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.
Tampa’s Gasparilla pirate festival: ‘Time flies when you’re having rum’
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.
When is Gasparilla 2025? What to know before heading to Tampa to party like a pirate this weekend
Arr! Gasparilla in Tampa is Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Attendees can witness the "pirate invasion" as Jose Gasparilla ship sets sail at Hillsborough Bay
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 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 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: 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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Gasparilla history: Why does Tampa celebrate a fictional pirate?
are owed to what Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla call the “last of the Buccaneers,” the “legendary” pirate captain José Gaspar. The original Gasparilla Krewe in Tampa Bay says that Gaspar ...
Another successful pirate invasion as scallywags get Tampa’s key to the city
Before pirates invaded the land, the scallywags invaded the water and took the key to the city from Mayor Jane Castor.
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Raiders to hire Buccaneers exec John Spytek to be GM
John Spytek is leaving the pirate ship to go to the ... on to win a Super Bowl together in Tampa Bay — with Spytek as the assistant GM. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Vice President of Player ...
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What Liam Coen Returning Means for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Once Jason Licht made it clear that Todd Bowles would be returning as the Bucs head coach, the idea of Coen jumping ship — like ... Coen's return mean for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?