Pine Knob closes its doors for 2024

Pine Knob finishes its 2024 season with a pair of shows on Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, by Michigan's own Billy Strings -- a Grammy Award-winning guitarist and Americana star who's celebrating both the arrival of a brand new album, "Highway Prayers," and the arrival his first son. Then, with Pine Knob about to close, we thought we'd offer listeners a look inside some of the backstage operations that keep the place running, during and even out of season. We talk with Elmer Straub, 313 Presents Senior Vice President for Entertainment Production and Operations, and Mike Willart, Senior Vice President of Facilities and Construction for the Detroit Pistons, about how Pine Knob closes after a busy season.