Tuning up for this weekend's Pioneer Village Ole Tyme Music Festival are (from left) guitarist John Noftsger, fiddler Whitt Meade, and string bassist Gwenn Noftsger. (Michael Snyder photo) | ZOOM |

        HARVEYSBURG — Enthusiasm, not electricity, powers this weekend's 23rd annual Pioneer Village Ole Tyme Music Festival.

        That enthusiasm comes from volunteers who staff the event and from dancers and acoustic musicians who perform. It also comes from hundreds of traditional music fans who spend their weekend under the shady trees of Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village soaking up the strains of banjos, guitars, fiddles and dulcimers.

        “It seems to be improving each year. The quality of the music and the attendance numbers keep getting better,” said Whitt Meade, a Waynesville resident and nationally known old-time fiddler. “Last year we doubled our turnout over the previous year.”

       Hours are 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village, off Ohio 73 near Harveysburg. Admission: $5; $2 for children ages 6 to 12. Information: (513) 897-0654 or (937) 862-5551.
       

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