Bloomsday
The James Joyce Centre organizes the Bloomsday Festival and identifies 16 June as Bloomsday, linked to the date of Ulysses.
Date and recurrence
16 June; Tuesday 16 June in 2026
The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is James Joyce literary commemoration centered on Dublin and readers worldwide. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
- Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Sources
- James Joyce Centre — Bloomsday Festival 2026Literary Institution
- James Joyce Centre — Bloomsday at the CentreLiterary Institution
Frequently asked questions
When is Bloomsday?
16 June; Tuesday 16 June in 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 16 June; Tuesday 16 June in 2026.
Does Bloomsday fall on the same date every year?
No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.
Is Bloomsday an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: James Joyce literary commemoration centered on Dublin and readers worldwide. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes Bloomsday?
The stored designation basis is: The James Joyce Centre organizes the Bloomsday Festival and identifies 16 June as Bloomsday, linked to the date of Ulysses.. Supporting provenance includes James Joyce Centre — Bloomsday Festival 2026. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is Bloomsday international or country-specific?
No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: James Joyce literary commemoration centered on Dublin and readers worldwide. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.