It was an especially cold morning for those pesky pirates invading Tampa again. For more than 100 years, city leaders have held the signature Gasparilla event to draw visitors with a day of pirates ...

Ahoy, Gasparilla season! Tampa's Mardi Gras-like festival is taking over downtown on Saturday. Why it matters: It's one of Tampa Bay's cultural touchstones — and even if you're not trying to get drunk ...

Every year, an estimated 300,000 participants come to Tampa for Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a mock attack by a band of pirates called Ye Mystic Krewe. The pirates’ plot is simple: storm the shores, ...

Sometimes, they even take the Tampa mayor hostage to ransom for the key to the city. The origins of Gasparilla, both invasion and parade, are owed to what Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla call the ...

Pirates are temporarily taking over downtown Tampa to celebrate Gasparilla, an annual pirate-themed festival. Known as the city's "signature event," Gasparilla was named after famed Florida pirate ...

Reporter Amanda Holly captures the Gasparilla Pirate Invasion from the sky. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The pirates invaded Tampa ...

Tampa’s annual pirate invasion Gasparilla takes place Saturday, Jan. 25, this year. And if you’re heading toward the Tampa waterfront to participate in the revelry, odds are you’ll be looking for a ...

The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is a large annual parade, with a variety of related pirate-themed community events, held in Tampa every January. The festival is named after a legendary Florida pirate ...

The Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic is right around the corner, and as runners gear up, two of them have already logged a lot of miles under their feet by participating in the race for decades.

The city's Department of Solid Waste is continuing its Bead-Free Bay Campaign to help remove all unwanted beads and take them ...

There will also be a free Super Bowl party with Bucs players on hand, and the Florida Orchestra playing with a percussion ...

The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is a very popular annual parade with a variety of related pirate-themed community events, and it's held in Tampa every January. The festival is named after a famed ...