City officials trying to balance community needs with safety at the annual Gasparilla Parade have come up with these compromises: ...more

November 6, 2009

Never mind the warm weather or the scaled-down parade. The real reason for the sparse attendance at this weekend's Guavaween celebration in Ybor City may have been the calendar. ...more

November 3, 2009

More than 55,000 revelers were expected for the Fantasy Fest parade Saturday night, and thousands of locals and visitors participated in a Masquerade March through Old Town on Friday evening. ...more

November 1, 2009

Fort De Soto Park is about to become cleaner. The nonprofit group Tampa Bay Watch is hosting a midsummer cleanup at Fort De Soto Park from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in partnership with WTSP, Channel 10, and Keep Pinellas Beautiful. ...more

July 9, 2009

Travelers not interested in art or parades should stay away from downtown Tarpon Springs on Sunday afternoon if they want to avoid heavy congestion from the Greek Indolence Day Parade and Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce Fine Art Show. ...more

March 28, 2009

In Salvador, and all of Brazil, beats the heart of a free-spirited country. ...more

March 25, 2009

As St. Paddy's Day revelers get ready to don shamrock sunglasses and dye their beer green, Florida police are making some preparations of their own. ...more

March 17, 2009

A very powerful and emotion-filled gathering was held Wednesday at Kate Jackson Community Center. Proud homeowners who live along and contiguous to the Gasparilla Parade route told the audience in detail of the depravity, lawlessness, vulgarity and criminal activity that goes on while the colorful and popular parade passes by. It has become an anything-goes event where underage drinking, destruction of property and lewd behavior have become the norm. ...more

March 6, 2009

The economic downturn couldn't overshadow the Mardi Gras revelry Tuesday as partiers jostled for beads on parade routes and the French Quarter swelled with boozy fun and masked crowds. ...more

February 25, 2009

If you're going into parade withdrawal, fear not! The Krewe of the Knights of Sant' Yago Illuminated Knight Parade makes its way through Ybor City starting at 7 p.m. Saturday. More than 100 dazzling, illuminated floats will make their way down Seventh Avenue, leaving a trail of beads, booze and rowdy revelers. ...more

February 13, 2009