16.06.
1400
Opening ceremony
opening ceremony
Irish and Hungarian Hymns (performed by Tímea Újvári, Attila Holdosi)
Reading of some details of Ulysses in English and Hungarian (performed by Csaba Antal D., Zoltán Kelemen)
Welcome speech by András Nemény (mayor of Szombathely), Ronan Gargan (Irish ambassador), Soma Horváth (deputy mayor of Szombathely)
Time
June 16, 2020
14.00—14.30
Location
Terrace of the City Hall
1430
Presentation of the Szombathely Bloom Award
award ceremony
Since 2020, the Mayor of Szombathely and the Ambassador of Ireland have personally presented the "Szombathely Bloom Award".
Time
June 16, 2020
14.30—14.45
Location
Terrace of City Hall
1445
Ferenc Takács: Joyce and Ákos Székely
speech
The “awakening” of the president of the Hungarian James Joyce Society about Joyce's intellectual heritage.
Time
June 16, 2020
14.45—15.00
Location
Terrace of City Hall
1500
Stamping
action
Special stamping and remembering, powdered sugar lines on the main square of the town
Time
June 16, 2020
15.00-15.15
Location
between City Hall and Blum-House (Fő tér 40.)
1515
György Feiszt: Joyce and Ákos Székely
speech
The defining personality of Bloomsday in Szombathely remembers one of the founders, the recently deceased Ákos Székely.
Time
June 16, 2020
15.15—15.30
Location
Blum-House (Fő tér 40.)
1530
Exhibition by the students of Visual Arts Department
exhibition
The public space installation of the students of the Visual Arts Department (Eötvös Loránd University), coordinated by Csaba Nagy, has been a tradition for many years.
Time
June 16, 2020
15.30—
Location
Fő tér
1545
Mural Workshop and Symposion
exhibition
Urban Gallery: Presentation of the mural paintings of Róbert Batykó and István Szántó
Time
June 16, 2020
15.45—
Location
Thököly u. and Karinthy u.
1630
Guinness beer tapping
community event
"Beer cultural Irish-Hungarian tradition!"
Time
June 16, 2020
16.30—17.00
Location
Broadway Cafe (Kőszegi u.)
1700
"Contemporary Art in Szombathely in the Shadow of Joyce"
conversation
The players of Szombathely's fine art scene talk about the past, the present and the opportunities.
Participants: Andrea Bordács, aesthete, associate professor, head of Department (Department of Visual Arts, Eötvös Loránd University), Ferenc Kassai graphic artist (Westwerk Association), Gábor Pados, art collector, gallerist (Irokéz Collection, acb gallery), Róbert Batykó and István Szántó artists. Moderator: Júlia Salamon, cultural worker, curator
Time
June 16, 2020
17.00—18.30
Location
Broadway Cafe (Kőszegi u.)
1900
Batykó Róbert: "Down to earth"
exhibition
Róbert Batykó (1981) presents a selection of his latest paintings at the New Irokéz Gallery in his solo exhibition on Bloomsday 2021 in Szombathely.
Opening speech by Krisztián Kukla, aesthete (the art director of Leopold Bloom Foundation)
The exhibition is open to the 26th June / Thuesday-Friday: 14.00-17.00, Saturday: 10.00-15.00 / Sunday-Monday: close
Final event: on the 26th June, the frame of Night of Museums programme
Facebook event and details
Time
June 16, 2020
19.00—
Location
New Irokéz Gallery – Gallery of Szombathely
2030
Kugler – Bloomsday After
concert
Time
June 16, 2020
20.30—21.30
Location
Garden of synagogue