Scooper Bowl 2018

Next week is the Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl out on Boston's Government Center City Hall Plaza.  Hopefully the forecasted showers will change before then.

"New for 2018! Add some sweetness to your after-work happy hour at Scoop@Night 21+, presented in partnership with Harpoon and UFO Beers, 90+ Cellars, and Martignetti. Join us on Thursday, June 7, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., for unlimited ice cream from Baskin-Robbins®, Bart’s Ice Cream, Beckon Ice CreamTM (formerly Minus the Moo), Blake’s Ice Cream, Vice Cream, and Yasso, as well as two adult beverage tickets. Scoop@Night attendees must be 21 or older. IDs will be checked at the entrance."

Online Prices (Price will increase the day of the event)
Scoop @ Night Ticket $30
Adults (ages 10 and up) $10
Child (ages 3-9) $5
Scooper Pass Allows Entrance 3 times $20
Group Adults (15 or more) $8 each
Group Child (15 or more) $3
"Patient Ticket" (purchase a ticket for a patient and their family members) $10
Valvoline Instant Oil Change Speedy Pass (skip the line!) $25

Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl
JUNE 5 – 7, 2018
Noon – 8:00 p.m.
City Hall Plaza, Boston

Scooper Bowl 2017

The 35th annual Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl is will be  here in about a month.  For a dollar discount off the $10 adult admission to the all-you-can-eat ice cream festival, text SUN to 56512!

Buy early and save!  Tickets bought in advance are $10 for adults, $5 for ages 3 – 9, while kids under 3 are free.  As of the day of the event, ticket prices go up to $15 for adults, $10 for ages 3 – 9, and kids under 3 are free.  If you want to go more than once, purchase a $20 Scooper Pass and attend the Scooper Bowl up to three times.

Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl

June 6 – 8, 2017

Noon – 8:00 p.m.

City Hall Plaza, Boston

Scooper Bowl 2016

The annual Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl is will be  here in about two weeks.  For a dollar discount off the $10 adult admission to the all-you-can-eat ice cream festival, text SUN to 56512!

Also, buy early and save!  Tickets bought in advance are $10 for adults, $5 for ages 3 – 9, while kids under 3 are free.  As of the day of the event, ticket prices go up to $15 for adults, $10 for ages 3 – 9, and kids under 3 are free.  If you want to go more than once, purchase a $20 Scooper Pass and attend the Scooper Bowl up to three times.

Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl

June 7 – 9, 2016

Noon – 8:00 p.m.

City Hall Plaza, Boston

Scooper Bowl 2015

Yup, looks like the Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl is fast approaching again!

When else can you say you're eating ice cream for cancer research and care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute?

This year the annual all-you-can-eat ice cream festival takes place June 2-4 out on the Government Center Plaza, and the entrance fee is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 3-9, and free for kids under 3.

Scooper Bowl 2014

The annual Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl is quick approaching!  For a dollar discount on the all-you-can-eat ice cream festival, text SUN to 56512!

Scooper Bowl 2010

Day 1 of the 28th annual Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl was a lovely day in the low 70s, which made eating ice cream the leisure activity it was meant to be - no racing of melting ice cream today!

The entrance to the fenced-in ice cream wonderland on the Boston City Hall Plaza was quite notably a large ice cream cone with a huge cherry on top - false advertising claimed my ice cream buddy, since there were no whole cherries on site. Volunteers armed with stamps to mark your hand and money to make change were plentiful, so gaining entrance was no hassle. Pick up a spoon and you're ready to go!

After getting a load of the lay of the land, we headed off to some of the further off tents, with their hopefully shorter lines, and began enjoying our ice cream. The only station I completely ignored was Breyers, and not because I don't like them, but because I already had a couple of gallons of their ice cream at home waiting for me.

Trash barrels were conveniently placed about, both for cups and for spoons. A stage was set up in the back where we were serenaded with the lyrics of "American Pie" as we observed little children jump about with red balloons firmly tied, while some early bird elemetary aged children played with their freebie rubber FedEx yo-yos off to the side.

A water station was handily placed by the stage, while a FedEx truck stood sentry over a table where you could pick up some super-useful individually wrapped Purell Sanitizing Hand Wipes, and these darling tiny FedEx "Small Box" (with mints inside?) just perfect for a Barbie doll to ship an imaginary package. If you want, you could also take a guess at how many spoons were housed in a clear plastic box.

I must have tasted at least 18 flavors before I realized my time was up and I had to head back in to work. Not bad for $8, eh?

Bye bye Miss American Pie... enjoying a la mode was a nice break for the day!