Over the past couple months the anticipation has been building for our annual 50 on Fire event and it’s finally (almost) here! The hottest celebration of District’s innovators is going down Thursday evening at The Howard Theatre–get your tickets to be in the room. 

Here’s a breakdown of the event by the numbers:

1,000+: Impressive nominations submitted for this year’s awards. 

500: Industry disruptors, city newsmakers and trailblazing entrepreneurs in the 50 on Fire crowd Thursday night. Be there to meet them!

150: Amazing finalists competing for the title “on fire”. 

50: Winners who will be announced LIVE at the event. (Here’s a look back at last year’s winners.)

33: Industry-specific community leaders and influencers serving as our judges; they’ll be using both the information supplied in the nomination form and their background knowledge of the industry to vote on the winners. 

7: Sponsors lending their support to bring you an amazing event. 

3: Official 50 on Fire Meetups this fall, during which finalists, judges and other industry leaders had a chance to get to know one another leading up to the big night. 

Which brings us to…

3: The number of days left to score tickets to the hottest year-end event.