BE QUICK AND SAVE WITH SPECIAL OFFERS, DISCOUNTS AND SEASON TICKETS
We are all feeling the economic pinch. That’s why the Woordfees made it a priority to give festivalgoers affordable access to as many quality productions as possible this year. In addition to a great variety of free festival offerings such as art exhibitions and most of the Discussion and Film Festival programme, there are also initiatives to help make tickets more affordable.
Below is a handy summary of all the opportunities to save at Woordfees 2023:
TOYOTA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Buy three tickets to any of the following concerts and get the fourth one free:
Discount for group bookings
Bring your friends to the festival and save.
With Fokofpolisiekar (who wll be launching their new album), Desmond and the Tutus & Majozi
Wednesday 11 October | 18:00 | Van der Stel Sports Grounds | Entrance from R95
- 10% discount on 20 tickets
- 20% discount on 50 tickets
Thursday 12 October | 18:00 | Van der Stel Sports Grounds| Entrance from R120
- 10% discount on 20 tickets
- 20% discount on 50 tickets
With: Van Der Aven, Zaan Sonnekus, Gian Groen, Jan Blohm, Die Heuwels Fantasties
Friday 13 October | 18:00 | Van der Stel Sports Grounds | Entrance from R150
- 10% discount on 20 tickets
DANCE
Early Bird – receive a 40% discount on all tickets booked for these productions on or before 31 July:
THEATRE
Student discount: You receive a 15% discount for the following productions with your valid student card, but only in price category 1:
- Shadow Boxing
- Gin my die genade
- Hold Still
- Ver in die wêreld Kittie
- My kroon se krank
- Fietsry vir dommies
- Delela (astrant)
- i want to write you a submarine
- Monsters
- Premiere Festival Winner
- Op ons
- See muur
You receive a 15% discount for the following productions with your valid student card, but only in price categories 1 and 2:
- Tuis, ek’s liefie
- Mirakel
- Braam en die engel
- Die moeder
- The Woman Who Fed the Dogs
- Oedipus at Colonus #aftersophocles
- Goed wat wag om te gebeur
- Boesak
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Droomkraan-kronieke
- Die Francois Toerien Show +
- Die vegetariër
- Droomwerk
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Receive a pensioners discount of R15 on any ticket bought in advance for any production on the Classical Music programme. You will need to produce your ID document to access this discount.
SEASON TICKETS
If you buy a season ticket, you will see big savings You are welcome to share your tickets with a friend should you be unable to attend all of the performances.
Season ticket: Moederkerk-orrelweek
Attend all five of the Organ week performances for R350 and save R150.
- Arnu Oelofse | 9 OCT 13:15
- Winand Grundling | 10 OCT 13:15
- Gavin Julius | 12 OCT 13:15
- Isabelle van Rensburg | 11 OCT 13:15
- Zorada Temmingh | 13 OCT 13:15
Buy the season ticket online eand pick up your five tickets at the Erfurthuis ticket office.
Season ticket: Strauss & Co talks
Save50%when you pay only R120 for all 8 talks. The talks include:
- ’n Man vir elke seisoen | 9 OCT 15:00
- South African Artists in Paris | 10 OCT 11:00
- Cheviot Place 6: Kruispad van kunstenaars, skrywers en intellektuele (1956-1990) | 10 OCT 15:00
- Contemporary South African Ceramics | 11 OCT 11:00
- William Kentridge: Gebonde en ongebonde | 11 OCT 15:00
- The Sydney Kumalo/Ezrom Legae Catalogue Raisonné Published by Strauss & Co. | 12 OCT 11:00
- Exploring the Rich Artistic Heritage of the Eastern Cape | 12 OCT 15:00
- Sosiale verantwoordelikheid in die kunste | 13 OCT 11:00
Buy the season ticket online eand pick up your 8 tickets at the Erfurthuis ticket office.
Season ticket: Victoria Hub discussion venue
Buy a season ticket and save R355. You can attend 12 talks for R975 in the new Victoria Hub. A special row has been reserved for season ticket holders and the season ticket includes the following talks:
- Anchien Trotskie en Helene de Kock | 9 OCT 10:30
- Beryl Botman: Sedert die dood ons skei | 9 OCT 12:00
- Twee kaalkoppe wonder |10 OCT 10:30
- KI as skrywer | 10 OCT 12:00
- Hoekom stotter mans so? | 10 OCT 15:00
- Van Oekraiëne met liefde | 11 OCT 10:30
- Bitterkomix | 11 OCT 12:00
- Trama kasie vir Arabies | 11 OCT 15:00
- SJ Naudé: Van vaders en vlugtelinge | 12 OCT 10:30
- Leon van Nierop: Duiwelsroos | 12 OCT 15:00
- ‘Coloured’: Dis ons kultuur | 13 OCT 10:30
- Met Karel Schoeman as muse | 13 OCT 15:00
Buy the season ticket online and pick up your 12 tickets at the Erfurthuis ticket office.
Season Ticket: EasyEquities Book Tent
Buy a season ticket and save R650. You can attend 22 discussions for R1 000 in the Book Tent. A special row has been reserved for season ticket holders. The season ticket includes the following discussions:
- Witboordjie-skurke | 9 OCT 09:30
- Van hier tot ver in die wêreld | 9 OCT 11:00
- Sihle Khumalo: Milk the Beloved Country | 9 OCT 13:00
- Etienne van Heerden: Gebeente | 11 OCT 13:00
- Jonny Steinberg: Portrait of a Marriage | 9 OCT 16:00
- 491 Dae agter tralies | 10 OCT 09:30
- Annelie Botes se Katvis | 10 OCT 11:00
- Eve Fairbanks: The Inheritors | 10 OCT 13:00
- Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End | 10 OCT 16:00
- Stefaans Coetzee: Onbeskryflike genade | 11 OCT 09:30
- Barbara Masekela: Poli Poli | 11 OCT 11:00
- Etienne van Heerden: Gebeente | 11 OCT 13:00
- Marita van der Vyver: Laaste kans | 11 OCT 16:00
- Daisy de Melker: Gifmoordenares | 12 OCT 09:30
- Skatryk, maar hoe? | 12 OCT 11:00
- E. (Sussie) Kotze vier 90 | 12 OCT 13:00
- Fiksieparadys: ‘You Had Me At Hello’ | 12 OCT 16:00
- Hoerkind en die skrywer | 13 OCT 09:30
- The Power of Us | 13 OCT 11:00
- Onder ’n bloedrooi hemel | 13 OCT 13:00
- Rudie en die Hanse | 13 OCT 16:00
- 30 Beste Bokke | 14 October 11:00
Buy the season ticket online and pick up your 22 tickets at the Erfurthuis ticket office.
Tickets can be booked directly through Quicket. For any further information or assistance with ticket purchases, please contact Amber at comps@sun.ac.za