Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Oct. 30, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.

• Brunch So Hard CLT at The Broken Spoke

• Grace for President at ImaginOn's Wells Fargo Playhouse

• Machine Gun Kelly at The Fillmore

• Pumpkin Carving Contest at The Flying Saucer

• She Who Watches at The Fillmore