There will also be a free Super Bowl party with Bucs players on hand, and the Florida Orchestra playing with a percussion ...

Make sure you keep your eyes peeled for WFLA News Channel 8’s very own float on Saturday, The Faces of 8. The Gasparilla Parade of Pirates begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Bay to Bay Boulevard ...

Krewe of Sant’ Yago Illuminated Knight Parade: Gasparilla season continues with ... on Seventh Avenue in Ybor City, with floats and marching bands tossing beads and trinkets into the crowd.

I've lived in the Tampa Bay area as a Florida local for 19 years. Some of the best things to do include a boat cruise or a ...

Hundreds of thousands were on Bayshore Blvd on Saturday watching the 2025 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates. There were about 140 floats in the 4.5-mile-long parade. Festivities ended with the Gasparilla ...

This past weekend crowds, dressed up in Pirate regalia, joined the reverie of Gasparilla on the parade route. The attendees were greeted by sunshine, albeit still chilly temps, to watch the floats ...

During the Gasparilla Parade, also known as Parade of Pirates, hundreds of pirates throw beads and trinkets at the spectators. The extravagant affair sees many costumed pirates, hundreds of floats, ...

Claire and John Olivier, of Church Point, have been riding on the Krewe of Olympus float in the Scott Mardi Gras Parade for years, but this year was different. They said they were denied entry ...

Caleb Lege, president of the Scott Business Association, which organizes the parade, confirmed that 36 floats participated this year. However, four of the vehicles pulling the floats were found to be ...

The pirates’ plot is simple: storm the shores, take the key to the city and parade down Bayshore Boulevard. Before Gasparilla got underway, with temperatures in the early morning hours in the ...