Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Aug. 2, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.

• Slipknot w/ Marilyn Manson, Of Mice & Men at PNC Music Pavilion

• Beer Ed at Growlers Pourhouse

• S.O.M.E. - A Storytelling Open Mic Experiment at Petra's

• The House that Modernism Built at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

• Bingo at Killington's