust Max and Jax
July 22 – Barenaked Ladies with Five For Fighting and Del Amitri
July 23 – Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa with special guest Too $hort, Warren G, Berner and DJ Drama
July 26 – Avenged Sevenfold with Alex Is On Fire
July 27 – Sam Hunt with special guests Brett Young and Lily Rose
July 29 – Fall Out Boy with special gusts Bring Me The Horizon, Royal & the Serpent and Games We Play
Aug. 2 – Gov't Mule
Aug. 4 – Boy George and Culture Club
Aug. 5 – Kidz Bop
Aug. 6 – Mudvayne with Cool Chamber, Gwar, Nonpoint and more
Aug. 9 – Godsmack and Staind
Aug. 12 – Steve Miller Band
Aug. 13 – Nickelback with special guests Brantley Gilbert and Josh Ross
Aug. 14 – Ghost with special guest Amon Amarth
Aug. 15 – Lil' Durk, Kodak Black and more
Aug. 16 – 5 Seconds of Summer
Aug. 17 – Jelly Roll with special guests Yelawolf, Struggle Jennings and Josh Adam Meyers
Aug. 23 – The Offspring with special guests Sum 41 and Simple Plan
Aug. 25 – The Lumineers with special guest James Bay
Aug. 26 – Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Tip with special guest Uncle Kracker
Aug. 29 – Arctic Monkeys with special guest Fontaines D.C.
Aug. 30 – Foreigner with special guest Loverboy
Sept. 1 – Disturbed with special guests Breaking Benjamin and JINJER
Sept. 2 – Beck & Phoenix
Sept. 3 – Pentatonix with special guest Lauren Alaina
Sept. 5 – Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper
Sept. 6 – Smashing Pumpkins with Interpol
Sept. 8 – Jason Aldean with special guests Mitchell Tenpenny, Corey Kent and Dee Jay Silver
Sept. 12 – Shinedown with Spirit Box
Sept. 17 – 50 Cent with Busta Rymes and Jeremih
Sept. 22 – Willie Nelson & Family at the Outlaw Music Festival