TAMPA, Fla. – For more than 100 years, Tampa has held a celebration of pirate lore known as Gasparilla. Avast, mateys, it’s not to be this time.
Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla represented Tampa's old guard when it began the event in 1904, and is still at the helm today.
This year's event was postponed and then canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The group now says the next one won't be held until January 2022.
The Gasparilla parade annually draws hundreds of thousands of people as beads and other trinkets are thrown from floats, some resembling pirate ships and firing cannons.