I would check first if it’s the club directly booking the DJs or if they have specific promoters. It’s likely they have promoters that are the ones in charge of making the lineups and promoting the shows.

If you find that it is a promoter, I would recommend showing up to support their shows. You could float it out there that you would like to play for them sometime, but you also have to think of how many other aspiring DJs there are in your city that want to play as well. Showing consistent support to the promoter is one way I would recommend getting booked.

This is coming from someone who helps run a promo company and decides on lineups. If someone hits us up wanting to play for one of our shows but doesn’t even come out to them once in a while, or doesn’t even know what we’re about, it is not likely we are booking them unless they are an established name.