The datepicker should default to highlighting the current date anyway - see screenshot attached. If you mean you want the current date to be prefilled in the form field, you would need to add a value to the input tag in the form, like this:
<input id="event_date" name="event_date" type="text" value="<?php echo date("d F Y"); ?>">
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