Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Sept. 23, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.

• Dirty Dancing at Ovens Auditorium

• Opening reception for Charlotte’s Road to Revolution exhibit at Charlotte Museum of History

• Fall Food Truck Rally at Rural Hill

• Annabell Leigh, Blackwater Drowning, Shadows of Deceit & Exiles at Milestone

• Festival in the Park at Freedom Park