Every year, an estimated 300,000 participants come to Tampa for Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a mock attack by a band of ...

Every year, an estimated 300,000 participants come to Tampa for the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a mock attack by a band of ...

Tampa, Florida kicked off the annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival on January 25, with pirates invading the city in full costume ...

While the legends of José Gaspar are full of alleged adventure and swashbuckling, history tells a different story.

Gasparilla Parade, also known as the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, is a Tampa-based yearly event with more than a century-long ...

TAMPA, Fla. - The 2025 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates brought an estimated 300,000 people to Bayshore Blvd on Saturday afternoon. The tradition dates to 1904. When Jose Gaspar's Gasparilla flotilla ...

It turns out, pirates brought more than just beads and revelry as they invaded Tampa. They also brought blue skies and sunshine.

The Gasparilla pirates invaded Tampa again, meaning thousands of parade-goers dressed like pirates lined Bayshore Boulevard, ...

A Lakeland man was arrested on drug charges during a traffic stop on Sunday after 237 grams of marijuana were found in his ...

Hollywood Beauty, a Parx stakes winner, will make her second start since transferring to trainer Marya Montoya, and two-time ...

Gasparilla was a day full of krewes, floats, beads, and treasures in Tampa Bay. After the pirates finished storming the city and the cannons quieted, there was a lot of ...

The city's signature event once again began with a pirate invasion, followed by a parade down Bayshore Boulevard.