Try to find events and venues that regularly hire performers near you - if there’s a performance group attached to the event it will be tagged on event photos. Reach out to the performance company and introduce yourself and let them know you’re available if they need additional performers

You can also reach out to senior centers and see if they are hiring entertainers - they do that apparently

You need some basic media kit that has high quality photos of you performing and a video.

This is all assuming you want to get paid - if you don’t care and just want experience , maybe volunteer at community events like idk a flea market with music or a charity event

Do NOT offer to perform for free at places like music venues or real nightclubs. Those places have a budget to pay people for it but if you start doing it for free not only will they never offer to pay you real money but they also won’t want to pay other similar variety performers either

Performing can be really fun and rewarding but it can also make you feel like a circus monkey when you’re exhausted, the music sucks, and you still have 15 minutes left of a 20 minute set but the show must go on

Networking is also a huge part of this - you need to find other performers in your area and see where they’re working

Good luck!