The mainstreaming of darts as popular entertainment as well as elite sport moves on apace this summer as the tungsten titans join the festival circuit at Hyde Park’s ‘Open House’ later this year.
World number one Luke Humphries and World Champion Luke Littler will headline the BST Hyde Park Darts Championship.
Dutch superstar Michael van Gerwen and former Women’s World Matchplay champion Fallon Sherrock complete the line up of four of the sport’s biggest names will take to the famous Great Oak Stage on Tuesday July 8, as they prepare to do battle.
The event – part of Hyde Park’s Open House summer festival – will also see Humphries, Littler, Van Gerwen and Sherrock take part in a Pro-Am doubles tournament alongside special guests Olly Murs, Roman Kemp and Dion Dublin.
The constant quest to put darts and its star names in front of different audiences, whether it be an emrait dessert or a leafy London park is reaping rewards as the game becomes more popular and less easily derided.
“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,” said PDC Chief Executive Matt Porter.
“It is 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.”
Tickets for the Hyde Park Darts Championship will go on sale from 1000 BST on Friday May 2, with further information available here.
We look forward to seeing where our game’s leading lights pop up next…..
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