The 2017 Gasparilla Music Festival will take place in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and Kiley Garden Park on March 11th & 12th and will feature musical acts from a wide variety of genres on several stages and cuisine from the region’s top restaurants.

The Gasparilla Music Festival was founded in 2011 with financial support from several Tampa Bay area based businesses is a Florida 501(c)-3 non-profit corporation that organizes an annual music festival in downtown Tampa the second weekend of March. 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 and instruments to music students.