{"id":3775,"date":"2024-06-18T15:25:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2024-06-18T15:25:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:25:09","slug":"bloomsday-festival-2024-launch-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/bloomsday-festival-2024-launch-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomsday Festival 2024 Launch &amp; Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bloomsday Festival 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 June 2024 at 6pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bloomsday-Festival-Logo-and-Banner-1278-1-1-1024x532.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bloomsday-Festival-Logo-and-Banner-1278-1-1-1024x532.png 1024w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bloomsday-Festival-Logo-and-Banner-1278-1-1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bloomsday-Festival-Logo-and-Banner-1278-1-1-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Bloomsday-Festival-Logo-and-Banner-1278-1-1.png 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On<strong>\u00a0Tuesday, June 11th\u00a0<\/strong>at<strong>\u00a06pm<\/strong>\u00a0the formal launch of this year&#8217;s Bloomsday Festival took place. The Bloomsday Festival was in full-swing this year with close to one-hundred separate events on June 11th-16th throughout Dublin. Our reception featured talks and readings (and some wine!) and celebrated another year of Bloomsday celebrations. We were joined by British artist Jo Hamill as she introduced our new art exhibition\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/gutter-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Gutter Words<\/strong><\/a>. French artist R\u00e9mi Rousseau was also on hand as he introduced his new art exhibition\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/ulysses-illustrations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ulysses: Illustrations<\/strong><\/a>. 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