Gasparilla Music Festival

The Gasparilla Music Festival is a Florida non-profit corporation 501c-3 (pending) that organizes an annual music festival in downtown Tampa the second weekend of March.

The 2013 festival will take place in Curtis Hixon Riverfront Park and Kiley Gardens Park on March 9th and will feature musical acts from a wide variety of genres on several stages and cuisine from the region's top restaurants. As part of its mission to support and promote music and education, the organization is involved throughout the year in several initiatives including providing scholarships to music students.

The Gasparilla Music Festival received the first Awesome Tampa Bay microgrant for 2013. Awesome Tampa Bay sponsored a stage for bands at Tibbetts’ Corner during the festival.

Funded by Tampa Bay, FL (June 2013)