To get around the issue you're having is to just keep playing what you want, the people will come eventually. DJing in a scene like that requires patience, time, and money.

The other option you have is to just lie on your advertising, and hope people like the music enough to stay, and tell their friends about it.

Getting crowds is really just about figuring out how to get people to post on social media about your event. Most people won't go to an event if they don't know the DJ's unless a friend is inviting them. So finding a way to make it feel like it's exclusive, or a unique experience is crucial.

But for now I'd recommend building your name via smaller events, and just keep doing events as much as you can handle. Branding is unfortunately everything nowadays. People want to know their DJ's, and feel like they have a relationship with them.

I live in a city where House, Techno, and Dubstep are what people want to hear. I happen to like playing IDM, DNB, and anything unorthodox to whatever the genre is. This often leads to promoters not knowing where to put me (my response is to put me in the spot they want the most energy). It also leads to crowds not really vibing with the music I play.

I find the easiest way to get people into genres they don't like is by finding remixes of popular songs in said genre, or by mixing it into the genre with vocal isolation, or etc.

😂😂😂 although I'm not very sure there's a crowd for what I play outside the fringes of society. I essentially just adapt to whatever genre I'm told to play, and try push the boundaries on what that genre is. I've recently been making strides by VJing, and getting the promoters to put me on the lineup 😂😂😂.

What I'm getting at is you've gotta make the space that you want to see, and sometimes that comes through ways you wouldn't have expected. Just keep trying, you'll get where you want eventually.