Centre is most certainly one of the most appealing institutions with creative potential, persuasive in its intention to animate actors of all generations, especially young ones, and to affiliate their creative energy in realisation of new cultural projects, actions, manifestations and festivals.

Eight years ago Cultural Centre of Novi Sad had initiated International Festival of Alternative and New Theatre – INFANT, and has been organising it successfully since. Two years ago Festival of European Film – EUROns - had been established. The first Festival of Digital Art also found its place among events in Cultural Centre of Novi Sad.

Since 1999 Cultural Centre of Novi Sad organises NOVI SAD JAZZ FESTIVAL, that has, thanks to collaboration with Becej BREWRY, grown into NOVI SAD Old Gold JAZZ FESTIVAL in 2000, and that’s what Old Gold is today.

NOVI SAD OLD GOLD JAZZ FESTIVAL belongs to Novi Sad, but is, in the same time, an international event.

Thanks to outstanding understanding of our ambitions, firstly by Town Council Executive Board, as well as by County Ministry of Education and Culture and some other organisations and institutions, Novi Sad Old Gold Jazz Festival 2002 will be one more festival that exceeds town limits. As we deeply believe, this festival will make our town even more important when speaking about centres of culture in and out of the borders of our country.

Thanks to the continuous and long co-operation of the Cultural Centre of Novi Sad with foreign cultural centres and embassies, the following institutions contributed to Novi Sad Old Gold Jazz festival 2002: Goethe Institute, Belgrade and South-eastern Europe Stability Pact, French Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Austrian Cultural Forum and Austrian Embassy, as well as Embassy of USA.