Toyota Music Festival at the Woordfees
Platinum Sponsor

We Back the Arts. And the People Who Make Them.

EasyEquities is a Platinum Sponsor of the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees: nine days of theatre, music, books and good conversation in Stellenbosch, and home to the EasyEquities Writers’ Festival.

3 – 11 Oct 2026Nine days of festival
StellenboschVenues across the town and winelands
11 categoriesTheatre to film to children’s shows
1 of 3Platinum Sponsors, with Netwerk24 and Spier

About EasyEquities

Every story needs a way to be told - and for over a decade, EasyEquities has been giving South Africans the words. We believe investing is for anyone with a story worth building: your retirement, your first share in a business you admire, a slice of property, even the causes and ideas you believe in. At Woordfees, we love that every performance, poem and play starts somewhere small and becomes something bigger with time and care - which is exactly how we think about building a portfolio. Whether it's on stage or on your statement, the best stories are the ones you shape yourself.

Spier Theatre programme
Classical Music programme
Discourse programme

Why an Investment Platform Sponsors a Word Festival

Because access is the whole point. Woordfees makes the arts reachable; we make ownership reachable. Same idea, different asset class.

01

Platinum, Not Passive

We’re one of three Platinum Sponsors of the festival, alongside Netwerk24 and Spier. That funds stages, venues and the artists who fill them.

02

Our Name on the Writers

The festival’s literary programme runs as the EasyEquities Writers’ Festival, with dozens of author sessions, launches and conversations across the nine days.

03

Bursaries, Not Banners

Through Words Open Worlds we contribute to bursaries for first-generation students. That is the part of the sponsorship that outlasts the festival.

EasyEquities Writers’ Festival

The EasyEquities Writers’ Festival

One of the festival’s eleven programme categories, and the one carrying our name. Expect novelists, poets, journalists and biographers in conversation: book launches, panels, and interviews.

Sessions run across the nine days at venues around Stellenbosch, and tickets are booked through the festival.

The Company We Keep

Nine days of festival takes a long list of backers. Here are the ones at the top of it.

Main Sponsor & Namesake

Toyota

The festival carries Toyota’s name for a reason. As main sponsor it underwrites the programme, runs the shuttle service that ferries festivalgoers between venues, and has stayed the course for years. Toyota Motor Corporation is also one of the shares you can buy on EasyEquities, in USD, from R10.

Main Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Gold & Silver

Love the Arts? You Can Own a Slice of the Companies Backing Them.

Several Woordfees sponsors are listed companies, and you can buy whole shares or fractions of them on EasyEquities, with whatever amount you want.

Toyota Motor Corp USD

Main sponsor of the festival, and the reason the shuttles run.

Purple Group ZAR

EasyEquities’ JSE-listed parent. Yes, you can invest in us on us.

Standard Bank Group ZAR

A Silver Sponsor of the 2026 festival.

Questions We Get Asked

Do I Need to Speak Afrikaans?

Most of the programme is in Afrikaans, but plenty isn’t. Music, dance, visual art and film all travel fine. The festival site has a full English version of the programme.

What Does “Platinum Sponsor” Actually Mean?

It is the festival’s second sponsorship tier, below the main sponsors. We share it with Netwerk24 and Spier, and it comes with naming rights to the literary programme.

Where Do I Buy Tickets?

Through the Woordfees itself, not through us. Every session on the programme links to its own booking page.

Does My Investing Money Fund the Festival?

No. Your investments are yours and are held in your name. The sponsorship comes out of our own marketing and community spend.

Can I Really Invest From R10?

Yes. Fractional Share Rights let you buy a slice of a share instead of a whole one, so the share price stops being the barrier.

Who Do Media and Partners Contact?

Festival enquiries go to navrae@woordfees.co.za. For anything about the EasyEquities side of the partnership, reach our team through the Help Centre.