Bloomsday Events in Hungary

Our annual Bloomsday celebrations will hold a special significance this year as 2022 marks 100 years since the publication of Ulysses. The Embassy of Ireland has already supported a number of events this year as part of our #Ulysses100 celebrations with many more planned for the remainder of the year. During the week of Bloomsday (June 16) there will be three main events.

6pm on 15 June: Ulysses Journey 2022 concert at the BudapestMusic Centre

A programme of new and existing works by both Irish and Hungarian composers. Further details available here and here.

16 June: Ambassador Gargan will be attending the annual Bloomsday festival in Szombathely.

We are delighted to have Irish artist, Aideen Barry, travel to the festival to paint a Ulysses inspired mural in a prominent location within the city. Aideen has been in Szombathely for a week working on this project, you can follow her progress at here.

18–30 June: Joycean Art Exhibition and Film Screening of Joycean Inspired Music Works at FUGA Budapest Centre of Architecture

Joycean Transfigurations: Ulysses and Ireland in the Works of Ferenc Martyn and Imre Szemethy, this exhibition presents a selection of the Joyce-illustrations and Irish themed graphics and paintings by excellent representatives of modern Hungarian art, FERENC MARTYN and IMRE SZEMETHY.

Ulysses Journey 2022: Film Screening; Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland and Centre Culturel Irlandais co-commissioned six new works by composers from Ireland that are inspired by, reflect on and/or respond to Ulysses. Find out more here.

The Embassy would like to thank the many partners who have contributed so much to the Ulysses celebrations this year; the City of Szombathely, Project Arts Centre (Dublin), Aideen Barry, the Hungarian James Joyce Society, FUGA Budapest Centre of Architecture, Contemporary Music Centre (Ireland), Janus Pannonius Museum (Pécs) and Museum of Kuny Domokos (Tata), BudapestMusic Centre.