Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, March 5, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.

• Tristen at Snug Harbor












• Charlotte Roller Girls at Grady Cole Center

• Charlotte Pride Band's "El Ritmo Americano" at Myers Park Baptist Church

• Charlotte Craft Cocktail Crawl at Rooftop 210

• Joedance Film Festival/Charlotte Checkers Hockey at Bojangles' Coliseum