Part 2 - BOOKING YOURSELF FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE - Finding Gigs.

I suggests you identify the kind of gigs for which you are most appropriate. Don't mix messages of who you are, it can be fatal to your "branding".

Pick one kind of gig to research, ask your fans, and in your email lists to call the venue and request they hire you.
Put surveys on your website and social networks.

Check out venue websites, see who they've booked that would have an audience similar to yours. Then check the websites of those artists to see where else they have performed.

Ask your fans to tell you about bands that are similar to yours.
Find them online, check their calendars to see where they perform. Those venues might be a great match for you, too. Use website resources too.

Use organizations and events than can refer venues or showcase you to entertainment buyers.

Trade referrals with like-bands and artists. Offer to introduce them to a venue in exchange for them doing the same. Find out the typical price range they get.

Find out whether or not the venue expects YOU to draw the crowd. Don't disappoint them by building false expectations.
CREATE A BUZZ

Develop a local fan base in no more than 4 or 5 regional locations. Start from the center and gradually expand in concentric circles. Try to come back to play again about once a month.

Contact venues where you are getting radio airplay, offer to do radio and TV interviews to promote shows, do your homework before you make your calls, know what to say when you do make the call.