While the legends of José Gaspar are full of alleged adventure and swashbuckling, history tells a different story.

Gasparilla is one of Tampa's most iconic events. As it ventures into it's 104th year, we dive into the history behind the ...

Gasparilla Parade, also known as the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, is a Tampa-based yearly event with more than a century-long ...

Those pesky pirates are invading Tampa again. For more than 100 years, Tampa city leaders have held the signature Gasparilla ...

Tampa's time-honored tradition of the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates brings hundreds of thousands to the Tampa Bay area. It is ...

Clements teaches people about the pirate life at the Real Pirates Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. But it wasn’t until a year ...

While some expressed concerns about safety, others who have previously attended say the security measures that city leaders ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Krewe of Europa is bringing the “krewe experience” to the world and in this year’s Gasparilla, some parts ...

Arrr, Gasparilla 2025 is days away, mateys! The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is a very popular annual parade with a variety of related pirate-themed community events, and it's held in Tampa every ...

YMKG published a centennial history document in 2004 that recounts the legends surrounding Gasparilla, adding that research conducted in both Spanish and American archives has not uncovered any ...

Instead, history shows that Florida’s 20th governor, Albert W. Gilchrist owned a hotel on Gasparilla Island. He bought land at Boca Grande in 1897, an outpost, and wanted to develop it into a town.

We have a history of Gasparilla, starting when they arrived on horseback. And the Tampa Bay History Center has recounted Gasparilla floats through years, which have gotten more elaborate with each ...