There was an OFFICIAL Peaky Blinders festival in Birmingham

It all went down in Digbeth!

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 2nd Aug 2019
Last updated 7th Jan 2020

Peaky Blinders fans, rejoice! There's going to be an official festival to celebrate the premiere of the show's fifth season, which is due to air later this year. Although fans of the show put an unofficial festival together last year, it wasn't approved by show bosses, and now they've decided to do one for real.

Show creator Steven Knight has co-curated the festival, which will take place in Digbeth on 14th and 15th September this year, and will feature live music from bands who have contributed to the soundtrack across five stages.

Nadine Shah, Primal Scream, Slaves, Mike Skinner, and Anna Calvi are all on the list of performers, and there'll also be 200 actors recreating scenes from the show.

Steven Knight released a statement which read, "It will be a festival of live music, performance, poetry, immersive theatre and experiences which will celebrate the swagger of the men and women who walked these same Digbeth streets one hundred years ago.

"Along with the music line-up, we have the world-famous ballet Rambert performing a specially written and choreographed Peaky Blinders ballet. There will be fashion shows, street food, pop ups and bars including a reimagined Garrison Tavern.

"We will be celebrating in Birmingham style and everyone from around the world is invited. Expect the unexpected, expect 1919 to come crashing into 2019 and, be assured, everything is officially by order of the Peaky Blinders."

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There was an OFFICIAL Peaky Blinders festival in Birmingham
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This incredible event will precede the heavily-anticipated fifth season, which will see newcomer Sam Claflin join the cast as fascist leader Oswald Mosley, who has 'taken an interest' in main character Tommy Shelby.

Also set to join the Peaky Blinders cast is Line of Duty's Stephen Graham - but he won't be appearing in the fifth season; he'll be joining the show in either the sixth or seventh season.

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