…well, perhaps it’s the noo-vernacular, but in my (limited) experience as a musician (flute, double-bass) when I said I was going to or had a “gig”, it usually meant that I was going to perform at a concert or was intending to play at a “gig”, whereas if I was going to a concert, I would say I’m going to a concert to see and hear Dr. Feelgood, or The Academy of Ancient Music or whomever. So I don’t quite understand exactly why TheDopeys would use such awkward (to me) sentences. Sounds like something from the StympletonTrypewryter yet again!!!
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Think it’s been used for the performance generally for some time, but you’re right—it used be the musos’ term for a (paid) session.
The various terms for unpaid gigs are generally unrepeatable.
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…thanks for the enlightenment! (…we call the unpaid-gigs “freebies” 
(…Twaycee!!!))
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When I were a hatchling, “gig” had the related meaning of a one-off engagement rather than a regular thing. I think that’s been lost too.
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Has it? I’m not so sure. Isn’t that meaning inherent in ‘the gig economy’ < spittity >- short-term contracts/irregular engagements as opposed to settled hours of work?
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True; but when I hear people talking about going to club nights and such, it’s still a “gig”.
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Dere Sparrer, when I were a hatchling o.n.o., a gig was a one-horse chaise…
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When I were a nipper (…nearly 3 score and 10 years ago!) our old Dad used to sing this song to me and my 3 sisters! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsey_Horsey (…shades of OldJoeGrundgie & Bartleby) - ah! them’s were the days!
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