Today’s Top 5: Friday

Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, May 27, 2011 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.

• Food Lion Speed Street Festival, featuring Paper Tongues in Uptown Charlotte

• Sugar Glider at Amos’ Southend

• Cats at Belk Theater

• Summer Concert Series at Blakeney Village Green

• Circle K Outlaws Showdown at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway

This article appears in May 24-30, 2011.