Those pesky pirates are invading Tampa again. For more than 100 years, Tampa city leaders have held the signature Gasparilla ...

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 ...

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

Gasparilla Pirate Fest has live music at stages located along the Tampa Riverwalk that run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Curtis ...

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

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

Tampa's time-honored tradition of the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates brings hundreds of thousands to the Tampa Bay area. It is ...

Reporter Amanda Holly captures the Gasparilla Pirate Invasion from the sky. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The pirates invaded Tampa ...

The city's Department of Solid Waste is continuing its Bead-Free Bay Campaign to help remove all unwanted beads and take them ...

Donated beads are sold to Gasparilla pirates, and that money helps fund programs at the MacDonald Training Center.

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