Offering free admission to all comers, the Boston Pizza Festival returns to City Hall Plaza June 22 & 23 from 11 a.m.–6 p.m. to offer slivers of cheesy goodness to the masses. Purchase tickets for slices online or at the event itself and get set to indulge in pies from pizza masters from all over the region who serve a wide variety of everyone’s favorite flatbread. Plenty of family-focused fun is also on hand—including pizza making demonstrations, contests and pictures with the fest’s mascot—as well as beverages for the adults. As if anyone needed incentive to feast on the greatest culinary invention in history, there’s even a VIP option that gets you into an Express Lane with shorter lines, two free soft drinks and a commemorative pizza box for your leftovers—assuming you can control yourself from eating everything in sight while you’re there.