The Rhondda Fach Gala Concerts were inaugurated in 2005 by promoter Cyril Jones and the Pontygwaith Regeneration Partnership & Stanleytown Action Group. The concert has since taken place annually at the Rhondda Fach Leisure Centre and features the excellent Pendyrus Male Choir alongside a sterling selection of prominent star vocalists. The gala concert gave rise to, and is now administered by, the Rhondda Fach Music Partnership.

Guest soloists have included Katherine Jenkins (2005), Rebecca Evans (2006/08/10), Shan Cothi (2007), John Owen Jones and Katy Treharne (2009). In 2011 the featured soloist will be star soprano Gwawr Edwards

Craig was the compere / host for the 2008, 2009 & 2010 performances, and also assisted the organisers with the development of a youth choral initiative which now runs alongside the concert.

This initiative takes the form of an annual competition aimed at offering local schools the opportunity to participate in the concert alongside the guest professional artists and the Pendyrus Male Choir.

The soloist of the 2010 Gala Concert was grammy award winning soprano Rebecca Evans.

This concert raised over £8000 for charitable causes, the five recipients of which were Rebecca's chosen charities Multiple Sclerosis and Shelter Cymru, and the Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Councillor Rob Smith's charities Help For Heroes, Macmillan Cancer Support and Diabetes Cymru.

Further information on past on past and present Rhondda Fach Gala Concerts, and other work of the Pontygwaith Regeneration partnership can be found at their own website www.pontygwaithregen.co.uk