I genuinely love to play gigs. The styles are not wildly experimental but neither are the personalities generic! The characters of my songs are fictions, it's not a litany of literal statements about my daily life. It'b be nicer with a full band but I'll do my best for you with just acoustic guitar! Sometimes I can get an excellent fiddler or vocalist for a duo!
It is sometimes possible to play without amplification but I have say it's much better with amps. When travelling I usually can only bring guitar, so would need a mic, mic-stand, amps, and music-stand. For example: Stagg AA20R for vocals and Fender FM25R for guitar, or your own speaker system may also be fine.