--- title: Today Is the First Day of Spring! Here's Where You Can Get Free Ice Cream description: The first day of spring 2019 is Wednesday, March 20, when Dairy Queen has free ice cream cones and Rita's has free Italian ices. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2019-03-20T10:00:07.000Z' modified: '2019-03-20T12:46:20.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - deals - freebies word_count: 199 canonical: https://money.com/free-ice-cream-first-day-of-spring-2019-italian-ice/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Three year old Emma Letarte enjoys her first jimmy coated ice cream cone of the year with her mother](https://img.money.com/2019/03/spring-2019-free-ice-cream-dairy-queen-483029571.jpg) *A Dairy Queen customer enjoying her first ice cream cone of the season.* March 20 is the first day of spring 2019. And we can think of few better ways for you to celebrate than by enjoying a free ice cream at Dairy Queen — or perhaps a free Italian ice at Rita's. Or wait, there's nothing holding you back from getting both of these first day of spring freebies today! Dairy Queen's Free Cone Day is held on the first day of spring each year. You can get free ice cream today simply by heading to a participating DQ and asking for a free cone. Specifically, Dairy Queen is giving away one free small vanilla ice cream cone per customer, no purchase required, at nearly all non-mall locations in the U.S. Here's where to [find a Dairy Queen nearby](https://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/locator/) and get your free ice cream cone. The first day of spring is also traditionally when you can get a [free Rita's Italian ice](https://www.ritasice.com/first-day-of-spring/). From noon to 9 p.m. locally on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, Rita's locations around the U.S. will give every customer a free Italian ice, in any flavor you like. There is no purchase required to get your free Italian ice today. 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