Gasparilla history: Why does Tampa celebrate a fictional pirate?
While the legends of José Gaspar are full of alleged adventure and swashbuckling, history tells a different story.
Gasparilla pirates shiver then shine as day warmed up for the Tampa parade
Tampa’s signature pirate event got off to a chilly start, but things warmed up as the day and parties progressed.
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.
Gasparilla 2025: A look at the pirate festival in Tampa, Florida
Known as the city's "signature event," Gasparilla was named after famed Florida pirate José Gaspar from the 18th century, who went by Gasparilla. It brings, for one day only, "the spirit of pirates past and glittering treasures for visitors and locals to plunder.
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 shores, take the key to the city and parade down Bayshore Boulevard.
Gasparilla 2025: A day of parade festivities along Tampa’s waterfront
Our live updates for Gasparilla 2025 have concluded. Read more about the festivities here. TAMPA — Shiver me timbers: It was an especially cold morning for those pesky pirates invading Tampa again, but it warmed up as the festivities progressed Saturday.
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Another successful pirate invasion as scallywags get Tampa’s key to the city
“ARGGG, it was wonderful, it was fantastic, greatest day of the year for Tampa Bay and go pirates,” said a Gasparilla ... Mayor Castor responded. “The ship came in, the loud noises, and ...
Raiders to hire Buccaneers exec John Spytek to be GM
Spytek has ties to Vegas minority owner Tom Brady, having played alongside the former QB at Michigan decades before they went ...
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Guide to the 2025 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates in Tampa
Pirates invading Tampa ... ship called the Jose Gasparilla (which is actually a barge dressed up as an 18th century pirate ship that is pulled by tug boats). It will turn into Hillsborough ...
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Tampa’s Gasparilla pirate festival: ‘Time flies when you’re having rum’
TAMPA, Fla. – Up and down Tampa Bay’s shore on Saturday, people donned fake tattoos, paraded with stuffed parrots, put on quirky pirate costumes ... But as a three-masted ship draped in ...
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When is Gasparilla 2025? What to know before heading to Tampa to party like a pirate this weekend
Arrr, Gasparilla 2025 is days away, mateys! The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is a very popular annual parade with a variety of related pirate-themed community events, and it's held in Tampa every ...