Gasparilla 2025: Everything you need to know about the annual Pirate Fest
Grab your beads, costumes, and eye patches, and get ready for the 2025 Gasparilla parades. The parades will affect parking and traffic, so here's everything you need to know about the annual fest.
Tampa’s Gasparilla pirate festival: ‘Time flies when you’re having rum’
Every year, an estimated 300,000 participants come to Tampa for the 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 city’s key, and parade down Bayshore Boulevard.
Guide to the 2025 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates in Tampa
Pirates invading Tampa on Saturday will find a rowdy sea of people ready to snatch their booty. Navigating those waves of partiers can be tricky. Back in 1904, Tampa city leaders envisioned a signature event to lure visitors,
Gasparilla 2025: A look at the pirate festival in Tampa, Florida
Pirates are temporarily taking over downtown Tampa to celebrate Gasparilla, an annual pirate-themed festival. Known as the city's "signature event," Gasparilla was named after famed Florida pirate José Gaspar from the 18th century, who went by Gasparilla.
Florida invaded by pirates in annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival
Tampa, Florida kicked off the annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival on January 25, with pirates invading the city in full costume after sailing into port on a ship. Beginning in 1904, the event is a celebration of mythical pirate José Gaspar,
Tampa officials arrest several bad pirates during 2025 Gasparilla
Reporter Amanda Holly captures the Gasparilla Pirate Invasion from the sky. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The pirates invaded Tampa Bay Saturday and the city was prepared for the Jack Sparrows of the crowd. According to the Tampa Police Department (TPD),
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 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.
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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LIVE BLOG: 2025 Gasparilla kicks off
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Shiver me timbers! Gasparilla 2025 is here! 2:30 p.m. — The Parade of Pirates has begun on Bayshore Boulevard. 11:30 a.m. — After rumors were swirling of an invasion on Saturday, ...
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