How did you get to play on your first gig?
And where was it ?
My first gig was a high school dance second gig was the high school prom. I offered my services thats how I got those gigs.
I played at friends house parties and a few years later (once I could actually mix proper) I approached a club and asked for a gig.
They told me to come and play on a Wednesday open decks night. I did and grew my experience from there.
At a house party almost 10 years ago
All I had was a laptop with Virtual DJ and some dope ‘Trance’ Tunes 
My first sets in the DJ booth were at dance studio weekly parties (think “ballroom dancing” only with different music). I had a better collection of mix tapes than everyone else, so I brought them and played music. Within 3 months I was DJing those parties weekly. I bought more music, and was asked to play at different studios around town.
As a community, the dance studios would take over clubs mid week and sometimes we got to provide our own music. So I started playing in some local dance halls on mid-week nights. That lead to some fill in gigs for the resident DJs. Having seen me play for a few months, they knew that I was “good enough” and that I absolutely did not want to take their job…so I was trusted to fill in on weekends. 
I was asked to do my first wedding about a year after I started DJing studio parties. None of that was planned…it just sort of happened. 
All of this is AWESOME just had to give my two worthless cents
But I’m all for the community thing and from what I read I think that is quite an brilliant thing!
Went out and met people at the places I hoped to DJ at, then I got to DJ there.
was Sound Tech at college for student center. Ended up buying a controller and kept bugging the programmers for a shot. Got it, rocked it, and off it went
I tried going around to clubs and meeting people which lead to some great connections, but no bookings. Still working this route.
Met a girl on Tinder who works in PR. We hung out a few times, stayed friendly, and when she heard of an opening she recommended me. Never how I expected my first gig lol.
^^ this, have changed countries a few times and always ended up getting gigs this way.
I started organising events before I started DJing so naturally I allready knew party organisers before I’ve ever even touched a crossfader. One of those friends heard me playing when I was practising and hired me for a new-comer’s night in a club. Since I wasn’t that bad I was able to play again at a different event from the same crew some weeks later. Since people liked my style I got more offers from different organisers and then it set off nearly by itself…
Simply by chance. Was just a word of mouth and me being available when the opportunity struck!
Worked as a bartender in a local bar. One night the DJ was sick (or he had a date, or was drunk, or didn’t care), he called too late to get another DJ, so the owner asked if I could play since he liked my music taste. I had not time to go home for my records, but played the 20 records that where in the booth. It sort of worked.
First party gig: Friend was having a party at his farm, heard I had some turntables and invited me to play
First paid gig: Drum N Bass show at Clockwork’s Milk Bar in Cincinnati.
First Club Gig: Drai’s Las Vegas (When it was in Bills) 2010
I got to spin at a lot of rather big name clubs in Chicago because one of my best friends was already an established DJ in the city.. So he would have a night, and he would tell me to bring my USB so I could throw some tracks with him… So I did that for a bit until I got the hang of it. Once I did that, I started to mingle with people in the scene who run parties and have the power to book DJs, so I started getting gigs here and there. It’s still a growing process of course, I’m not one who plays out 3 times a week… yet 
Did a bunch of house parties, name got around, did coke with a club owner, boom!..this was 1997…
I literally DJed a lot of college parties for free. Gave me a lot of experience
I got to do my first gig at a house party thanks to a mate whose currently booked DJ had to cancel. The party itself could not of gone better and I’m now doing that kind of thing as a part time just to get a nice bit of cash here and there.
Off mix posted to soundcloud
first mix i ever uploaded to soundcloud…a friend posted it on facebook… a day later i got a msg from a well known DJ in my city who ran a weekly, and asked if i wanted a guest spot. smashed my set and that was that 
… never saw it coming!
Handing out 30 min mixes on cd at local bars, also, we were fucking awesome.