Rome's April Festivals

Rome's April Festivals

From Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore by Multitude

April 8, 2026 · 60 min · Episode 484

About this episode

This episode explores the various festivals celebrated in Rome during April, highlighting themes of harvest, sexuality, and community.

We’re getting into Rome’s festivals, and April is FULL of them! We’re celebrating the harvest, we’re celebrating sex, we’re celebrating wine, shepherds, flowers and more! Get excited for the month ahead!  Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of animal death and sacrifice, sexual content, slut shaming, misogyny, pregnancy, immolation, death, and murder.  Minneapolis Spotlight If you are a podcaster and want to join us in this effort, please go to bit.ly/mnpodcastads - Café Margeurite - Accepting online gift cards to provide hot drinks and food to staff and community members. Select “Solidarity with Staff & Community” at the bottom of the Order Online page. Housekeeping - Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books - Call to Action: Send in those urban legend emails! - Submit Your Urban Legends Audio: Call us! 617-420-2344 Find Us Online - Website & Transcripts: spiritspodcast.com - Patreon: patreon.com/spiritspodcast - Merch: spiritspodcast.com/merch - Instagram: instagram.com/spiritspodcast - Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/spiritspodcast.com - Twitter…

People in this episode

Hosts: Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin

Topics covered

  • Rome
  • festivals
  • harvest
  • sex
  • wine
  • shepherds
  • flowers

Keywords

  • animal death
  • sacrifice
  • slut shaming
  • misogyny
  • pregnancy
  • immolation
  • death
  • murder

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Spirits, Café Margeurite

Books & works: Danger Storm

Places: Rome, Minneapolis

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