Inside the chapel: carved wooden pulpit, pipe organ, curved balcony and original box pews

Chapel Wales · A Founding Invitation

We saved the building.
Now, let's open the doors.

A restored 19th-century Welsh chapel, reborn as a hub for live music, culture, and technology. We're inviting 500 founders to open the doors with us — and write their name into its next chapter.

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The Manifesto

For over a century, this chapel was a place where a community gathered, sang, and listened. When its doors finally closed, it faced the fate of so many of Wales' great buildings — silence, then decay.

We refused to let that happen. We saved the stone, the timber, and the acoustics that make this room extraordinary. But a building saved is not the same as a building alive.

The chapel interior: carved wooden pulpit, pipe organ, curved balcony and box pews — The chapel today — pulpit, organ and original pews, awaiting restoration.

“We could have sought a single commercial investor. Instead, we're choosing 500 founders — because a place built by a community should belong to one.”

This is an invitation to be part of something rare: not a ticket, not a donation, but a stake in a living institution where music, ideas, and technology meet under sacred arches.

The Custodians

Two people. One belief — that this place still has something to say.

Irfon

Technology & Vision

A technologist and entrepreneur with a background building AI products, Irfon brings the innovation layer — turning a heritage venue into a place where the future is rehearsed, not just remembered.

Black and white portrait of Ian, co-founder, against a stone wall

Ian

Music & Programming

A working musician whose career runs through the heart of British rock — including years with Kasabian — Ian curates the sound of the chapel, from intimate sessions to headline nights.

Ian performing live on drums with Kasabian under blue stage lights

The Opening · Free Ticket

An intimate first night: Ian and Friends.

While the chapel is being lovingly restored, we're taking the music on the road. Join us for a free, stripped-back evening with Ian and Friends at a nearby venue — a taste of what's to come. Limited capacity. Claim your ticket and join the list to be first to know the date and location.

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