The guy on the Fulks board from Lawrence, KS (where the festival is taking place) makes it sound ok (I myself actually wouldn't want to move there...too far from the mountains and ocean):
lawrence...
first of and foremost, it's the home of the kansas jayhawks. seeing a basketball game in allen fieldhouse is a must.
it's got a terrific music scene that surely tops any other midwest college town. it's got the bottleneck, the replay lounge, the granada, and for the bigger shows, liberty hall. all downtown.
the downtown's nice. local shops and restaurants line mass street. rudy's pizza, free state brewery and la familia are good eats.
drawbacks ... it's a college town. maybe i'm getting old, i've been here 7 years now, but the crowds at shows tend to run high on the "hipster" scale i guess. it keeps me from some shows, but not all.
it's a nice place though, worth a visit.