The 36th Montreux Jazz Festival welcomes many new events.
These include:
The Montreux Jazz Club offers Stravinski ticket holders the chance to enjoy acoustic sets and jam sessions to end a perfect day of music. The artists appearing include Mohair, the musicians of Erykah Badu and Joe Sample.
Art exhibition of the Belgian artist Lois Joos. Organised in conjunction with the BD (comic strip) Festival of Sierre.
The "Sceène Bleu" is renamed to "Montreux Jazz Young Planet" with the help of the young people of Montreux.
The cinema "Why Not?" shows jazz films to Casino audiences.
Launch of the International Sax Competition in association with the Jeremy & Kim White Foundation.
Issue of a compilation set featuring all of Miles Davis's Montreux performances over the years.
Unveiling of comemorative busts of BB King and Ray Charles beside the lake in Montreux.
Montreux 2002 is the year of David Bowie.

Other headliners include Paul Simon, The Keith Jarret Trio, Jamiroquai, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Cocker, Issac Hayes, Garbage, Marianne Faithful. The Miles Davis Hall offered an electic and innovative programme: Michael Franti, Slayer, Muse, Gemma Hayes, Cake, Soul Designer...
The workshops and Master Classes are all a great success! The Piano Solo Competition was won by marius vernescu from Romania. Soweto Kinch of the UK overcame all other competitiors to win the International Sax Competition. The Thinh Nguyen Quartet from Bern take the Montreux Jazz Chrysler award.