SPAAR BAR | HALF PRICE TICKETS AND OTHER SPECIAL OFFERS

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 […]

Submit your story for the 2024 Woordfees Short Story Anthology

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 […]

The festival captured in photos

We had such a great time at this years Woordfees, we’re still bubbling over with excitement. A heartfelt thank you to all our enthusiastic and friendly festival-goers, the artists who put their heart and soul into every performance, our trusts and donors (Het Jan Marais Nationale Fonds, NATi • National Afrikaans Theatre Initiative, Jannie Mouton […]

The Woordfees Long Table

The Langtafel is an annual highlight and beloved tradition for many Woordfees enthusiasts. It is at this long table under the old oaks in Ryneveld Street, where the Toyota SU Woordfees will announce its festival plans and dates for 2022. There will be a performance by the internationally celebrated Stellenbosch University Choir, live music, great […]

Toyota Music Festival: The Daisy Jones Bar

DIE KAAPPUNTERS: AFRIKAANSE ROCK SE ANKER IN DIE SUIDE With: Riku Lätti/Wian Anders (voice, guitar, piano), Jackie Lätti/Bettie Blatjang (voice), Willem Möller/Karring Kaappunter (guitar), Churchil Naudé (rap), Mark Ellis/Markus Oralrus (bass guitar), Jean Marais/Vuilsak van Staden (drums), Tonia Möller (voice, percussion), Jannie Hanepoot van Tonder (trombone) The Kaappunters are an irrepressible rock group born from […]

Woordfees 2024: Programme Applications Open

The Woordfees will take place in the Spring from 28 September to 6 October. The festival organisers are excited to announce the dates for the festival and, along with festival goers, are looking forward to another year of exceptional applications from artists. Saartjie Botha, the Director of the Woordfees, remarked on the high quality of […]