It was an especially cold morning for those pesky pirates invading Tampa again. For more than 100 years, city leaders have held the signature Gasparilla event to draw visitors with a day of pirates ...

Before Gasparilla got underway ... But as a three-masted ship draped in colorful flags approached the Tampa Convention Center, the sardine-packed crowd began to whoop and holler.

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 ...

The Jose Gasparilla pirate ship carries members of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla en route to the Tampa Convention Center ... movie-worthy ship has nearly 300 flags and three steel masts standing ...

Sometimes, they even take the Tampa mayor hostage to ransom for the key to the city. The origins of Gasparilla, both invasion and parade, are owed to what Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla call the ...

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 January. The festival is named after a famed ...

Young runners with the Tampa Parks and Recreation departments are part of the Pepperjack Running Club, a partnership with the ...

(WFLA) — The waters of Tampa Bay are about to come alive for Gasparilla. Tampa police’s ... and fire boats in the area, they can flag us down to come on over for assistance,” Cpl.