“In 1783, having become a traitor and a pirate, José Gaspar gave the name of “Gasparilla” to himself as well as to his ship and the island in Charlotte Harbor, on the west coast of Florida ...

Gasparilla Pirate Festival is celebrated in downtown ... It will sail north to Seddon Channel (between the Davis Islands and Harbour Island) before docking at the Tampa Convention Center at ...

There's also live music performances all day. Kids can get in on the pirate fun, too, during the family-friendly Children's Gasparilla parade held the weekend before the Parade of Pirates.

TAMPA, Fla. — Since 1904, pirates have been invading Tampa for the annual Gasparilla Pirate Fest! Pirate accents and eye patches will be aplenty and parking and traffic will be busy. Here's ...

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 ...

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 ...

The sounds of cannons and cheers fill the air as Tampa Bay’s famous Gasparilla Parade of Pirates begins, drawing a crowd of over 600,000 people. Among the colorful floats and pirate-themed fun ...