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Bloomsday 2025!
June 16, 2025 @ 8:00 am – 8:30 pm

Come celebrate Bloomsday in Worcester Massachusetts, Monday June 16th 2025
The book Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus as they wander through Dublin on June 16, 1904, the date James Joyce had his first encounter with his wife to-be Nora Barnacle. You can join us to listen or read a part of his story.
| Site | Time | Chapter |
| Bancroft Tower Farnum St. | 8-9:30 | Telemachus: STATELY, PLUMP BUCK MULLIGAN …. |
| Rural Cemetery 180 Grove St. Hapgood gravesite | 10-11:30 | Hades: MARTIN CUNNINGHAM, FIRST, POKED HIS SILKHATTED HEAD INTO…. |
| Lunch break | 11:30-12:30 | Coney Island (?) |
| Union Music 142 Southbridge St. | 12:30- 2 pm | Lystregonians – PINEAPPLE ROCK, LEMON PLAT, BUTTER SCOTCH. A SUGARSTICKY |
| Library 3 Salem Street | 2-4 PM | Scylla and Charybdis URBANE, TO COMFORT THEM, THE QUAKER LIBRARIAN PURRED: |
| St. John – St. Francis Xavier Center 44 Temple St | 4-6 pm | Nausicaa THE SUMMER EVENING HAD BEGUN TO FOLD THE WORLD IN ITS |
| Oak Barrel Restaurant 229 Grove Street | 6-8 pm | Penelope: YES BECAUSE HE NEVER DID A THING LIKE THAT BEFORE…. |
Graphic courtesy of K-Fai Steele
