Editing Festus, Missouri (section)

==In popular culture==
Festus is the home of the [[Alternative country|alt-country]] band [[The Bottle Rockets]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-bottle-rockets-mn0000092507/biography|title=The Bottle Rockets {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref>

The town is mentioned in the 1974 country song "[[(We're Not) The Jet Set]]," in which [[George Jones]] and [[Tammy Wynette]] sing about [[road trip]]ping around the Midwestern and Southern part of the United States in a [[Chevrolet]] while falling in love.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/we-re-not-the-jet-set-george-jones-and-tammy-wynette|title=(We're Not) The Jet Set|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref>

The ''[[Drunken Peasants]]'' podcast had a [[running gag]] in the form of a feud with Brett Keane, a [[YouTuber]] and resident of Festus.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/DrunkenPeasants|title=Drunken Peasants|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref> The feud involved satirizing and mocking Brett Keane, usually by referencing his speech patterns (such as his incessant use of the words "Individual", "Situation", and "Particular" and his frequent misquoting of common phrases), as well as creating many false personas under the guise of residents of Festus calling into the show and recounting fictitious, humorous encounters with Brett.<ref name=":0" />