That Could Be Either Community Service Or Professional Sometimes venues in this category do pay something, but sometimes they don't. Remember, if they don't pay anything, they should at least offer you an opportunity to make your name and contact information readily available to your audience in hopes that it will lead to future paying gigs. Build a relationship with your local museum. Perhaps you can persuade them to hire you to entertain at an exhibit opening. Hospitals often have programs to bring entertainment in to cheer up patients and their visitors.
Retirement communities are homes where still-healthy senior citizens reside.
Often, these places will sponsor regular parties for their residents. These are places where people who need more extensive medical care live. They too often try to arrange programs to keep their residents and visitors from becoming too bored. Approach a school in your neighborhood with an offer to do a special presentation about Middle Eastern dance for their students. Depending on the size of the group and their ages, you could spend some time with a short lecture, some with a brief performance, and some with teaching them how to do some simple moves.