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

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

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

On Saturday, Jan. 25, the pinnacle event of Gasparilla, the pirate festival and invasion, takes place from 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Here's what you need to know, including where to park and how to navigate ...

The Children’s Gasparilla Parade brings family-friendly pirate revelry to Tampa on Saturday, Jan. 18, a G-rated counterpart to the bacchanal that will take over Tampa the following weekend.

Crowd watching the Jose Gasparilla pirate ship in regatta during the Gasparilla Carnival in Tampa. 1920 (circa) State Archives of Florida The split and move to the present-day fairgrounds happened in ...

Gasparilla 2025 will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2025. This guide provides everything you need to know, from where to park to a schedule of events and where alcohol is allowed. Gasparilla ...

The 2025 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates begins at Bay to Bay Blvd. and Bayshore Blvd. It continues along Bayshore Blvd. to Brorein St., turns east on Brorein St. and then north on Ashley Dr. The parade ...

Owner of Ferg's Sports Bar and Grill, Mark Ferguson, is looking to sell a 35-foot pirate ship float. The float was used in Gasparilla parades before Ferguson bought the float several years ago.

The “Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla” embodied the nautical theme by adopting the legendary pirate, Jose Gaspar ... Today the Krewe uses a fully-rigged steel ship to capture the City of Tampa ...