This year’s featured image for the 55th annual Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, "The Fight", has an uplifting story behind it ...

Mike Tate, of Canada, was the big winner of the Gasparilla Distance Classic 15K on Saturday, while local runners Christina ...

Pirate Fest: The fest will take place along the Riverwalk in downtown Tampa with live music on two stages before and after the parade in Curtis Hixon Park and MacDill Park from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. After ...

Gasparilla began in 1904 and has been held ... who promote local history and heritage and community service to all-women krewes and ones that operate as charitable organizations.

the self-named Gasparilla wreaked havoc on merchant ships and sailors, executing “without mercy all the crews” aside from some sailors who they took in to replace their own losses. Women on ...

Tampa’s signature pirate event got off to a chilly start, but things warmed up as the day and parties progressed.