2 – 10 OCT 2027
Paarl writer Keith Oliver Lewis was named the winner of the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees’s eleventh annual Short Story Anthology Competition on Saturday evening, 3 October. The announcement was made during the launch of the anthology at Stellenbosch Town Hall. Keith Oliver Lewis receives R30 000 for his winning story “Nagwaak”. The prize is made possible […]
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The Toyota SU Woordfees takes place from 10 to 16 October in Stellenbosch for the first time since 2020. The festival theme this year is “Wild”, and the Woordfees team is busy finalising a programme that will invite you to let your imagination run wild and free. On 24 August, the festival programme will be […]
Die Toyota US Woordfees bied op Wilde Woensdag, 28 September 2022, meer as ’n 1 000 kaartjies vir vanjaar se fees teen afslag van 20%-80% aan. Alle kaartjies wat op Wilde Woensdag beskikbaar is, sal teen slegs R40 elk verkoop word. Verskeie gelukkige trekkings en kompetisies sal ook deur die loop van die dag plaasvind. […]
It’s always Happy Hour at the SPAAR BAR At the SPAAR BAR, you can get half-price tickets for all shows within the next four hours. This is how it works: · The SPAAR BAR is open from 9 – 15 OCT between 09:00 and 16:00. · You can buy half-price tickets for any performance on […]
Stellenbosch – The internationally acclaimed Spier Wine Estate is continuing its platinum sponsorship of the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees for another three years. Spier has been the official title sponsor of the festival’s Spier Theatre programme since 2025 – a flagship genre that has showcased 55 world-class productions over the past year and which heads to […]
Die ekonomie druk oral en dit was dus vir die Woordfeesbestuur ’n prioriteit om feesgangers vanjaar toegang tot soveel gehalte-aanbiedings moontlik te gee. Benewens ’n groot verskeidenheid gratis feesplesiere soos kunsuitstallings en die grootste deel van die Diskoersprogram en Filmfees, is daar verskeie inisiatiewe om kaartjies meer bekostigbaar te maak. Hier is ’n nuttige opsomming […]
It is time for the ninth SU Woordfees Short Story Anthology. The previous anthologies were received very well by the reading public and critics alike. These publications will serve as testament to the zeitgeist which Afrikaans-speaking South Africans are currently experiencing. The author of the winning story will receive a prize of R30 000. The […]
Daar is nog tyd. Tyd om terug te kyk en die 26ste Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees opnuut te beleef deur die lense van ons fotograwe. Met hulle besondere talent om mense vas te vang op net die regte oomblik met presies die regte lig, bied hulle die mees sprekende blik en ’n eie storie in elke […]
The 2024 Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees blossoms and blooms this spring with more than 400 unique productions presented in nearly 60 venues in and around Stellenbosch. The festival takes place this year from 28 September to 6 October in Stellenbosch. The 2024 programme offers festival goers the opportunity to express and embrace their own spontaneity through […]
Guns, roses, tilled soil and feathers. These are just some of the items to be found scattered throughout Olwagen’s production of Hedda Gabler, soon to be staged at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town. This award-winning reworking of Henrik Ibsen’s play about one of the theatre’s most enduring femme fatales is brought into the 21st […]
The programme for the 2025 Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees is NOW available and ticket sales open on 26 June. But if you can’t wait and want to support the festival, you can join our loyalty programme and skip the queue to buy your tickets now. This programme offers different levels of involvement for loyalty members – […]
