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A bit of fair warning, however: you should know this event, unlike cone day, isn't free. But it is reasonable at $7 a person, and includes four little words we love, especially when paired with dessert: ALL. YOU. CAN. EAT. In fact, it's the nation's largest all-you-can-eat ice cream festival, and runs the entire weekend of June 9 to 11, from noon to 8 p.m. every day.

The event is held at City Hall Plaza and brings in B&J's, as well as the rest of the Big 5 (that's Baskin-Robbins, Häagen-Daz, Breyers and Edy's) along with gelato from Spasso. There's also sorbet and frozen yogurt, but personally we think if you go to the largest all-you-can-eat ice cream festival in the country and ask for fro-yo, you should immediately be kicked out.

For those of you who think this sounds way too gluttonous and greedy, you should know the Scooper Bowl raises money for Jimmy Fund, which supports cancer research and treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, so it's really an all-around selfless event.

If we haven't yet sold you on this festival yet, we don't know what's wrong with your taste buds; perhaps you're just full right now? For the rest of you, when you're done booking a BoltBus ticket to Boston, you can continue getting excited by sending a scoop to your friends on Facebook.

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