Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, March 31, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.

• Rebirth Brass Band at The Rabbit Hole













• Fundraiser for St. Baldrick's Foundation at RiRa

• Witherspoon lecture with William P. Brown at Queens University

• Finger Painting Grown Up Style at The Last Word

• Alive After 5 at EpiCentre