Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, June 18, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.

• Grand Opening at Joe's Doughs














• HeroesCon at Charlotte Convention Center

• Brew Stash Bash at U.S. National Whitewater Center

• Vintage Charlotte Summer Market at 514 N. College St.

• The New Southern-Latino Table: An Afternoon with Sandra Gutierrez at Levine Museum of the New South