What is Bloomsday? THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS Bloomsday celebrates Thursday, June 16, 1904, the day depicted in James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. Famous for its innovative style, stream of consciousness technique, and extremely frank, very amusing, and often controversial language, Ulysses takes us through a day in the life of Leopold Bloom, an Irish Jew.

We are the largest Bloomsday festival in Canada with event-filled days that stretch over an entire week. We bring down the curtain on Bloomsday itself — June 16. Over the years, festival-goers have come to enjoy an expanding variety of educational, cultural, and social events.

Donate Your individual donation means direct support for… • More events in more locations. • Varied expert speakers, performers and writers. • Community-building and education.

Volunteer In 2016, volunteers gave 1,650 hours of their time to organize, communicate and provide the technical support we needed to plan the Festival and make sure it ran smoothly.

Expand your skills and enrich your experience June of Bloomsday Montréal... 10–16 FESTIVAL Everyone’s Joyce ...Get involved in everyone’s Joyce! BLOOMSDAY La Culture irlandaise [email protected] MONTRÉAL à Montréal FESTIVAL Everyone’s Tuesday, June 13 Friday, June 16 Joyce Film Night: screening of Shem the Penman Festival Highlight: Bloomsday Readings BLOOMSDAY La Culture irlandaise Sings Again, directed by Pádraig Trehy. With from Ulysses dramatized by local actors and fans additional short films. De Sève Cinéma, 1400 de of Joyce. Theme this year: Westmount MONTRÉAL à Montréal Voices. Maisonneuve Boulevard West. 7 pm to 9 pm. $10. Library, 4574 West. 11 am to 3 pm. Bring your lunch! Free! Sunday, June 12 A night of storytelling and Irish Walking Tours: Repurposing Griffintown & Little Burgundy An Irish Story: 2Saturday, tours: in & en June | 10-1210 pm | $15 poetry. Readings with special guest hosts and Closing Event: Come Into The Parlour WalkingEnglish Tour: Thefrançais History of the Irish in Montreal. artists as well as an open mic portion to bring out and performance of Growing BloomsdayStarts at the Brunch Old | EVOODublin Restaurant Pub, 636 | 11-3 Cathcart pm | Special Street. Menu 10 Bloomsday Tea your inner Irish poet! Kafein Cafe-bar, 1429 Bishop Up Irish. Westmount Library, 4574 Sherbrooke am to 12 pm. Led by Donovan King. $15. Molly Bloom performed by Kathleen Fee & Pub Quiz Street. 9 pm to 12 am. Free! Street West. 3:30 pm to 5 pm. Free! Irish Embassy Pub | 5:30-9:00 pm | $10 Festival Opener & Reception: Special guest NOTE: Events may be subject to change Monday,speakers, June finger 13 food, and live music by The Wednesday, June 14 MistakesBombadils. are the Palco Portals Bar, of Discovery: 4019 Wellington Eye-opening talks Street, by experts “Introducing Mr. Joyce’s Ulysses”: A talk from Concordia’s School of Irish Studies | 10-3 pm | Free Verdun, Metro De l’Église. 4 pm to 7 pm. See the by Dr. Michael Kenneally, Principal of Concordia’s Film:welcome “The Bloody videos Irish” from | Musical the | cityUnique of screening Dublin. in Free! Montréal Canadian School of Irish studies. Followed by Cinéma du Parc with Q&A | 6:30-8:30 pm | $12 a reception with honoured guest, the newly -appointed Irish Ambassador to Canada, Jim Kelly. Tuesday,Sunday, June 14June 11 Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte Ste. Catherine Evoo Restaurant, 3426 StoriesBloomsday Told and Sung Brunch: | Atwater Library | 12:30-1:30 pm | Free Road. 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. $15. Notre-Dame Street. Note time change: 9 am to 11 Everyone’sFESTIVAL Ulysses,am. Call sorted: for reservations Reading James Joyce'sat 514-846-3886. Ulysses - for beginners The real or those June Joyce who've given up. Talk by Sylvie Hill from Ottawa U | McGill | 7-9 pm | $10 BLOOMSDAY Irish thing! Community Pub Quiz: Hosted by the Montreal 12–16 La Culture irlandaise Shamrocks. Special prize for pub-quiz team à MontréalMONTRÉAL winners! Hurley’s Irish Pub, 1225 Crescent Street. Wednesday,Molly Bloom June Soliloquy 15 & Pub Quiz: 8 pm to 12 am. $10. FromWith Bloomsday Kathleen to Fee Happy as Molly Days: Samueland quizmaster Beckett Re-imagines Charlie +1 (438) 969-3300 Molly Bloom. Talk by André Furlani | Concordia | 11:00-12:30 pm | Free @bloomsdayMtl O’Keefe. Irish Embassy Pub, 1234 . [email protected] Finnegans5:30 pm toWake: 9:30 Join pm. the $10. group reading & the animated discussion bloomsdaymontreal.com Westmount Library | 7:00-8:30 pm | Free Thursday, June 15 Growing Up Irish: Master storytellers Jan Gregory and Margaret Nicolai and actor Clive Thursday,Monday, June 16:June BLOOMSDAY! 12 Brewer join pianist Natalia Davydova and soprano Featuring Denis Sampson’s Registration opens May 1st, 2017 DramaticAcademic Readings Panels: from Ulysses | Westmount Library | 11-3 pm | Free Kathleen McAuliffe for a lunch hour of story and book, “The Found Voice” as well as student music. Atwater Library, 1200 . www.bloomsdaymontreal.com Anacademic Epic of Two panels. Races: Jewish Presentations & Irish Memory in in French Joyce’s Ulysses and Bloomsday closing lecture by Abby Bender from NYU & Reception that 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. Free! theEnglish Jewish atPublic Concordia Library | 7:30-9:00 University, pm | $15 Hall Building, 10 floor, 1455 West. 11 am Register soon - spaces are limited! to 3 pm. Free! Concert Night: Music by the Bluegrazzers Pub of the Day: Monday to Thursday at 4 pm with entertainment (Celtic/folk/bluegrass.) Hurley’s Irish Pub, 1225 Crescent Street. Doors open at 8 pm; show starts Follow us on FaceBook and Twitter

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