The long-awaited, annual Gasparilla Music Festival (GMF) blessed Tampa Bay for the thirteenth consecutive time from February 16-18. The event took place over the course of 3 days at Julian B. Lane Riverfront...

After the fun and festivities of Gasparilla are over, its super important to recycle your beads. Theses plastic beads can be extremely harmful to local wildlife and the environment, especially if they...

Gasparilla is one of the biggest events that is held on Bayshore, or in Tampa even. If you live in Tampa and haven't been to a Gasparilla parade, you are definitely missing out. But, I find it hard to...

Festivals are representative of the culture of an area. They are based on some historical context and they are something unique to the cities where they take place. Then there is Gasparilla.  Based...

Around this time of the month, everyone in Tampa is starting to get excited for Gasparilla. Driving around, you will notice that people have really started getting into the Gasparilla spirit by hanging...

With the hype of Gasparilla looming on the horizon, it's even easier than usual to find a variety of things to do in Tampa in January. Whether it's a music festival or a convention, there is something...

If one were to examine the history books closely enough, examples of female pirates who dominated their eras abound. The most successful pirate of all time is widely considered to be Ching Shih- a Chinese...

The Gasparilla spirit is in the air with the famous Tampa parade just a day away. However, it is easy to get caught up in all the excitement while the floats parade by and the pirate ship blasts its...

This Saturday, Jan. 23, marks the first day of Tampa Bay’s Gasparilla season. This weekend is the children’s parade, followed by the adult parade next Saturday. Both events take place along Bayshore...