I’ve built up a reasonable body of work and I’ve got an itch to perform this somehow. This only happened after jamming on those songs with Elektron gear. I was in a indie/rock band in the late 90s and really enjoyed performing.
The only thing is… I have no idea how to get gigs. I’m nearly 40, in London, and I’m making head down electronic music rather than bangers. Have I got any hope of finding a small gig? Halp
I’m sorry I have no idea how this is in the wrong category. Can a mod move it?
Promote a small night yourself. Find some freinds to help who also perform.
From personal experience (especially in London), this is the best approach. Find a pub or other venue that does live music, ask them if they have a night available, get some friends involved, and start promoting online and elsewhere. Either make the night cheap or free, to encourage people to come along, and have fun.
I suppose I could do that, it’s a good idea and could be good fun. It would be a lot of work, however. I wonder has anyone had any experience getting support slots etc?
It’s been my experience that you can buy your way into support slots, use personal leverage with close friends, etc. or establish yourself as a local with a track record and then seek support slots.
If you want to do a small gig in London, I have a few friends who are wanting to do something similar. Maybe we could form a collective. More people, more attendees.
I’m up for this. Where are you and your friends based? I’m in wimbledon
I’d also be interested, depending on style/genre fit of course. 
I’m in east London.
Well based in North Essex, and would easily be able to set something up locally, as there’s a few bars, clubs, and various ‘party spots’ thay would happily host, however I appreciate that Londoners don’t like to leave their bubble 
My friends are located in Tooting, Hackney, and Canary Wharf (somewhere), which I guess being in London, is pretty straightforward.
Genre wise I suppose techno/electronica fits. A beeter fit is music for people that don’t know if the sun has risen or if it’s still night time…
Doing your own gig is a great way to start! Also, in my experience, the way to get gigs is to go out a lot. Find other non-club electronic music nights in London and enjoy them. Keep an eye out for ones in which you could imagine your own sound “fitting in.” Become a familiar face; meet the promoters and artists. Ask more experienced performers for coffee or a beer to talk shop and see how they got their start.
Whether or not this is ideal, I feel like getting booked is at least in part a social task. That’s not to say people don’t get booked based on talent, but if you get to know promoters who are already into a similar sound to yours, that helps them recognize your talent and keeps you top of mind when they’re putting together a bill.
I quite got into putting on wildly contrasting acts immediately after each other. So watching the faces of people who’d just enjoyed a punky electro space riot trio then settling in for some Japanese avant-noodling on piano and voice was quite instructive. Don’t be afraid to mix and mismatch acts on a bill, especially in as cosmopolitan a place as London.
This x100.
Edit: Also, when I was running a fairly regular club night with live acts (set up mostly so my band and friends could get gigs), once it was established I would get all manner of people emailing asking for slots, most of which I would respond to politely but ultimately not book, simply because I had never met the people involved or had no idea if their performance would fit into any particular night. Be persistent, but pleasantly so, and interact with the aim of contributing to a genuine sense of community and it’ll be so much more worthwhile.
I’m in Stratford, so not far, and I’m not scared of leaving town… for short periods, anyway…
Been mostly making 130bpm electro recently so sounds like it could work. Definitely let me know if anything is on the cards.
45 mins down the A12!
What a cool phrase!
Top! 
Get a crew and throw your own gigs. Other gigs may follow.
Thanks for all the comments, I’ll have to start getting out and about I think.
NUoldNU, Finalform, I’m up for trying to get something together. I make I future garage type stuff I guess. My soundcloud with a few bits is here: https://soundcloud.com/krdelta
What do you think? Up for teaming up and finding a venue in centra London somewhere? Probably looking at August at this point
Yeah cool. I’ll make some enquiries this week and see if I can get some interested heads