Pirates are temporarily taking over downtown Tampa to celebrate Gasparilla, an annual pirate-themed festival. Known as the ...

Starting next week, you can party like pirate in Florida! Here's a guide to Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Festival and ...

The Jose Gasparilla Pirate Ship, surrounded by as many as 1,000 private vessels, sails into Tampa to invade the city on Saturday.

Up and down Tampa Bay’s shore on Saturday, people donned fake tattoos, paraded with stuffed parrots, put on quirky pirate ...

The name "Gasparilla" comes from the mythical Florida pirate named José Gaspar who named his ship the "Jose Gasparilla." Gasparilla Pirate Festival is celebrated in downtown Tampa.

Attendees can witness the annual "pirate invasion" as the Jose Gasparilla ship sets sail at the south end of Hillsborough Bay at 11:30 a.m. It will sail north to Seddon Channel (between the Davis ...