<div id="c3be0912bb716eee4ca644c1dfc4ecde4"></div>It’s music to our ears! The Gasparilla Music Festival will be here soon, and on Valentine’s Day weekend this year: February 14 – 16, 2025! This two-day music festival takes over Tampa Bay’s Julain B. Lane Riverfront Park. Gasparilla Music Festival promises many opportunities for sipping, singing, noshing, and dancing with your sweetheart.
Keep reading for the 2025 Gasparilla Music Festival lineup, delicious food, and other helpful info.
Tampa’s Gasparilla Music Festival is an affordable date option with eclectic tunes and food. The waterfront, outdoor venue sets the stage for your modern romance. Re-entry to the festival is a plus.
This music festival caps off Gasparilla season in Tampa Bay. And if you’re looking for a list of updated happenings and things to do in the Bay area – Tampa, St. Pete and Clearwater – look no further than our constantly updated Things to Do post!
What is Gasparilla Music Festival?
The annual music fest is put on by the Gasparilla Music Foundation, a Florida 501(c)-3 non-profit corporation that supports music education through its Recycled Tunes program. The mission of Recycled Tunes is to enrich the lives of underserved and impoverished children in Tampa Bay by ensuring access to musical instruments. They also give students performance opportunities on the festival stages in front of large crowds.
GMF kicked off in 2012 in Downtown Tampa. This year’s festival will take place at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park from February 14-16, 2025 featuring musical acts from a wide variety of genres on several stages and cuisine from the region’s top restaurants, along with a Soundcheck Party.
Gasparilla Music Festival 2025 Lineup
The confirmed official 2025 line up is coming soon. Once it is ready you can view the official schedule here.
The festival’s primary stages include the Riverfront Stage, Fortune Stage, Robert’s City Stage, and Row House stage. NEW last year saw the debut of Robert’s City Village, which will feature a marketplace, libations, and live art installations with an expanded Bike Valet service near the main entrance.
What Can Kids Do at GMF?
Bringing kids along? While GMF may be geared more toward adults at night, kids can also enjoy the festival – especially during the GMF Kids’ Fest on Sunday, more info coming soon.
Featured activities in the Kids Fest in years past included:
- Kids Fest Stage with children-focused DJ entertainment (DJ Kitty is confirmed!)
- Kids t-shirt tie-dying
- Instrument Petting Zoo staffed by Hillsborough County Music Teachers
- Kumba Drummers hands-on tent
- Kids’ Arts & Crafts featuring music-related items to take home
- Face painters
- Hula hoops
- Tampa Metropolitan Youth Orchestra (performing on Riverside Stage)
- Hillsborough County Schools Drumline and Flag Corp
Across from Kids Fest will be the Recycled Tunes area where you can check out a sculpture using old musical instruments created by a local artist.
Parking at Gasparilla Music Festival
Hourly parking for GMF 2025 is available in the areas:
- Poe Garage
- Madison Garage
- Fort Brooke Garage
Please see the Parking and Transportation page for more information.
Where to enter Gasparilla Music Festival 2025
If you’re wondering where to enter the event, here is a list of gates for each type of admission:
- General Admission Gate 1: located at the intersection of N. Boulevard and W. Cypress Street
- General Admission Gate 2: on Laurel Street just west of the Laurel Street Bridge
- VIP Ticket Holder Entrance: dedicated VIP Entry Lanes are located at the General Admission Gates.
GMF 2025 Food Lineup
In addition to amazing musical acts, GMF will also have a fantastic lineup of some of Tampa’s best restaurants to keep you going throughout the day at their Calle Cocina.
Last year offered…
- Big Ray’s Fish Camp
- Big Red BBQ
- Cafe Hey
- Cena
- Coppertail Brewing Co.
- Inside the Box
- Kona Ice
- Loli’s Mexican Cravings
- Nebraska Mini Mart
- Shadrach’s Firey Furnace
- Stuft Gourmet Empanadas
- Whatever Pops
Tickets + Details
When: February 14-16, 2025
Where: Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, 1001 N. Boulevard, Tampa, 33607
Cost: General admission one-day tickets are $45, two-day tickets are $75, and three-day tickets are $95. VIP one-day tickets are $125, two-day tickets are $200, and three-day are $250.
VIP tickets include VIP entrance into the festival, front of stage viewing areas at Riverside and Fortune Stages, access to exclusive VIP tents and bars, air-conditioned and attended VIP restrooms and RFID Wristband. You can purchase tickets at gasparillamusic.com.
Hopefully returning for 2025 – the 2025 Gasparilla FAM Pass. This all-in-one pass gives you access to Gasparilla Music Fest, Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, and Gasparilla International Film Festival. FAM Passes range from $250-$500.
You can also purchase GMF merchandise here. Produced by the non-profit Gasparilla Music Foundation, GMF proceeds support music education in Bay area schools.
- Re-entry is allowed once you received your wristband.
- Wristbands are required to be worn at all times.
- Ticket and entry are voided if wristband is removed.
- Rain or Shine.
- No Refunds.
- All artists and times subject to change or cancellation.
Visiting from Out of Town?
Guests coming from out of town can book a room at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street for a special festival room rate.
Other nearby hotel include:
- Tampa Marriott Water Street
- JW Marriott Tampa Water Street
- Courtyard by Marriott Tampa Downtown
- The Westin Tampa Waterside
- Le Meridien Tampa
- The Floridan Palace Hotel
- The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk
- Aloft Tampa Downtown
- Hilton Tampa Downtown
Visit gasparillamusic.com for the full lineup plus all of the Gasparilla Music Festival information you need to plan a music-filled weekend.