The largest visual arts museum in the American Southwest is turning back the clock to 1920s Birmingham, with candlelight, the Peaky Blinders soundtrack and 1920s dress encouraged

Phoenix is about as far from Shelby’s Birmingham, as you can get. Think desert sunsets instead of industrial skylines, palm trees instead of cobblestones. But now, the world of Peaky Blinders is making its way to the Valley, as Candlelight: Peaky Blinders brings the series’ brooding soundtrack to Phoenix Art Museum’s Whiteman Hall, with thousands of candles setting the scene.

It’s the latest addition to Candlelight’s growing lineup of tributes. After Disney Princess, WB Horror and The Lord of the Rings, things are about to get a lot moodier.

Need a refresher? Peaky Blinders is the BBC drama created by Steven Knight that ran for six seasons, from 2013 to 2022. It follows Tommy Shelby and his family through 1920s Birmingham, an industrial city in England’s West Midlands, just after World War I. And the story didn’t stop there: it returned in 2026 with the film The Immortal Man.

Then there’s the music. The show is known for pairing its period setting with modern rock, which makes it a natural fit for dark, powerful arrangements by candlelight. You’ll hear “Red Right Hand” by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the show’s opening theme, and Arctic Monkeys’ “Do I Wanna Know?” Sounds like a plan, right?

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The concert runs about an hour, surrounded by thousands of candles. There’s no dress code, but if your newsboy cap has been waiting for the right occasion (we know it has), this is it.

Dates and tickets haven’t been announced yet, so join the waitlist to be first in line. Waitlist members get presale access before tickets go on sale to the public, which means you hear the news before everyone else does.

From the desert to the Shelbys, Phoenix is about to get a different kind of heat. Candlelight: Peaky Blinders brings the series’ brooding soundtrack to Whiteman Hall, offering fans a chance to hear the music that defined the show without leaving town. Phoenix, consider this your invitation to join the waitlist and get in on the Shelby family business — by order of the Peaky Blinders.