An auto-erotic performance is adult entertainment performance consisting of the act of an individual masturbating to climax on a stage for the entertainment of a crowd of people.

The term was coined in the gay community, where the performances originated. One of the original performers to become well known for auto-erotic performance was gay stripper and pornographic film star Jeff Stryker. The Japanese noise band The Gerogerigegege features an auto-erotic performer by the name of Gero 30.





Male masturbation performances have broken through the heterosexual barrier and now women will hire or invite a young man to a CFNM party (Clothed Female,Nude Male) where he will either do a striptease or just be naked throughout, for the womens' entertainment. The man's climax is generally the climax of the event.
There are recordings of 'milking parties' where men agree to be masturbated repeatedly by the women organizers in order to drain them of testosterone and thus alter their behavior. But in this case the audience is a participant.