Pirate Fest: The fest will take place along the Riverwalk in downtown Tampa with live music on two stages before and after ...

Pirates are temporarily taking over downtown Tampa to celebrate Gasparilla, an annual pirate-themed festival. Known as the ...

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

Pirate-goers donned all kinds of quirky costumes. Hidden under a 6-and-a-half-foot puppet-like costume, Dennis Martin, 62, ...

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor handed over the key to the city to Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla during the 2025 Gasparilla Pirate invasion. The invasion is a Tampa tradition stretching back to the early ...

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 ...

Gasparilla returns this weekend to Tampa and first-time attendees may have questions about everything from where to grab a ...

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 ...