A look at pirate festival in Tampa, Florida

Gasparilla 2025: A day of parade festivities along Tampa’s waterfront
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-parties will be going on all night in downtown Tampa and Ybor City.
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.
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.
Tampa’s Gasparilla pirate festival: ‘Time flies when you’re having rum’
Up and down Tampa Bay’s shore on Saturday, people donned fake tattoos, paraded with stuffed parrots, put on quirky pirate costumes and, yes, drank a lot of alcohol.
Guide to the 2025 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates in Tampa
Gasparilla Pirate Fest has live music at stages located along the Tampa Riverwalk that run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park (at Ashley Drive and Twiggs Street) and MacDill Park (at Ashley Drive and Whiting Street).
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.
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Gasparilla 2025: Thousands attend the annual Parade of Pirates
TAMPA, Fla. - The 2025 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates brought an estimated 300,000 people to Bayshore Blvd on Saturday afternoon. The tradition dates to 1904. When Jose Gaspar's Gasparilla flotilla ...
Where CAN’T you get an Uber during Gasparilla?
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — If there’s one thing Gasparilla is known for that isn’t about pirates, it’s the traffic. People looking ...
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How to Watch the Gasparilla Flotilla Invasion
Though you will most likely need to be a hotel guest to view the invasion from hotel areas, some may allow public viewing (be ...
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Gasparilla pirates arrive to warn Tampa of invasion
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The determined Captain and pirates from Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla are infiltrating Tampa already, with their eyes set on Mayor Jane Castor and City Hall. The City of ...
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Beads, bathrooms and Bayshore: What you need to know about Gasparilla 2025
Need to know where to drink? Or where to park for the parade? We've got you covered for this year's Gasparilla Pirate ...
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When is Gasparilla 2025? What to know before heading to Tampa to party like a pirate this weekend
Arr! Gasparilla in Tampa is Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Attendees can witness the "pirate invasion" as Jose Gasparilla ship sets sail at Hillsborough Bay ...
Gasparilla 2025: Tampa mayor hands over key to city to pirate invaders
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor handed over the key to the city to Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla during the 2025 Gasparilla Pirate ...