Gasparilla 2023: The pirate invasion of downtown Tampa is on!

Tampa’s century-old pirate-palooza is back. Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla landed the Jose Gasparilla ship, which leads the flotilla. After landing the key was taken from the mayor.
Next up: the parade: More than 150 floats, krewes and groups of dancers will parade down Bayshore Boulevard today, flinging beads at the 300,000 or so swashbuckling spectators.
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[@SirenASMR_]

I need to attend in 2024 🧜🏻‍♀️🐚🏴‍☠️🔱

[@FairyGodMuthaNina]

This event was awesome

[@davidmotyka2708]

I love pirates.

[@finesseboy474]

Great distraction i wonder who paid them to do that

[@Keykeeper02]

Soros is my guess

[@lordfarquaad5990]

Been happening since 1903 supposedly

[@jaimeramirez6647]

ur didstracted bud you’ll never know till you experience it bud

[@Lewis9700]

What exactly do you mean by distraction? What's wrong with people having fun?

[@yakicasanova4726]

Se ve emocionante

[@KevinP32270]

EPIC.

[@a7xfanben]

Was a grand time

[@jerrytetro6482]

Alec Baldwin wasn't the Grand Marshall I hope!

[@SKS8080]

But u can’t flash anymore. Booooo