Friday, March 26, and Saturday, March 27
Watch the 2021 Festival FREE on MSTV (available to CSpire Fiber and MaxxSouth Broadband customers), Facebook, and YouTube!
All events stream live at 7pm. See the schedule for details.
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Featuring bespoke video performances from
and selected highlights from Festivals past
The Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival is sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the Charles Templeton Sr. Music Museum as a means of enhancing the research in the area of ragtime music, increasing the awareness of the Templeton collection housed in the MSU Library and introducing people to the sounds of Ragtime being performed by world-renowned ragtime musicians.
The festival is comprised of a blend of major concerts, mini-concerts, seminars and tours of the Music Museum. Seminars are held in Mitchell Memorial Library and major concerts are held at the McComas Hall Auditorium on the MSU Campus.