Ahoy, Gasparilla season! Tampa's Mardi Gras-like festival is taking over downtown on Saturday. Why it matters: It's one of Tampa Bay's cultural touchstones — and even if you're not trying to get drunk ...

The City of Tampa is expanding its public art collection with the unveiling of a new large-scale sculpture, Open House, a ...

Arr! Gasparilla in Tampa is Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Attendees can witness the "pirate invasion" as Jose Gasparilla ship sets sail at Hillsborough Bay ...

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Whether by land or by sea, thousands of people crowded Tampa’s waterfront along Bayshore Boulevard on Saturday for the annual Gasparilla Parade of Pirates. It started with the usual invasion at the ...

The festival is named after a famed Florida pirate from the 18th century ... before docking at the Tampa Convention Center at 1 p.m. As for the 4.5-mile parade, it goes along Hillsborough Bay ...