Look at what's on Loretto's community calendar between now and mid-December and nearly every event comes with a meal. There's a soup-and-sandwich supper, a sausage-and-biscuit breakfast, two dinner shows, a fundraiser soup supper, a brunch with Santa and a pancake breakfast with Santa. Most of these events are about sitting down to eat.
The We Are Loretto community calendar shows nine listings, and almost all of them are built around food. Planning the season means knowing which tables need a phone call ahead of time and which Saturday has more seatings than one day can fit.
Here is the calendar, starting the day after this post goes up.
| Date | Event | Where | What's on the table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri., Nov. 13, 4 to 8 p.m. | Christmas Marketplace, day one | Loretto Methodist Church | Soup-and-sandwich supper |
| Sat., Nov. 14, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Christmas Marketplace, day two | Loretto Methodist Church | Sausage-and-biscuit breakfast |
| Sat., Nov. 14, lobby opens 5 p.m. | 7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Tribute | The Stone Theater at Keestone | Dinner show |
| Sun., Nov. 15, 3 p.m. | LHS Alumni Association Community Interest Meeting | Loretto High School Library | No meal listed |
| Tue., Nov. 17, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. | LHS Virtual Enterprise Soup Supper | Loretto High School Library | Soup supper fundraiser |
| Tuesdays through Dec. 29, 5 to 7 p.m. | Bingo | Hardee's | Bingo at the restaurant |
| Sat., Dec. 5, 10:30 a.m. | Brunch with Santa | Keestone Resort & Spa | Brunch, by reservation |
| Sat., Dec. 5, lobby opens 5 p.m. | Rockland Road Christmas Show | The Stone Theater at Keestone | Dinner show |
| Sat., Dec. 12, 8 to 11 a.m. | Breakfast with Santa | St. Joe Civic Center | Pancake, bacon and sausage buffet |
Friday Supper and Saturday Biscuits on Commerce Street
The season starts at Loretto Methodist Church, 213 W. Commerce Street. The church's Annual Christmas Marketplace opens Friday, November 13, from 4 to 8 p.m. and picks back up Saturday, November 14, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
According to the event listing, the shopping covers Christmas decorations, gift items, canned goods, fully decorated trees, wreaths, ornaments and baked goods. Friday comes with a soup-and-sandwich supper, and Saturday morning brings a sausage-and-biscuit breakfast. Meals are by donation, and veterans eat free.
Your two days give you two different visits. Friday evening is shopping plus supper after work. On Saturday morning you get breakfast and first pick of anything left from Friday, since the marketplace closes at 2 p.m. If a fully decorated tree is what you're after, the Friday opening at 4 p.m. is the earliest you can get to the trees.
That Saturday has a second meal. In the evening, the season moves west of town to ground that used to be a golf course.
The Theater on the Old Glenrock Ground
Keestone Resort & Spa sits at 150 Clubhouse Drive, and the street name gives away the history. In 2017, Lawrenceburg Now reported that Keestone Properties, led by CEO William Keelon, had bought 88 acres of the original 130-acre Glenrock golf course property west of Loretto for the project. WHNT reported that the resort opened in December 2019 and resumed events in July 2020 after pandemic cancellations.
Holiday visitors mostly come for The Stone Theater, which is open to the public and can seat up to 600 people. Every dinner show runs on the same schedule:
- 5:00 p.m., the Grand Lobby opens
- 5:30 p.m., a guided group tour of Keestone Resort
- 6:00 p.m., theater doors open for dinner seating
- 7:15 p.m., showtime
So a show billed for the evening actually takes up most of it. If you only want the music, the 7:15 curtain is the time to watch. If you've been curious about what was built on the old golf ground, the 5:30 tour is part of the evening.
The two sections of the house get different food. Dinner-show seats include a meal prepared by Keestone's culinary staff and served stage side, and balcony seats come with a drink and a snack. Both 2026 shows have a two-ticket minimum.
On Saturday, November 14, the show is 7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Tribute. That means a household can do the Methodist breakfast in the morning and a theater dinner that night, with both of the season's first two meals on the same Saturday.
Online tickets go through Agile Ticketing, which charges a service fee that rises with the ticket price, from $2 per ticket on tickets under $11 to $7 per ticket on tickets of $80 and up. Buying at the box office or by phone avoids the fee. With a two-ticket minimum, that's at least two fees per online order, so calling 931-853-3303 is the cheaper way to buy.
Keestone also has a regular weekend dining option apart from the shows. In its July 2026 business spotlight, We Are Loretto listed The Stonehouse Restaurant at the resort as open Friday and Saturday evenings, serving Southern-inspired food, cocktails and mocktails, with reservations encouraged at the same 931-853-3303 number. Those hours date to the summer, so it's worth confirming when you call about holiday seating.
Tuesday Soup at the High School Library
Between the two big Saturdays, the season's meals are smaller and closer to the center of town. On Tuesday, November 17, the Loretto High School Virtual Enterprise program holds a Soup Supper fundraiser from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Loretto High School Library at 525 2nd Ave S. It's a weeknight supper with an early cutoff, and it's an easy way to support a student program without planning the evening around it.
Tuesday evenings also have a regular event. Hardee's in Loretto hosts bingo from 5 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday, and the calendar carries it through December 29, which covers every Tuesday of the season, including the week of Christmas.
December 5 Has More Seatings Than One Evening Can Hold
The first Saturday in December is the day that takes planning, because three events land on it and two of them start at the same hour.
10:30 a.m., Brunch with Santa at Keestone
Keestone Resort & Spa hosts Brunch with Santa at 10:30 a.m., and the event listing says Santa will arrive by helicopter and guests can expect to see their favorite holiday characters. Reservations are by phone at 931-853-3303. For children, the helicopter arrival is the reason to be seated on time.
5:00 p.m., Rockland Road Christmas Show at The Stone Theater
The same evening, The Stone Theater hosts the Rockland Road Christmas Show on the standard dinner-show schedule, with the lobby opening at 5 p.m. and the show at 7:15. Rockland Road is a family band of six Martins. Paul and Jamie Martin began performing with their four children in 2010.
5:00 p.m., the Lawrence County Christmas Parade in Lawrenceburg
At the same hour, downtown Lawrenceburg hosts the 71st Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade. The Lawrence County Advocate reports that this year's theme is "Gingerbread Village," with Sunday, December 6, at 5 p.m. as the rain date. The parade's sponsor is Loretto Telecom.
Put those together and a Loretto household has to choose that evening. The parade and the Rockland Road lobby both open at 5 p.m., in two different towns. You can easily pair the brunch with either evening event, but not the parade with the dinner show. The parade's rain date offers one exception. If weather pushes the parade to Sunday, December 6, someone who wants both could go to Rockland Road on Saturday and the parade on Sunday. The firm date is the one on the theater ticket.
St. Joe Takes the Last Saturday With Pancakes
The last Saturday event on the calendar is in St. Joseph. On Saturday, December 12, the St. Joe Civic Center hosts Breakfast with Santa from 8 to 11 a.m., with a buffet of pancakes, bacon and sausage. The meat comes from Stutts Custom Cuts, and the morning includes pictures with Santa and crafts.
It's also the only event on the calendar with a posted per-person price. Children 3 and under eat free, ages 4 through 8 pay $10, and ages 9 and up pay $15. Proceeds go toward replacing playground equipment. For a family of four with two kids in the middle age bracket, that comes to $50. Families who missed the helicopter brunch on December 5 get a second chance at Santa on December 12, at an earlier hour. The meal is simpler, and the money goes to a playground.
If you'd like to know where your own place on Commerce Street, Clubhouse Drive or out toward St. Joseph fits into Loretto's market, I'm happy to talk it through over coffee after the holidays, or before them if you'd rather. Heidi Osterheld works across Loretto and the rest of Lawrence County. Let's Connect.
