Published on : Thursday, June 12, 2014
The James Joyce Centre’s Bloomsday Festival 2014, returns this evening (10th June) and runs to Monday, 16th June, and will be pitching to new converts and confirmed Joyce enthusiasts alike. The festival is broadening its scope this year to combine traditional activities with alternative twists, while continuing to showcase the festival’s rare and historic performances harping back to that famous summer of 1904.
Festival fanatics, literary lovers, theatre buffs and music fans alike are invited to take part in a series of informative and engaging events across the city, which will enlighten and broaden the mind. From exhibitions, readings, political re-enactments, historic walking tours, bus tours, street theatre, pub crawls and the traditional Bloomsday Breakfast, the festival will combine an array of interests into each activity to celebrate James Joyce’s novel Ulysses.
Speaking about the festival, Mark Traynor, manager of the James Joyce Centre and Bloomsday Festival director commented:
“This year, the festival celebrates 100 years since the publication of Joyce’s Dubliners and to mark this occasion we will have special events taking place across the city. With exciting new additions added to a host of traditional and unique events, Bloomsday 2014 is a festival not to be missed and we hope that everyone joins in on the celebrations from Tuesday 10th June till Monday 16th June”
Fáilte Ireland, who are supporting the festival, have worked with Festival organisers to ensure that this year’s line-up has been enhanced to appeal to a broader audience. With additions such as the ‘Bizarre Bloomsday Brunch’ – a street party taking place on North Great George’s Street on Sunday 15th – this year’s programme has been designed to appeal to those young urban thrill-seekers who are drawn to a city like Dublin while also catering for more traditional Joyceans.
Festival highlights include:
• An evening with Will Self and John Banville;
• A Photographic Exhibition from Lee Miller;
• A performance from Declan Gorman;
• An interactive ‘Dubliners’ Parliament’ of 1914 (the year Dubliners was published) speakers;
• A Rocky Horror twist on Ulysses;
• Readings, screenings, special bus tours, literary pub crawls and much much more.
Mary Collins, Fáilte Ireland, explained:
“In keeping with our new strategy to grow tourism in Dublin, we have been targeting those visitors for whom Dublin has the greatest appeal. One of Dublin’s key markets is the ‘social energiser’, the younger traveller who is looking for a fun, hands-on and more interactive experience. This year’s Bloomsday festival is a great example of how the experience on offer to visitors can appeal on many levels – catering to traditional literary fans while also enhanced to broaden its appeal to a new and wider audience”.
The James Joyce Centre will also host four walking tours during the festival which will explore Joyce’s work and include visits to key locations from Ulysses. The James Joyce Centre also encourages you to explore the Hibernian Metropolis during the Bloomsday Festival and discover all that is at the heart of Joyce’s city.
Source:- Failte Ireland
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