The mission of the Bloomsday organization: To hold an annual festival in Montreal whose purpose is to celebrate James Joyce's Ulysses, and to educate and increase awareness and appreciation in the general public with regard to Irish literature and culture. The festival will be held on and around June 16th of each year although other educational or cultural activities may also be offered throughout the year.

Festival Bloomsday Montréal marks the day — June 16, 1904 — that Leopold Bloom walked through Dublin in Ulysses.

This bold, fearless novel by James Joyce walks us through the lives of workaday Dubliners as it re-imagines the Greek myth, and spins its tale through the hero’s sensual and self-examining interior monologue.

Forty percent of Québecers have some Irish ancestry — one of many cultural markers that signal the great diversity of Montréal. We are inspired by the inclusive potential of this diversity to bring history into the present and make it relevant.

Bloomsday Montréal unpacks the rich, storied culture of the Irish in Montréal — and their contemporaries — through walking tours, films, music, talks and conversations.

Not Just Joyce: We spotlight the work of this remarkable modernist author and all the fine Irish writers — before and after Joyce — who seize our imaginations with their masterful narrative gifts.

Festival Bloomsday Montréal is a not-for-profit community organization recognized by Revenu Québec (# 1170417720 as of October 8, 2014)) and as a charitable foundation by the Canada Revenue Agency (# 82504 3581 RR0001 as of April 30, 2015).