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

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

We hoist the anchor and set sail for the swashbuckling world of Gasparilla. Travis Jennings is here to educate us on The ...

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

Grab your beads, costumes, and eye patches, and get ready for the 2025 Gasparilla parades. The parades will affect parking ...

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

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

Arrr, Gasparilla 2025 is days away, mateys! 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 ...

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 ...

On Saturday, January 25, at 11:30am, the world’s only fully-rigged pirate ship, the Jose Gasparilla, will set sail from the south end of Hillsborough Bay.