The Festival of the Arts is still in full swing with many events com­ing up this week.

Madcat, Kane and Maxwell Street Concert will be pre­sented at Ferris State University in Williams Auditorium. Admission is $3 for stu­dents and $5 for gen­eral admis­sion. The per­for­mance will be held on Feb. 13 at 8 p.m.

Peter “Madcat” Ruth is a Grammy award-winning vir­tu­oso har­mon­ica player who resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has played shows in many dif­fer­ent coun­tries. In addi­tion to the har­mon­ica, Madcat also plays a vari­ety of instru­ments from around the world.

Madcat will be host­ing a har­mon­ica work­shop on Feb. 13 at 3 p.m. before the con­cert to help peo­ple work on their play­ing. The work­shop will be held in the Rankin Student Center Dome Room. Admission to the work­shop is free.

The Ferris State University Winter Band and Orchestra Concert will be held on Feb. 14 in Williams Auditorium at 4 p.m. The con­cert will fea­ture the FSU West Central Concert Band, Symphony Band and West Central Chamber Orchestra and there is no admis­sion fee.

The theme of the FSU con­cert is “Storytelling through Music.” Certain pieces will be per­formed with nar­ra­tion such as “Peter the Wolf.” The con­cert will also fea­ture Chinese music that cel­e­brates the Chinese New Year and, because it will be Valentine’s Day, the con­cert will have roman­tic selec­tions such as “Beauty and the Beast,” “Phantom of the Opera,” and more.

Other events tak­ing place as part of the Festival of the Arts include A Performance in Poetry by M.L. Liebler and the Detroit Legacy on Feb. 11 at 8 p.m., a for­eign film called “After the Wedding” on Feb. 12 at 8 p.m., and Writing Our Lives: A Workshop in Memoirs on Feb. 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m..

More upcom­ing events for the fes­ti­val are Mike McConnell, Master Wood Turner on Feb. 13 at 3 p.m., a Music Therapy Presentation and Workshop on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m., the Crossroads Charter Academy High School Pre-Festival Band Concert on Feb. 16 at 7 p.m., and the Taste of Mecosta County event on Feb. 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

For more infor­ma­tion on these events and events to come visit fer​ris​.edu/​f​e​s​t​i​val.