The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is a large annual parade, with a variety of related pirate-themed community events, held in Tampa every January. The festival is named after a legendary Florida ...

The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is a large annual parade, with a variety of related pirate-themed community events, held in Tampa every January. The festival is named after a legendary Florida pirate ...

TAMPA — Buccaneer Beads in Tampa expects to sell more than one million sets of beads this month in preparation for all the Gasparilla festivities and various parades happening across Tampa Bay.

This year's Gasparilla events are coming on the heels of the deadly New Year's attack in New Orleans. Federal agents found out the alleged attacker had visited Tampa just months before.

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.

The Children’s Gasparilla Parade brought wholesome pirate revelry to Tampa on Saturday, a family-friendly counterpart to the main parade next weekend. The alcohol-free event was a daylong party ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Police Department (TPD) is intensifying security measures for the upcoming Gasparilla festivities, including the Children’s Parade on Jan. 18 and the main Pirate Fest ...

We have all of the activities designed out here for the kids. So, that they get to enjoy the Gasparilla fun, and their parents can enjoy it the following weekend.” If all the people, sounds ...

A reporter from the Tampa Bay Times searched through archives to discover the true history of Gasparilla and the origins are shocking. A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental ...

Florida's unpredictable weather is claiming another victim — the Gasparilla Music Festival. In a statement put out on the event's website Thursday, organizers shared their decision to postpone ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Gasparilla season is almost here and safety concerns loom in the wake of the terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day. Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies ...