Our live updates for Gasparilla 2025 have concluded. Read more about the festivities here. TAMPA — Shiver me timbers: It was an especially cold morning for those pesky pirates invading Tampa ...

TAMPA — Reaching over the edge of a metal fence separating the floats from the children, Kierabella Newton snagged a strand of beads in midair. It was a dextrous grab for a 4-year-old girl ...

Ahoy there, mateys! Every January, Tampa falls into the hands of invading pirates who take the key to the city. Have no fear, though—it's all in fun! The festive tradition started more than 120 ...

For half a century, artists and art lovers from all parts of the country migrated annually to the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, where the country’s most accomplished artists and ...

Linda Hurtado Bond's latest, 'All the Captive Girls', turns Gasparilla festivities into the setting for an Ybor-based cat-and ...

Upon arrival to picturesque Gasparilla Island, the Gasparilla Inn and Club is centrally located for shopping, dining and an array of recreation, including golf, tennis, working out and swimming.