Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Oct. 12, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.

• Joe Smothers and Jack Lawrence w/ Four Days Gone at Double Door Inn 

• The Temperance Movement w/ The Sheepdogs at The Underground

• The Worlds of Hunt Slonem at New Gallery of Modern Art 

• Shake.Stir.Sip.Socialize: Halloween-inspired Cocktail Class at NoCA Uptown

• Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl King at Knight Theater