Question: The Artists and Writers Ball was founded in the late 1970s as an alternative to which festival which is held every year in Tampa and hosted by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla?
Context: The Chrysanthemum Festival, is a festival held in the town of Xiaolan in November.  Zhongshan is sometimes called "Chrysanthemum city" because of its chrysanthemum culture.  During the Ming Dynasty, people planted chrysanthemums and gathered together to appreciate them.  While doing that, they also wrote poems, drew pictures and drank liquor.  Later, these gatherings grew into chrysanthemum festivals, which were held every 10 years.  In Qing Dynasty, people started holding the Grand Chrysanthemum Festival, which is held every 60 years.  Now, chrysanthemum festivals are held every year, and draw visitors from around the world. Soundwave Festival, held every year at the Scarborough Spa Ocean Room, Scarborough, UK, is a music and arts festival created by the DIY (Determined In€dependent Youths) Collective, a group of young people from around the Scarborough area.  It was first held in 1999 on South Bay Beach, Scarborough and was moved to the Spa Complex because of funding issues.  It has been held every year since at the same venue.  Local musical talent is showcased, and art and craft workshops are held throughout the day of the event.  The festival was headlined by the local band who had done the most to organise the festival.  The headline act was then followed by a special guest.  Previous special guests include Capdown, Dead Identities, The Dead Pets and AntiProduct.  The 2007 festival was postponed until the first half term of the new British school year, instead of 13 August 2007, the day after the conclusion of the Beached Festival, which is now situated on the old Soundwave location on South Bay Beach.  The 2007 event was cut short due to a fire alarm.  After a ten-year hiatus the festival returns on August the 13th 2016 with a line up of returning Soundwave alumni and young local acts. The Mystic Krewe of Nyx is an all-female Carnival Krewe organization, based in New Orleans, which was organized and founded by Julie Lea in 2011.  The Nyx's first pageant, "NOLA Reality Reigns," was featured on the St. Charles Avenue Parade Route on February 15, 2012.  The Mystic Krewe of Nyx is named after the Greek goddess of the night, Nyx ( ). The Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival is an annual music and fine wine festival that takes place every year at Esther Short Park in Vancouver, WA.  It has been held every year since 1998, and brought in approximately 13,500 people in 2012, and between 12,000 and 15,000 in 2011.  The Wine and Jazz festival is part of the concert series of Bravo!  Vancouver, both of which are run by Michael Kissinger and Maria Manzo.  The 2012 festival featured artists such as Diane Schuur, Arturo Sandoval, Al Jarreau, Coco Montoya, The Christopher Brothers, and John Hammond, Jr. The festival has brought visitors from 15 states and Canada. A krewe (pronounced in the same way as "crew") is an organization that puts on a parade or ball for the Carnival season.  The term is best known for its association with New Orleans Mardi Gras; but is also used in other Carnival celebrations around the Gulf of Mexico, such as the Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa, Florida, and Springtime Tallahassee, as well as in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and at the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is a large parade and a host of related community events celebrated almost every year since 1904 in Tampa, Florida.  It is held in late January and hosted by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla and the City of Tampa, and it celebrates the apocryphal legend of José Gaspar (also known as Gasparilla), a mythical Spanish pirate who supposedly operated in Southwest Florida in the early 1800s.  As of the 100th edition in 2015, the parade was the 3rd largest in the United States and had an economic impact of $23 million on Tampa's economy. The Artists and Writers Ball was founded in the late-1970s in Tampa, FL by Bud Lee (photographer), Peggy Lee, David Audet, Paul Wilborn, Jeff Dunlap, Beverly Coe, Bebe Williams, Mary D. Scourtes and Charley Greacen as an alternative to the exclusive Gasparilla Pirate Festival krewes and parade. The Pakistan Flower Show is an annual flower show and a festival held every year in Karachi, Pakistan.  It is held at the Sea View Park in Karachi.  It is organized by the Horticulture Society of Pakistan.  It was established in 1948 and held every year in February.  The 60th festival was held on February 26, 2011 and 61st will held on February 23–26, 2012. Sindhu Darshan Festival is a festival of India held every year on full moon day (on Guru Purnima) in month of June.  It is held at Leh, in Ladakh District of Jammu & Kashmir.  It stretches for three days.  It was first started in the October, 1997 and continues to be held every year since then, attracting large number of foreign as well domestic tourists. The Gasparilla Distance Classic is a road race which is held in late February or early March on Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, Florida.  Over 30,000 competitors participate each year.  It is named after the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, which takes place on Tampa's Bayshore Boulevard a few weeks earlier.
Answer: Gasparilla Pirate Festival