past artists to perform at Layabout include (in chronological order):
- caUSE co-MOTION!
- the fake accents/face accidents (x2)
- the besties (x2)
- reid johnson (schooner, x2)
- americans in france (x3)
- the cannanes
- the wigg report (x5)
- hacienda
- soft company (x2)
- the faintest ideas
- the young untold
- the ex-lovers
- neil halstead (mojave 3/slowdive)
- schooner (x2)
- nathan oliver (
solo)
- the lucksmiths
- averkiou
- glissade
- the beets (x2)
- air waves (x3)
- brimstone howl
- real estate
- the monument club
- polynya
- waumiss
- venice is sinking
- kurt heasley (lilys)
- sam grindstaff (titans of filth)
- charlie gansa (guv'ner)
- box elders
- midtown dickens (x2)
- thomas function (x2)
- yussuf jerusalem
- spider bags (x6)
- floating action
- the huguenots
- pinche gringo (x3)
- GTRS
- dan melchior und das menace (x2)
- the music tapes
- the weight
- the goddamn rattlesnake
- jason anderson (wolf colonel)
- cassis orange (x3)
- cantwell, gomez & jordan
- nodzzz
- beaters
- just friends
- so cow
- pink flag (x3)
- hiss golden messenger
- viking moses!
- golden ghost
- butterflies
- stu mclamb (the love language)
- lost in the trees
- last year's men (x4)
- wild wild geese (x3)
- church of my love
- the humms
- nobunny
- cosmonauts
- cm stain
- apache
- jeremy blair from effingham
- the dry heathens
- the goodnight loving
- nervous systems
- byrds of paradise (x2)
- eux autres
- tennis
- hammer no more the fingers
- the super vacations
- the capstan shafts
- whatever brains
- john wesley coleman III (x2)
- humble tripe
- lovers
- mount moriah
- brainbows (x3)
- the young
- prisms
- los naturales (x2)
- sundials
- white laces
- the big picture
- luego
- magik markers
- sic alps
- fan modine
- dom
- zoos of berlin
- rainbow nerd
- gold-bears
- paint fumes
- america hearts
- the whines
- beloved binge
- bad cop
- mickey
- rayon beach
- grandfather
- bridget & the squares
- antibubbles
- flower orgy
- alex bleeker and the freaks
- concern
- advance base
in addition to which, craig layabout has helped with booking and/or promoting shows elsewhere for these fine artists:
- the smittens
- the pains of being pure at heart
- americans in france
- minchia
- znth (x2)
- still flyin' (x2)
- air waves (x2)
- the beets (x3)
- harlem (x2)
- tv ghost
- wizzard sleeve
- liquor store
- highest power
- wild wild geese
- grave babies
- hunx & his punx
- jaill
- jeff the brotherhood
- juicebo # # #
- mickey
- natural child
- shannon & the clams
- so cow
- spider bags (x2)
- sunglasses
- teengirl fantasy
- thomas function
- white mystery
- woven bones
- rayon beach
- a giant dog
- bare wires
- the julies
- dexter romweber & the new romans
- john wesley coleman iii
- last year's men
- pinche gringo & the lovely sarita
- the wigg report
- state champion (x2)
- los naturales (x2)
- whatever brains
- the humms
- fan modine
- the big picture
- timmy tumble & the tumblers
- brainbows
- shepherds
- gardens
