Paul Anderson

thousands of Peaky Blinders Fans in the flat and flapper dresses came together to the TV drama of Boxing is The First official themes of The Festival , where The Attractions ranged from ballet to.

just A stone's throw from The Road , where The Real Peaky Blinders ' was The First crime recorded, 130 years ago, to complain about The Gang back to your lawn - masses, given by them, many dressed in the uniform of suits and a peaked cap, or bearded party dresses and feathered headbands.

thanks to The Hit TV series inspired by the original Birmingham Gangster, it is a gang. It is a strain.

The Show 's Creator Steven Knight said: "I spoke with a woman who said she would come out of LA. For The Day . The commitment is.

"Someone else, only the leg That was covered, Peaky Blinders -sign tattoos showed me. It is very humbling and gratifying That it had this effect on People . "

Kate Phillips , who plays Linda Shelby, who was also at The Event in Birmingham. "There's something about the visual style of The Show , the People , the excitement ignites, and it is something That you can contribute," She Said .

"you can participate. You can cut the hair, you can wear the Jersey, you can feel like a Peaky Blinder. And The Show itself is so atmospheric and So Cool That you kind of want to, to be a part of it. "

dedicated to The 15,000 Fans at the Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival on Saturday, as millions of viewers, was intoxicated by the mixture of the morally ambiguous mob drama, sepia atmosphere, sharp fashion and dark music of the modern era. The Festival ends tries on Sunday, for all That - a curious cross between a cosplay convention, historical re-enactment, hip and urban-music-festival.

singer Anna Calvi , who Show the film, wrote The Music for the current fifth season, all were United by their love.

"I like the idea That any two strangers can start talking and have this thing in common, be excited for the same reason. I think it's like going to see a football game or something," She Said . "I think That 's really Sweet . "

Fan Bina Taylor of Birmingham, carrying her said the 1920s, plasters,: "We love it, because it is in Birmingham, and we love The Accents , and of course we love the characters. We love Thomas Shelby , The Most beautiful, the one on the TV. But we love Polly as well. And, I think, to be honest, we love the violence. And to win The Underdog . "

Cillian Murphy who plays Tommy Shelby, is also one of The Attractions for Heidi Griffiths, from Worcester. "I was talking to a friend The Other day, and said, how do we want to win the Shelby's, even if you are a Gangster," She Said .

"We want to do That , you are always good. You play as badass characters so well. "

thanks to Netflix, The Show is a worldwide hit, and Fans came to The Festival from more. Linda Plueg travelling from Eindhoven in the Netherlands, said: "It is a great mood, and I like That so many People dressed up. "

her friend Charlotte Vermeij said you love "everything" about the TV Show - "the whole setting and The Music , it is very captivating".

she added: "It is great to see how Birmingham is also. It is not a city, so familiar in the Netherlands. "

The First day of The Festival took on a number of roads, halls, and bars in Digbeth, where the original gang roamed. Festival organizers said it would be like a step into The World of Shelby-brothers, but That was not entirely the case. For a start, it was Sunny.

dozens of actors in costumes have attempted to re-create The Gang of flowering time by playing the scenes in The Streets .

Outside a pub, and some drunken singing was interrupted by a woman who appeared at an upper window, and went on to have a blazing row with your husband, before you angry, threw his clothes on The Street - cheered on by enthusiastic spectators.

The Illusion was only shattered when several of the (real) Council refuse collector in hi-vis orange jackets, pushing a giant garbage bin on wheels in The Middle of the argument.

Other actors staged the equality of women in March, was so convincing That a few hundred festival visitors came raucous bawling is of the essence. A young woman, not in the period costume was so carried away That she pretends to be on The Verge of a heated confrontation with one of the olden-days police officers hold back demonstrators.

And a theatrical fight in a Boxing ring not gutted the army champion, against an apparent-hope underdog, the audience was roaring on the last round.

elsewhere, it was an odd clash of eras. Digbeth is now Cool in a dark kind of Way and is covered in Cartoon-Street -art would have amazed the original Peaky Blinders .

The main music stage will be built was That in a pay and display Car Park , where acts such as Liam Gallagher and Primal Scream and saw the unusual festival, the sight of a sea of gray caps in front of you.

A second stage hosted an appropriately melodramatic Peaky Blinders -themed ballet, Rambert dance company, whose artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer is a fan. Your soundtrack was a special 11-minute version of The Show ' s theme song Red Right Hand by Nick Cave .

On the same stage, Show -stars and-creators took part in a whistle-stop Q& A session, which lasted just over 20 Minutes for eight cast members, The Creator , executive producer and Director. The audience would have gladly listened to each speak for such a long time on your own.

It is tempting to ask what the original Peaky Blinders (and their victims) would did these crowds of People celebrated their heroes. What was The First recorded Peaky Blinders is a crime, signed, the action on The Street ? "It was so terrible," said Steven Knight . "You beat someone up to the order of ginger-beer in a pub. "

knight, grew up listening to tales of the Peaky Blinders of his parents, who lived in nearby Small Heath . The reality was less shiny than the TV Show , but he has no qualms about the creation of this cult from their reputation. "The People in the Small Heath has, glamorise they saw as a champion for their cause," he said.

"In one of the episodes, I said, 'you are bad People , but they are our bad People '. That was what was in the mind. "

Peaky Blinders continues on Bbc One at 21:00 BST on Sunday.

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