Im thinking about doing my own thing soon.......

these are the things I can think off the top of my head.......

1. Venue - get one sorted, find out how much, what you get for your cash, opening times, drinks promotions and provisionally book in a date.

2. DJ's - Once you have a date, get in touch with the DJ's you want and finalise who is playing.

3. Flyers - Get someone to design them, and get them printed. If you do a search on google or something you should find a decent cheap one. As a guide, my local company does 5 thousand A5 flyers for £180. Another good tip someone told me to expect between 3-5% of the flyers you print will turn up to the night, so for a 300 capacity club, print around 6-8000 flyers.

4. On the day - get yourself around your local town and hand em out to people. Turn up to the venue early and check out the sound system. Make sure you have someone you trust on the door to make sure the club dont rip you off.

Sure there is probably loads more, but my mind has gone blank...... sure someone else will fill those bits in for me ;)