Arr! Gasparilla in Tampa is Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Attendees can witness the "pirate invasion" as Jose Gasparilla ship sets ...

Gasparilla became a time-honored tradition in 1904 after local planners decided to make the legend of Gasparilla into the ...

Tampa’s signature pirate event got off to a chilly start, but things warmed up as the day and parties progressed.

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

It was an especially cold morning for those pesky pirates invading Tampa again. For more than 100 years, city leaders have ...

Tampa Bay has been invaded by pirates, whether by land or sea, on horseback or by galleon. Sometimes, they even take the ...

Before pirates invaded the land, the scallywags invaded the water and took the key to the city from Mayor Jane Castor.

The driver of the truck responsible for the terror attack in New Orleans, who killed 14 people, visited Tampa twice before ...

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 ...

Tampa officials arrest several bad pirates during 2025 Gasparilla Gasparilla cleanup brings out hundreds of volunteers and beads Another successful pirate invasion as scallywags get Tampa’s key ...