Olympics Festival: Hyde Park

Hyde Park
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This event ended on Saturday 11th of August 2012
Admission
Many events are free. BT London Live Opening Ceremony Celebration Concert are on sale now priced at £60
Venue Information
Hyde Park
, W2 3XA
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Lancaster Gate 0.49 miles

BT London Live have launched the Free To Access programme of events at Hyde Park, with a very special performance from Tom Jones scheduled for July 28th.

Visitors to BT London Live Hyde Park 28 July -11 August will get the chance to:

· Enjoy live music on the Main Stage from some of the UK’s best loved acts presented by Absolute Radio and Magic 105.4

· Have-a-go at your favourite sports including Tennis, Lacrosse, Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Cricket and many more delivered by Sport England and national sporting bodies

· Watch all the action from the London 2012 Games on 4 Giant Screens

· Catch up and coming live music acts on the Bandstand Stage

· Kick back with a drink after work in the al-fresco BT London Live Sports Bars

There will be three options for entry into BT London Live at Hyde Park:

1. The Opening and Closing Ceremony Celebration Concerts at Hyde Park on July 27 and August 12 will be ticketed. Tickets will be available via btlondonlive.com.

2. Walk in on the day – all BT London Live dates except the two Celebration Concerts in Hyde Park will offer free access, with people able to turn up on the day, subject to capacity. Hyde Park and Victoria Park will also offer 'Guaranteed Entry Tickets' for access before 2pm – see below.

3. Guaranteed Entry Tickets – up to four tickets per person will be available to be booked, in advance, for entry into BT London Live Hyde Park or BT London Live Victoria Park, before 2pm, on a specified day. A transaction fee of £3.50 will apply per booking. Registration via btlondonlive.com will be required for these tickets. These tickets will not be available for the Opening and Closing Ceremony Celebration Concerts. Times of access will differ in Victoria Park on the days of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and at Hyde Park on Saturday 4 and Tuesday 7 August due to Triathlon events taking place in Hyde Park.

Many more announcements for Free To Access days will be made over the coming days and weeks, so keep checking back!

Previously, Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Duran Duran and Paolo Nutini have been announced as the headliners for the BT London Live Opening Ceremony Celebration Concert in Hyde Park on 27 July.

Friday 27 July will see the launch of BT London Live, a partnership between the Mayor of London, The Royal Parks and The London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and a key part of the citywide programme of events being organised by the Mayor of London to celebrate the London 2012 Games. Throughout the Olympic Games, BT London Live is offering plenty of opportunities for the public to catch London 2012 sporting action live on big screens and enjoy some top-flight entertainment for free.

The BT London Live Opening Ceremony Celebration Concert staged in London’s Hyde Park on Friday 27 July presents a multi-talented headline bill, with live performances from some of the biggest acts in the UK, from all four corners of Great Britain. Live on stage will be multi-million album selling Snow Patrol, BRIT Award-winning Stereophonics, pop superstars Duran Duran and acclaimed singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini.

This massive open-air celebration concert coincides with the key opening moment of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Opening Ceremony. Not only will the thousands of ticket-holders in Hyde Park see some of the UK’s biggest bands exclusively live on stage, but performances will be timed so that they will also be able to enjoy live coverage, courtesy of the BBC, of the London 2012 Opening Ceremony from the Olympic Park on giant screens. The full coverage of the Opening Ceremony from the Olympic Park will also be shown on selected screens.

At the same time, BT London Live Victoria Park, in Tower Hamlets will broadcast the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in full on two giant screens. BT London Live Victoria Park is free to access with guaranteed entry tickets available soon.

The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, screened by the BBC will feature the parade of athletes, the playing of the Olympic Anthem, entry and raising of the Olympic Flag and finally the lighting of the Cauldron with the Olympic Flame.

Tickets for the BT London Live Opening Ceremony Celebration Concert are on sale now priced at £60.00 plus booking fees, and are available from www.btlondonlive.com/tickets.

As previously announced, three iconic open-air locations, Hyde Park, Victoria Park and Trafalgar Square will be transformed this summer to offer hundreds of thousands of Londoners and visitors to the city the chance to join in the excitement of the biggest sporting event on the planet – the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

As well as giant state of the art screens for crowds to watch live action from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, each location will provide a stunning backdrop for a variety of entertainment and attractions for people of all ages, including live music, outdoor arts and performance, plus opportunities to try out different sports.

In addition, one of Britain’s best bands - Blur - winners of the prestigious Outstanding Contribution Award at the Brit Awards 2012, are the headline act for the Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert, a unique event marking the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

BT London Live are pleased to welcome Damon Albarn, Alex James, Graham Coxon and Dave Rowntree, aka Blur, for this milestone performance. It will be Blur’s single major live performance in 2012 and sees them back onstage in Hyde Park following their legendary sold-out dates of Summer 2009.

Joining Blur on this 'Best of British' line up will be New Order and The Specials with a Special Guest to be announced soon.

Opening times for the Opening Ceremony Celebration Concert are 4pm - 12.30am.

Opening times for the Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert are 2.30pm - 12.30am.

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