Bristol-Kendall Firemen put on a full day of activities each Independence Day, beginning with a morning parade and ending with a concert by the Yorkville American Legion Big Band and a huge public fireworks display. Another of Yorkville's annual attractions is the Riverfront Festival over Labor Day weekend featuring a carnival, free concerts, craft show, food, games and special events for everyone. The festival is held in, and was named for, the beautiful Riverfront Park. Merchants, the Chamber of Commerce and Countryside Shopping Center also present Trick or Treating at businesses and a costume contest on Halloween and also Christmas Walks each December. Fox Country Players, a community theater group begun in Yorkville presents two dinner theater performances each year.
Local residents round out the cast and crew for the performances.
The library offers a wealth of local and regional information for the professional researcher and avid history buff alike. Preschool story hours are offered throughout the year as well as a summer reading program for school-age children. The library also has photocopying, computer and typewriter access. Recent improvements include a CD-ROM index for accessing thousands of recent magazine articles. The Kendall County Historical Society operates Lyon Farm in rural Yorkville, one of the few actual working historical farms in Illinois.