June 16, 2020 | 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Bloomsday is being celebrated in a new digital format this year, in place of our annual festival on Delancey Place. Virtual Bloomsday will be streamed here on our website and on our Facebook page. Tune in any time between 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16.
Bloomsday 2020 is made possible through a generous grant from The Consulate General of Ireland’s Emigrant Support Programme. This project is also supported through the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Federal-State Partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special thanks to Lenore H. Steiner and Perry A. Lerner and to the South Jersey Celtic Society.
Virtual Bloomsday Festival
New video content will be released every hour and all content will be available to view after the premiere if you aren’t able to tune in live. Line numbers reference Ulysses: The Corrected Text, ed. Hans Walter Gabler, et al. (New York: Random House, 1986.)
Bloomsday: Hour One (premieres at 11:00 a.m.)
- Derick Dreher and William Dreher | John C. Haas Director of The Rosenbach / Protege | Welcome
- Paul Muldoon | Poet | Episode 1 / Telemachus / Lines: 1-122
- Paul Saint-Amour | English Professor, University of Pennsylvania | Episode 1 / Telemachus / Lines: 312-471
- Ethan Vincent and Gabriel Rebolla | Singer and Pianist | Ballad of Joking Jesus from Bloomsday 2019
- Kelsey Bates | Associate Director of The Rosenbach
- Lenore Steiner | Vice Chair of The Rosenbach
- Robert Berry | Rosenbach Ulysses Course Instructor and Ulysses “Seen” Artist | Episode 2 / Nestor / Lines: 1-183
- James Maynard | Curator, Poetry Collection at the University of Buffalo
- Ted Howell | Rosenbach Joyce Course Instructor and Professor, Rowan University | Episode 2 / Nestor / Lines: 289-449
- Kelsey Bates announcing supporters
Line numbers reference Ulysses: The Corrected Text, ed. Hans Walter Gabler, et al. (New York: Random House, 1986.)
Bloomsday: Hour Two (premieres at 12:00 p.m.)
- His Excellency Daniel Mulhall | Ambassador of Ireland to the United States
- Judy Guston | Curator and Director of Collections at The Rosenbach | History of Bloomsday
- Wesley Stace | Novelist and Musician | Episode 3 / Proteus / Lines: 1-57
- Jennifer Summerfield | Actor | Episode 3 / Proteus / Lines: 434-505
- Corey Bonar and Gabriel Rebolla | Singer and Pianist | Who Goes with Fergus? from Bloomsday 2019
- Jonathan Goldman, Gregory Erickson, Malachy McCourt, Maria McGarrity, Michael Groden, and Nicholas Fargnoli | NYC Bloomsday on Broadway at Symphony Space
- Mia Concepcion | 2019-2020 Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate | Episode 4 / Calypso / Lines: 1-48
- Lenore Steiner and Perry Lerner | Bloomsday Art Contest Sponsors | Announcement of Bloomsday Art Contest Winners
- Ethan Vincent and Gabriel Rebolla | Singer and Pianist | Seaside Girlsfrom Bloomsday 2019
- Margaretta and Jack Noonan | Rosenbach supporters
- Andrew White | The Rosenbach Volunteer Coordinator | Episode 6 / Hades / Lines: 1-156
- Kelsey Bates announcing supporters
Line numbers reference Ulysses: The Corrected Text, ed. Hans Walter Gabler, et al. (New York: Random House, 1986.)
Bloomsday: Hour Three (premieres at 1:00 p.m.)
- Peter Nalle | Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Rosenbach
- Paul Saint-Amour and Robert Berry | English Professor, University of Pennsylvania / Rosenbach Ulysses Course Instructor and Ulysses “Seen” Artist
- Bethany Chisholm | Manager of Events of The Rosenbach | Episode 8 / Lestrygonians / Lines: 650-703
- Sadhbh Walshe | Journalist and Playwright | Episode 8 / Lestrygonians / Lines: 854-936
- Ciaran Madden | Consulate General of Ireland
- Megan Quigley | Visiting Faculty Fellow, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford / Associate Professor of English, Villanova University | Episode 9 / Scylla and Charybdis / Lines: 1-102
- Jared Reed | Actor and Producing Artistic Director at the Hedgerow Theatre Company | Episode 9 / Scylla and Charybdis / Lines: 141-229
- Mark and Vivian Greenberg | Rosenbach supporters
- Dan Hodge | Actor and Co-Founding Artistic Director of The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective | Episode 9 / Scylla and Charybdis / Lines: 983-1097
- Pascale Spinney and Gabriel Rebolla | Singer and Pianist | My Girl’s a Yorkshire Girl from Bloomsday 2019
- Kelsey Bates announcing supporters
Line numbers reference Ulysses: The Corrected Text, ed. Hans Walter Gabler, et al. (New York: Random House, 1986.)
Bloomsday: Hour Four (premieres at 2:00 p.m.)
- Elizabeth Fuller | Librarian at The Rosenbach | The Ulysses Manuscript
- Kevin Quinn | Friend of The Rosenbach | Episode 10 / Wandering Rocks / Lines: 585-641, 800-880
- Christopher Lindsay | Rosenbach Member | Episode 10 / Wandering Rocks / Lines: 1176-1282
- Darina Gallagher | Director of The James Joyce Centre, Dublin
- Darina Gallagher | Director of The James Joyce Centre, Dublin | Episode 4 / Calypso / Lines: 1-25
- Damon Bonetti | Actor and Co-Founding Artistic Director of The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective | Episode 11 / Sirens / Lines: 64-184
- Lisa Washington | Rosenbach Board of Directors
- Corey Bonar and Gabriel Rebolla | Singer and Pianist | M’appari from Bloomsday 2019
- Valerie V. Gay | Deputy Director of Audience Engagement + Chief Experience Officer at The Barnes Foundation
- Alessandra Occhiolini | PhD Student in Modernist Literature at CUNY’s Graduate Center | Episode 11 / Sirens / Lines: 185-285
- Kelsey Bates announcing supporters
Line numbers reference Ulysses: The Corrected Text, ed. Hans Walter Gabler, et al. (New York: Random House, 1986.)
Bloomsday: Hour Five (premieres at 3:00 p.m.)
- His Excellency Daniel Mulhall | Ambassador of Ireland to the United States
- Corey Bonar and Gabriel Rebolla | Singer and Pianist | Sinn Fein Amain from Bloomsday 2019
- His Excellency Daniel Mulhall | Ambassador of Ireland to the United States | Episode 12 / Cyclops / Lines: 52-205 from Bloomsday 2019
- Kelsey Bates | Associate Director of The Rosenbach
- Peter Nalle | Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Rosenbach | Episode 12 / Cyclops / Lines: 1465-1501
- Elizabeth E. Fuller | Librarian at The Rosenbach | Episode 12 / Cyclops / Lines: 1814-1918
- Emilie Parker | Hirsig Family Director of Education at The Rosenbach | Episode 13 / Nausicaa / Lines: 1-122
- Paul Guerin | Actor | Episode 13 /Nausicaa / Lines: 505-623
- Kelsey Bates announcing supporters
Line numbers reference Ulysses: The Corrected Text, ed. Hans Walter Gabler, et al. (New York: Random House, 1986.)
Bloomsday: Hour Six (premieres at 4:00 p.m.)
- Paul Saint-Amour and Robert Berry | English Professor, University of Pennsylvania / Rosenbach Ulysses Course Instructor and Ulysses “Seen” Artist
- Mark Moore | Friend of The Rosenbach | Episode 13 / Nausicaa / Lines: 624-753
- Joseph Lennon | Director of the Center for Irish Studies, Villanova University | Episode 13 /Nausicaa / Lines: 1211-1306
- Pascale Spinney and Gabriel Rebolla | Singer and Pianist | The Croppy Boy from Bloomsday 2019
- Rebecca Romney | Proprietor, Honey & Wax Booksellers | Episode 14 / Oxen of the Sun / Lines: 1-106
- Lenore Steiner | Vice Chair of The Rosenbach
- Darina Gallagher | Director of The James Joyce Centre, Dublin
- Darina Gallagher and Sinead Murphy | The James Joyce Centre, Dublin | Who Goes with Fergus?
- Edward G. Pettit | Manager of Public Programs at The Rosenbach | Episode 14 / Oxen of the Sun / Lines: 167-276
- Kelsey Bates announcing supporters
Line numbers reference Ulysses: The Corrected Text, ed. Hans Walter Gabler, et al. (New York: Random House, 1986.)
Bloomsday: Hour Seven (premieres at 5:00 p.m.)
- Simon O’Connor | Director, Museum of Literature Ireland | Episode 12 / Cyclops / Lines: 1467-1501
- Wesley Stace | Novelist and Musician | Episode 14 / Oxen of the Sun / Lines: 738-844
- Charles McMahon | Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Lantern Theater Company | Episode 14 / Oxen of the Sun / Lines:1010-1109
- Gwendolyn Donahue | Development Coordinator at The Rosenbach
- Katherine McSharry | Deputy Director of the National Library of Ireland | Episode 14 / Oxen of the Sun / Lines: 1465-1488
- Pascale Spinney and Gabriel Rebolla | Singer and Pianist | The Last Rose of Summer from Bloomsday 2019
- Seamus Carmichael | Artist and Singer | Episode 15 / Circe / Lines: 1684-1817
- Samuel Delany | Author | Episode 15 /Circe / Lines: 2405-2539
- Kelsey Bates announcing supporters
Line numbers reference Ulysses: The Corrected Text, ed. Hans Walter Gabler, et al. (New York: Random House, 1986.)
Bloomsday: Eight (premieres at 6:00 p.m.)
- Paul Saint-Amour | English Professor, University of Pennsylvania | Episode 15 / Circe / Lines: 4023-4150
- Tom Teti | Actor | Episode 15 / Circe / Lines: 4837-4967
- Ethan Vincent, Corey Bonar, Gabriel Rebolla | Singers and Pianist | The Moon Hath Rais’d from Bloomsday 2019
- Megan Rosenbloom | Librarian and Author | Episode 16 / Eumaeus / Lines: 1-114
- Margaret Kelleher | Professor and Chair of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama at University College Dublin | Episode 16 / Eumaeus / Lines: 320-353
- Darina Gallagher | The James Joyce Centre, Dublin | Siúil A Rún
- Margaretta and Jack Noonan | Rosenbach Supporters
- Derick Dreher | John C. Haas Director of The Rosenbach | Episode 16 / Eumaeus / Lines: 1807-1894
- Kelsey Bates announcing supporters
Line numbers reference Ulysses: The Corrected Text, ed. Hans Walter Gabler, et al. (New York: Random House, 1986.)
Bloomsday: Nine (premieres at 7:00 p.m.)
- Michael Toner and Mal Whyte | Actor and Founding Bloomsday Reader / Actor | Ithaca from Bloomsday 2019
- Drucie McDaniel | Actor and Founding Bloomsday Reader | Penelope (Molly Bloom)
- Pascale Spinney and Gabriel Rebolla | Singer and Pianist | Love’s Old Sweet Song from Bloomsday 2019
- Derick Dreher and William Dreher | John C. Haas Director of The Rosenbach / Protege | Thank You
Line numbers reference Ulysses: The Corrected Text, ed. Hans Walter Gabler, et al. (New York: Random House, 1986.)