{"id":544784,"date":"2026-03-18T15:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544784\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:45:20","slug":"toronto-pub-transforming-into-peaky-blinders-pop-up-experience-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544784\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto pub transforming into &#8216;Peaky Blinders&#8217; pop-up experience this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pub in the heart of Toronto\u2019s Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood is being transformed into peak 1920s gangster cool this weekend in celebration of the release of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, a film that\u00a0continues the six-season legacy of the legendary Peaky Blinders Birmingham (England) street gang and its charismatic leader, Thomas Shelby.<\/p>\n<p>The movie landed in theatres March 6 for a brief theatrical run before it launches on Netflix Friday, with the immersive pop-up at Man of Kent (202 Ossington) turning the local into a richly detailed English hideaway inspired by the Garrison pub from the television show, complete with show-inspired cocktails and bites, a Peaky portrait studio, temporary tattoo parlour, and hidden \u2018easter eggs\u2019 that bring the Shelby legacy to life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"251\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-801572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/images-2026-03-18T093607.002.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The 19-plus pop-up runs from 6 p.m. until midnight on Friday, and then from noon until 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. And while there isn\u2019t a dress code, you can expect to see plenty of flat-top \u2018peaked\u2019 caps (hopefully without razor blades sewed in the brim, Peaky \u2018Blinders\u2019-style) and a sizable percentage of the city\u2019s tweed supply.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a free event but capacity is limited and entry is on a first come, first served basis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-801571\" class=\"wp-image-801571 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260313-man-of-kent-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Man of Kent pub on Ossington Avenue  is being transformed intoa Peaky Blinders experience this weekend\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-801571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peaky Blinders pop-up at Toronto\u2019s Man of Kent pub<\/p>\n<p>Peaky Blinders\u00a0follows gangster Thomas Shelby, played by Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy, in the aftermath of the First World War. The movie follows an older Tommy, now living in exile in the lead-up to WWII as he faces new enemies and tries to fix the mess his son (played by Oscar-nominated Barry Keoghan) made of the family legacy.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773848718_425_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>Amidst the chaos of war, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his own demons and choose whether to confront his legacy or burn it to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The cast also includes Rebecca Ferguson (Dune, A House of Dynamite), Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, The Hateful Eight), Sophie Rundle (After the Flood, Gentleman Jack) with Emmy winner Stephen Graham (Adolescence, Boiling Point).<\/p>\n<p>By order of the Peaky f*****g Blinders\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-801573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260313-man-of-kent-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Man of Kent pub on Ossington Avenue  is being transformed intoa Peaky Blinders experience this weekend\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 32,850 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,260,992 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    23 VOTES<br \/>\n    Have potholes damaged your vehicle in the past year?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pub in the heart of Toronto\u2019s Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood is being transformed into peak 1920s gangster cool&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-544784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}