The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is a large annual parade, with a variety of related pirate-themed community events, held in ...

“In 1783, having become a traitor and a pirate, José Gaspar gave the name of “Gasparilla” to himself as well as to his ship and the island in Charlotte Harbor, on the west coast of Florida ...

The festival is named after a legendary Florida ... “Gasparilla” and likewise changed his ship’s name to the "Jose Gasparilla." For those wondering, Gasparilla means "little Gaspar ...