1. DO you think the place will exploded if you play the “folk music”, if the answer, yes…
go ahead and swallow your pride and play them
Its only a beginning of your career and you already picky to play which music you want to play,
if you really hate hate it, just like Chuck recommended stay in your bedroom, or maybe create your own event which you can play what you like
2. “Also, for a club manager, if you are not ‘the big name’, does it look (lets say) hilarious giving him a business card of yours?”
As you stated its a “business card”, so it doesnt really have nothing to do with big name or whataver, its a business thing, its just a professional way
– Off the record question,
Welp its kind of a common sense anyway, if you dont know anybody from that club how you going to get a gig there anyway ?
Someone, anybody has to make that First Contact