The rain put a big damper on Tampa’s signature event. Organizers estimate that the crowd was far less than half of last year’s 350,000. With 50 extra officers, and twice the number of portable toilets, you would think this small crowd would be manageable. But police were doing a bit more than just trading beads. [...]
The anti-Gasparilla party has turned into Gasparilla. Officials are now taking steps to return Guavaween toward its roots, and the Gasparilla crowd is gonna take their ball and go home - Good Riddance!
In Tampa, a small group of neighbors have created a single blog to convince the city to react quickly on a specific allegedly problematic property.
In response to Bayshore and Hyde Park residents and their concerns about all the trouble the Gasparilla parade brings, head krewe Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, along with EventFest, which runs the party, says they have got all the problems fixed. From the St. Pete Times – Gasparilla changes: more security, more toilets, altered parade route: … [...]
From what I can tell, Gasparilla is the nation’s biggest pirate festival. It’s gotta be – we stretch this thing out for about two months. It all starts with the Children’s Parade & Extravaganza, and includes the main Invasion, Parade, and PirateFest, the Krewe of the Knights of Sant’ Yago Illuminated Knight Parade, the Gasparilla Distance [...]
Now that that Super Bowl nonsense is over with, it’s time to get back to some sort of normalcy. Assuming normalcy = pirates.
With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore, the credited author of A Visit from St. Nicholas. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all ‘cross the Bay Not a creature was stirring, not even a Ray; The beach pails were stacked in the Florida room, ‘Cause St. Nick is coming, or so we assume; The children in shorty pajamas were sleeping, While dreaming [...]
After a successful debut in 2007, the Gasparilla Film Festival has bigger and better plans for this year’s festival, which opens tonight, February 27. At a recent press conference, festival executive director John Rosser and president Eric Odum presented the film line up, announced guest appearances, and listed the panels, receptions and special events planned [...]
Another weekend is coming around, and with the little one coming home, we need kid friendly events. When I started looking for stuff to do, I kept in mind that we will be in Downtown Tampa on Saturday morning for the big JGLB show at the Q105 Post Race Celebration & Awards Presentation after the Gasparilla [...]
