Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, April 16, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.

• 2nd Annual Craft Beer and Burger Festival at AvidXchange Music Factory

















• Record Store Day at Lunchbox Records, Repo Records and Manifest Discs

• Spring Open Farm Days at Wish We Had Acres

• South End Bazaar at C3 Lab

• Studio Party 16 at McColl Center for Art + Visual