Catch Us At Boston Pizza Festival 2023 This Weekend

Boston Pizza Festival 2023 is finally here! We have all the details, which you'll need because this year's model is a bit different.

We wrote about the Festival when it was announced earlier this year. City Hall Plaza in Boston is where it's all going down this time around. And it's taking place on Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25. Organizers are touting it as “The Largest Pizza Festival in the U.S.A.” And the best, most important part of all? Entry into the Boston Pizza Festival is free.

Now, that doesn't mean the pizza is free, of course. Here's the breakdown from the Boston Pizza Festival website. They keep it real simple: "This year's Boston Pizza Festival has free entry! Pizza stands will be accepting pizza slice tickets that will be for sale at the event or you can purchase now!" Wanna get an early jump on things and purchase your pizza slice tickets early? You can do that here.

The event kicks off at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 24. But I think you should come on Sunday, June 25. Right when things open at 11 a.m. Because that's when I'll be there with the ROCK 92.9 Street Team. I'll have my 14-year-old in tow, too. There's not a kid I know that eats more pizza or loves pizza more than he does. When I told him we'd be hitting the event this year, the drool was palpable.

You can follow the Boston Pizza Festival on Instagram for more details, including a preview of who's going to be slinging slices. I know Cini's on Friend St. will be there because they dropped by the studios last week with a bunch of pies and I could hardly contain myself. You see, I'm a bit of a pizza freak, too. Where do you think the 14-year-old gets it? See you at the Boston Pizza Festival!

It's National Pizza Party Day, I guess? Turns out it's cheaper to throw a pizza party in Massachusetts than in most states.

It's becoming more and more difficult to keep track of all of these "National Days" these days. But sure enough, according to the National Day Calendar, National Pizza Party Day takes place every year on the third Friday in May. Fascinating. So National Pizza Party Day is like Thanksgiving, in that the actual date changes from year-to-year, as opposed to, say, Christmas, which is on a set date. Oh, and please don't confuse this with National Pizza Day, which takes place on February 9.

I wonder why they went with "the third Friday in May" for this one? The only thing I can think of is that it's probably the most likely time of year to have a pizza party? Think about it. Mid-May is the time of year when school is winding down, graduation celebrations are ramping up, and a lot of moving-up and moving-on takes place for kids. LOTS of pizza parties going down in mid-May by way of a celebraish. This now makes sense to me. So let's see how much it's gonna cost to throw one in the Commonwealth.

Turns out ol' "Taxachusetts" (my dad loves that one) is a fine place to have a pizza party. Gambling.com, who stays on top of sport betting sites, crunched the numbers on the crust. State-by-state, they measured cost of pizza, cost of beer, cost of Coca-Cola, and cost of potato chips: the standards for any good pizza party. States were given a Party Value Score out of 100, then ranked from least to most affordable. Let's cut into the Top 10 below and see where Massachusetts slices, er, stacks up.

Pizza Party Cost: $27.32

Party Value Score: 82

Pizza Party Cost: $27.32

Party Value Score: 82

Pizza Party Cost: $26.69

Party Value Score: 84

Pizza Party Cost: $26.64

Party Value Score: 86

Pizza Party Cost: $26.28

Party Value Score: 88

Pizza Party Cost: $26.26

Party Value Score: 90

Pizza Party Cost: $26.20

Party Value Score: 92

Pizza Party Cost: $26.15

Party Value Score: 94

Pizza Party Cost: $26.00

Party Value Score: 96

Pizza Party Cost: $24.75

Party Value Score: 98

Pizza Party Cost: $24.63

Party Value Score: 100