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

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor handed over the key to the city to Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla during the 2025 Gasparilla Pirate invasion. The invasion is a Tampa tradition stretching back to the early ...

Pirate Fest: The fest will take place along the Riverwalk in downtown Tampa with live music on two stages before and after the parade in Curtis Hixon Park and MacDill Park from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. After ...

This is also the same in Germany for Carnival time,” Lucas said Zimonczyk. Tampa’s Krewe Of Europa goes to festivals around the world. They’ve spent recent years talking up Tampa to other ...

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

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 ...

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

The Tampa Tribune published a series of letters from Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, a crew of 50 men assembled by George Hardee, which offered details about pirate invasions by King Gasparilla and ...

A sea of floats lit up the street to kick off the Krewe of the Knights of Sant’ Yago Knight Parade on Saturday night.

Pirates invading Tampa on Saturday will find a rowdy sea of people ready to snatch their booty. Navigating those waves of partiers can be tricky. Back in 1904, Tampa city leaders envisioned a ...

The Tampa Yacht and Country Club, which serves as the home base this morning for Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, has 90 gallons of Bloody Marys on hand today and more than 120 gallons of the club ...