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BST Hyde Park to host PDC Presents The Hyde Park Darts Championship featuring Luke Humphries and Luke Littler
American Express presents BST Hyde Park is delighted to announce a first for the central London greenspace – a PDC darts Pro-Am tournament featuring top players Luke Humphries, Luke Littler, Michael van Gerwen and Fallon Sherrock in front of thousands of fans.
PDC Presents The Hyde Park Darts Championship will take place on Tuesday 8th July, featuring special guests Olly Murs, Roman Kemp and Dion Dublin. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 2nd May. The pro-am tournament is part of the BST Hyde Park Open House midweek series of events. For information on all Open House activities, visit the full schedule at BST-HYDEPARK.COM/OPEN-HOUSE.
The Hyde Park Darts Championship, featuring the sport’s top players, will be played out on BST Hyde Park’s famous Great Oak Stage.
The Hyde Park Darts Championship tickets also include access to The Summer Garden simultaneously hosting BREW//LDN, renowned for the UK’s largest and most diverse craft drinks festival, celebrating innovation and excellence across the worlds of craft beer, cider, spirits, and emerging drink trends. Held annually in the heart of London, the festival brings together over 100 independent and established drinks brands, pouring 1,000+ exciting products for a fresh, wide-ranging snapshot of the craft drinks scene. More than just a tasting event, BREW//LDN is a cultural celebration – complete with street food, DJs, and a vibrant festival atmosphere that champions the creativity and community that lie at the core of the craft drinks movement.
Luke Humphries – ‘Cool Hand Luke’ – tops the PDC Order of Merit, based on prize money over the last two years. Luke has enjoyed a sensational rise to prominence since winning his first TV title at the 2023 World Grand Prix, following up with Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship Finals success before a famous victory at Alexandra Palace in January 2024. The former World Champion steered England to victory on his World Cup of Darts debut in June, added the World Matchplay title to his résumé in July and retained his Players Championship Finals title in November 2024.
The new World Darts Champion, teenage sensation Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler, has taken the darting world by storm. Littler followed up his historic run to the 2023/24 World Championship final by capturing the Premier League title in fairy-tale fashion on debut in his first year as a professional. Littler landed a nine-darter in the final – one of four perfect legs he produced in 2024 – and his haul of ten titles in the 2024/25 included the Grand Slam of Darts, World Series of Darts Finals and World Series event wins in Bahrain and Poland. The 2023 World Youth Champion, he ended his first year on the circuit full-time by claiming World Championship glory in January 2025, defeating Michael van Gerwen in the final at Alexandra Palace.
Three-time World Champion Michael van Gerwen – ‘Mighty Mike’ – has established himself as one of the game’s all-time greats following a decade of darting dominance. A teenage wonderkid when he broke through to win the 2006 World Masters in the BDO, the Dutchman waited six years to pick up his next televised title at the 2012 World Grand Prix, a victory which sparked a golden run of success. van Gerwen lifted three World Championship crowns in 2014, 2017 and 2019 during his eight-year spell as world number one, amassing over 150 PDC titles in the process. The Dutchman completed the full set of televised PDC titles in October 2019 when he won the Champions League in Leicester – the first and only player to achieve this feat.
‘Queen of the Palace’ Fallon Sherrock made history when she became the first woman to beat a man at the PDC World Darts Championship – a feat she repeated days later when she sensationally triumphed over the world number 11. Sherrock hit the headlines globally with her first round victory over Ted Evetts in the 2019/20 World Championship. After being catapulted into international fame overnight, she returned to Alexandra Palace to defeat major champion Mensur Suljovic with an iconic bullseye finish.
Matthew Porter Chief Executive at PDC: “We’re really looking forward to putting on a world class darts show as part of this year’s BST Hyde Park Open House Festival. It’s an iconic part of British Summer Time and darts is an iconic part of British culture so to bring the two together is a really exciting concept and we can’t wait for what will be a fun, entertaining evening.”
BST Hyde Park Open House runs for two weeks, from Monday 30th June to Thursday 3rd July and from Monday 7th July to Thursday 10th July. Free events during the week include performances from House Gospel Choir, Dub Pistols, Trojan Sound System featuring Chucky Bantan, Supa 4 Creation, Jah Buck & Hopepa (Fat Freddy’s Drop) and Brixton Chamber Orchestra. There will be an Outdoor Cinema presented by British Airways, Wimbledon live on the big screen, and much more.
The 2025 BST Hyde Park concert series will be headlined by Sabrina Carpenter (5th and 6th July), Stevie Wonder (12th July), neil young and the chrome hearts (11th July), Olivia Rodrigo (27th June), Zach Bryan (28th and 29th June), Noah Kahan (4th July) and Jeff Lynne’s ELO (13th July).
BST Hyde Park brought a hugely diverse range of superstars to the Royal Park in 2024 across three weekends – SZA to Kings of Leon, Morgan Wallen, Andrea Bocelli, Robbie Williams, Shania Twain, Stevie Nicks, Kylie Minogue and Stray Kids.
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Tickets:
Announcement – Tuesday 22nd April
Amex Presale® – Tuesday 29th April
Sponsor pre sale – Thursday 1st May
AEG/Royal Parks/Westminster pre sale: Thursday 1st May
General On Sale – begins 10am Friday 2nd May.