One of the biggest complaints about the 2009 Gasparilla Pirate Fest was about long lines outside portable bathrooms. ...more

March 27, 2009

The Hillsborough County Health Department says this year's Gasparilla Fest had only a third as many portable toilets as it should have. ...more

March 26, 2009

Residents surrounding Bayshore Boulevard talked Wednesday night of a war they annually face when Gasparilla rolls into town. ...more

March 5, 2009

An annual meeting to discuss the most recent Gasparilla Pirate Fest is scheduled for March 4. ...more

February 13, 2009

Neighborhood groups will present photos of inappropriate public behavior to city officials in hopes of finding a solution. ...more

February 10, 2009

Residents of neighborhoods surrounding Bayshore Boulevard say they love a parade as much as anybody. What some don't enjoy is a prevalence of inappropriate public behavior – underage drinking, urinating in public and open sexuality – during the Gasparilla Pirate Fest. ...more

February 9, 2009

Ideal weather might have been the hallmark of the 2009 Southwest Airlines Gasparilla Pirate Fest. After a spate of cold, winter weather, Saturday's blue skies and warm temperatures greeted thousands of revelers who lined Bayshore Boulevard and streamed into downtown Tampa to encounter a bloodthirsty band of pirates whose annual invasion is Tampa's signature event. ...more

February 8, 2009

South Tampa residents have a love-hate relationship with the annual pirate invasion. ...more

February 6, 2009

•"Dancing with the Stars: The Tour" comes to the Forum tonight. Check out winners Julianne Hough and Helio Castroneves plus Joey Lawrence, Cheryl Burke and more. ...more

January 21, 2008

Bayshore Boulevard is being transformed again this year into a pirate's paradise of beaded booty for children young and old. ...more

January 17, 2008