I think it's cool. The central cultural district basically closes the streets for 9 days and everybody gets drunk from noon till whenever and listens to some of the worlds best music. Everyone from Willie Nelson to Bloc Party to Ziggy Marley to And They Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead to Autechre. Until this year I've been a couch crasher for it, but now I live here and can go to whatever show I want(if I can get in).