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VIII Lugo
Public Event 16 - 18 May, 2024

Galician Festival of Gastronomy to Celebrate James Joyce

Fundación Uxío Novoneyra
Talks, Walks, Eating & Drinking • Our modern day relationship with food - production, distribution & consumption.

Public access

Open

Tickets

To be announced

Venue

Venues and locations across Lugo, Galicia

Date & Time

16 – 18 May, 2024

More info

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The city of Lugo was the scenery for Ulysses episode VIII, Lestrygonians, in which Leopold Bloom stops on his long walk through the streets of Dublin to have a small lunch, a cheese sandwich, and a white wine from Burgundy. The food and the walk were therefore be the thematic protagonists of the Luguese interpretation of this episode. In this sense Lugo was the perfect setting for the staging of Lestrygonians under the title: Walk the wine around the Wall, both thanks to the quantity and quality of its culinary elements, and also to the diversity and antiquity of its cultural heritage.

Thursday 16th – Saturday 18th May, 2024

Following a successful first outing in May 2023, the historic walled city of Lugo – already renowned as a foodie destination in the centre of gastronomy that is Galicia – hosts another not to be missed weekend programme featuring Galician food, music and performance, inspired by the Lestrygonians episode of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Expect music, dance, poetry, as well as talks and other events relating to the delicious food and wine that is produced in the region.