The City of Tampa is expanding its public art collection with the unveiling of a new large-scale sculpture, Open House, a ...

Arr! Gasparilla in Tampa is Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Attendees can witness the "pirate invasion" as Jose Gasparilla ship sets sail at Hillsborough Bay ...

Before pirates invaded the land, the scallywags invaded the water and took the key to the city from Mayor Jane Castor.

Every year, an estimated 300,000 participants come to Tampa for the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a mock attack by a band of pirates called Ye Mystic Krewe. The pirates’ plot is simple: storm the shores ...

It started with the usual invasion at the Tampa Convention Center, where Mayor Jane Castor gave up the key to the city. The party included the usual ABCs of alcohol, beads and cannon fire as more ...

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During the afternoon, resolutions were offered declaring the right of Florida to secede, declaring the cause for its exercise, and the duty of the State to prepare for it. Discussions resulted as ...

The festival is named after a famed Florida pirate from the 18th century ... before docking at the Tampa Convention Center at 1 p.m. As for the 4.5-mile parade, it goes along Hillsborough Bay ...