Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, April 9, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.

• Open Heart Surgery w/ Jonzi D at Booth Playhouse







• BOOM in Plaza Midwood

• Old 97s at Visulite Theatre

• Purgatory at Amos' Southend

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at CPCC's Pease Auditorium