Current projects
- The Brass Junkies – horn section for 90’s Daughter and Red Hot Winter (2017-present)
- Broad Daylight – formerly The Emma Lacefield Trio (2022-present)
- DACC Pep Band (2019-present)
- New Orleans Jazz Machine (2022-present, not on all gigs)
- Steve Meadows Solo Acoustic (2007-present)
- Ther’Up.Y (2024-present, not on all gigs)
- The Vine Street Syncopators (2020-present)
Former projects
Acoustic Karaoke (2009-2010), Amy and the Gang/Amy Mitchell Band (2022-2023), Bones Jugs+ (2016-2019), Bumps on a Log (2012-2016), Carnivale Debauche+ (2010-2012), Church Street Ramblers+ (2011-2021), Emma Farbman/Steve Meadows Acoustic Duo (2023), The Jaybirds+ (2017-2022), Late Night (2009), Missing the Point (2001-2012), The Prairie Dogs (2012-2019), Uncle Boff’s Discount JamBox (2007-2010), WJCM (2015). As a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Steve performed with: UIUC Bridgewater Combo+ (2014-2015), UIUC Jazz Saxophone Ensemble+(2012-2013, 2014-2015), UIUC Jazz Trombone Ensemble+ (2013-2014), UIUC Jazz Trombone 2 Ensemble (2012-2013), UIUC Jazz Vocal Ensemble+ (2013-2014), UIUC Latin Jazz Ensemble+ (2015-2016).
+Group still active as of 2024
Orchestral
Steve has performed (on tenor banjo) with The Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra (2017) and Sinfonia da Camera (2024).
Theatre
Steve has done pit work (banjo, bass, guitar, mandolin, ukulele) for numerous productions. Companies include: Danville Area Community College, Lyric Theatre (UIUC), Illini Student Musicals (UIUC), Little Theatre on the Square*, Millikin University, Nashville Repertory Theatre*, Parkland College, Station Theatre.
*Equity Theatre
