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 ...

Mayor Bob Buckhorn walked the entire 1.4-mile route, tossing beads and soaking in his first Children's Gasparilla Parade as Tampa's leader. "It's great just to see the kids' excited faces," he said.

Linda Hurtado Bond's latest, 'All the Captive Girls', turns Gasparilla festivities into the setting for an Ybor-based cat-and ...

Past revelers and pirate wannabes have called Gasparilla Pirate Festival Tampa's "party of the year," but to be prepared for the crowds. There are several ways to enjoy the Gasparilla Pirate ...

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows ...

who states in the film this might very well be his last philanthropic contribution to the Tampa Bay area,” said Lee. The film Lee directed, called The Art of Sound, is part of the Gasparilla ...

The movie will have its premiere at the Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa on Saturday, March 29. Both Heizer, who came to the states at age 4 from Brazil, and Silvero, with his ...

Tampa has been hosting the Gasparilla Pirate Festival for 115 years. It runs from mid-January to mid-March and has a Mardi Gras-like atmosphere. During the Gasparilla Parade, the Ye Mystic Krewe ...