For more than 100 years, city leaders have held the signature Gasparilla event to draw visitors with a day of pirates and a parade of buccaneers. It borrows heavily from Mardi Gras, from beads to ...

The film Lee directed, The Art of Sound, is part of the Gasparilla Film Festival. It's about the creation of the bell tower at the University of Tampa, known as an Ars Sonora.

There's also live music performances all day. Kids can get in on the pirate fun, too, during the family-friendly Children's Gasparilla parade held the weekend before the Parade of Pirates.

TAMPA, Fla. — This weekend marks the 55th annual Gasparilla Festival of the Arts. For many artists, it’s a chance to showcase their talent and passion in front of thousands of new people.

This year, the consortium partnered with Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla to buy and distribute 200 recycling bins along the parade route. Each one was filled to the brim, weighing in at 80 pounds ...

The NFL's addition of 35 compensatory picks to the 2025 draft has finalized the full order and the Bucs now know exactly where their six picks land. Wide receiver Chris Godwin agrees to terms with ...

It was a dextrous grab for a 4-year-old girl attending her first Children's Gasparilla Parade on Saturday. Her father, Clifton Newton, was excited to bring Kierabella and her 2-year-old brother to ...

Hundreds of artists from all over the country have brought some of their best artwork to Tampa to compete in this year's Gasparilla Festival of the Arts. Hundreds of artists from all over the ...

Tampa Bay's March arts scene has the Gasparilla International Film Festival, Nejla Yatkin’s Ouroboros at Stageworks, the ...