Imagine Lennon Live brings its John Lennon tribute to The Mill at Rockdale Jan. 16

Scot Arch's Lennon show, usually booked into rooms more than twice the size, lands in Aston's arts-district mill on a Saturday in January.

Most nights, the John Lennon tribute Imagine Lennon Live plays bigger rooms than this. On Saturday, January 16, it plays an old mill building along Chester Creek, and that changes the math in the audience's favor.

Imagine Lennon plays The Mill at Rockdale in Aston, Pa., on Saturday, January 16, 2027, at 8 p.m. Tickets run $20–$140 through Tixr, and the date was announced October 15.

Imagine Lennon Live is fronted by Scot Arch, who sings and plays Lennon's parts on guitar, keyboards and harmonica, according to a New Jersey Stage listing for a 2024 show at the Lizzie Rose Music Room in Tuckerton. The full production has toured with a horn section: a Lancaster County Magazine listing billed it as "Imagine Lennon Live w/The Instant Karma Horn Section." The show has been working this region steadily, with a return to Tuckerton in August 2026 and a November 2025 benefit in Havertown that raised money for Texas flood victims.

The room is the story for Wilmington-area readers. The Mill at Rockdale sits at 3100 Mount Road in Aston Township, in a private section of a historic industrial complex along the West Branch of Chester Creek that is also home to artists and craftspeople, just off I-95 between Philadelphia and Wilmington. In 2021, Aston Township worked with the state to rezone the old mill town of Rockdale as an arts district, and the venue was developed by Mike Gaydos and Jill Diamond with partner Jared Loss, who runs a music school in the same building, Technical.ly reported. The founders said they wanted to help people get back to seeing music live after the pandemic.

It is also small. Event-booking site PartySlate lists the space at about 200 standing, while Imagine Lennon's usual headline rooms run around 491. That gap is the reason to go: a full-band Lennon show in a room where nobody is far from the stage.

A full-band Lennon show in a room where nobody is far from the stage.

The wide ticket range, $20 at the low end and up to $140, means there are options for a casual night out or a closer seat. Tickets are on sale now through the venue's Tixr page.

Who is this for? Anyone who grew up on Lennon's songs and wants to hear them played loud by a band, and anyone curious about the Rockdale mill who hasn't made the drive yet. A Saturday in mid-January, with the holidays behind everyone, is a good night to find out.

Bundle up, find Mount Road, and plan on singing along.

Sources: Lizzie Rose Music Room Presents Imagine Lennon Live — New Jersey Stage (newjerseystage.com); Imagine Lennon Live at Lizzie Rose Music Room, 2026-08-22 — New Jersey Stage (newjerseystage.com); Imagine Lennon Live w/The Instant Karma Horn Section — Lancaster County Magazine (lancastercountymag.com); Kelly Center Imagine Lennon Live Texas Flood Victim Benefit — Patch (patch.com); The Mill is bringing live music to Aston — Technical.ly (technical.ly); The Mill at Rockdale — PartySlate (partyslate.com); Imagine Lennon Live — The Mill at Rockdale (Tixr) (tixr.com); Imagine Lennon at The Mill at Rockdale — JamBase (jambase.com)