The Charles Templeton Ragtime Festival is sponsored by the University Library and The Charles Templeton Sr. Music Museum as a means of enchaning 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 the 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.