It was an especially cold morning for those pesky pirates invading Tampa again. For more than 100 years, city leaders have ...

The Children’s Gasparilla Parade brings family-friendly ... a parachute demonstration team that does aerial jump demonstrations at major events across the country. Children ages 5 and younger ...

More than 300,000 people are expected to line Bayshore Boulevard on Saturday, Jan. 25, for this year’s Gasparilla. It will feature more than 120 units, including elaborate floats, bands and more ...

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 ...

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 ...