A look at pirate festival in Tampa, Florida

Gasparilla 2025: A day of parade festivities along Tampa’s waterfront
Those pesky pirates are invading Tampa again. For more than 100 years, Tampa city leaders have held the signature Gasparilla event to draw visitors with a day of pirates and a parade of buccaneers. It borrows heavily from Mardi Gras,
Gasparilla 2025: A look at the pirate festival in Tampa, Florida
Gasparilla became a time-honored tradition in 1904 after local planners decided to make the legend of Gasparilla into the theme for that year's May Day celebration, said Gasparill
The "Faces of 8" celebrate the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates
The faces of News Channel 8 had some fun on the staton float during the 2025 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates. Barron Trump playfully photobombed his sisters Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump in a behind-the-scenes video from Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 Inauguration.
Guide to the 2025 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates in Tampa
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 Hixon Waterfront Park (at Ashley Drive and Twiggs Street) and MacDill Park (at Ashley Drive and Whiting Street).
Gasparilla 2025: The famous floats that make up Tampa’s Parade of Pirates
Tampa's time-honored tradition of the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates brings hundreds of thousands to the Tampa Bay area. It is the third-largest parade in the nation with nearly 150 participating floats.
Tampa’s Gasparilla pirate festival: ‘Time flies when you’re having rum’
Every year, an estimated 300,000 participants come to Tampa for the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a mock attack by a band of pirates called Ye Mystic Krewe. The pirates’ plot is simple: storm the shores, take the city’s key, and parade down Bayshore Boulevard.
Gasparilla 2025 pirate-goers storm Tampa's shore in 121-year-old tradition
Every year, an estimated 300,000 participants come to Tampa for Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a mock attack by a band of pirates called Ye Mystic Krewe. The pirates’ plot is simple: storm the ...
Gasparilla pirates shiver then shine as day warmed up for the Tampa parade
Shiver me timbers” took on greater meaning Saturday when revelers at the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates were met with an especially cold morning that started in the low 30s. But as the sun shown on a bright,
Gasparilla road closures begin Friday night before parade
Bayshore Boulevard will, of course, be shut down for the parade. But, several surrounding streets will also be closed or ...
Where CAN’T you get an Uber during Gasparilla?
People looking to visit and leave the Parade of Pirates in Hyde Park may want to get a ride share like Uber and Lyft to go ...